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Weiner's Campaign Ad is Remarkably Unsexy

By Sydney Brownstone
March for Mark Carson Came Out in Full Force

By Sydney Brownstone and Nick Pinto
Mayoral Underdog Sal Albanese Calls Bullshit...

By Sydney Brownstone
3 NYU Researchers Charged with Giving Away...

By Sydney Brownstone
Is a Richer City Making the Suburbs Poorer?

By Sydney Brownstone
Queers for Carson, Not for Quinn

By Sydney Brownstone
Mark Carson Was One of 5 Anti-Gay Attacks This...

By Sydney Brownstone
Cooper Union Alumni Elect Write-In Trustee

By Sydney Brownstone
New Jersey Wants to Raise Its Smoking Age to...

By John Surico
Democracy Now! Hosts Cooper Union Debate

By Sydney Brownstone

It's Vintage

Bernie Madoff's Boxers Could Be Yours, If You Are Weird and Creepy

By Jen Doll Thu., Nov. 11 2010 at 11:28 AM

Categories: Art & Commerce, It's Vintage, Jen Doll, Money Well Spent, Things That Smell, Things to Discuss in Therapy

Bernie's boxers. They're a size 40. (via MSNBC)

If "weird and creepy," or, "historically intrigued," or, "needing some new underwear" happen to fit you, you should crack open your piggy banks for Saturday's auction of Bernie (and Ruth) Madoff's duds -- not just boxers but art, furniture, glasswear, jewelry, even a piano and a Judith Lieber handbag -- which starts at 10 a.m. at Manhattan's Sheraton Hotel and Towers.

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Dear Rest-of-America

Dear Rest-of-America: New York City Now Officially a "Disaster Area" to the Tune of $20M!

By Foster Kamer Thu., Oct. 21 2010 at 3:50 PM

Categories: Cash Money, Dear Rest-of-America, Foster Kamer, I Really Do Heart NY, Money Well Spent, New York Snobbery, Taxes, Weather

Hey, Flyover Country! Do you think us Godless New York Liberals want too much of your guns taken off of the street, your unborn babies to become science experiments, and worst of all, your money for our grubby little (often Jewish) hands? Well, guess what! We just score the motherfucking Powerball on your asses.

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Things We Want Right Now Goddamnit

Things I Want for Hanukkah: Bernie Madoff's Desk, Maybe His Piano, Too

By Foster Kamer Wed., Oct. 20 2010 at 4:40 PM

Categories: Awesomeness, Bernie Madoff, Dumb Ways to Spend Money, Foster Kamer, Money, Money Well Spent, Things That Are Awesome, Things We Want Right Now Goddamnit

Between the Sing-A-Ma-Jigs, the Squinkies, the new Macbook AirCrisp, and the Obamarator, it's going to be tough figuring out what to put on the Hannukkah/Christmas/Festivus/Kwanzaa/December-Holiday-of-Choice-Built-Around-Animalistic-Consumerism wishlist.

But it looks like we've found the perfect gift...

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New York Yankees

Cliff Lee in Pinstripes (or "How The Yankees Will Deal With Last Night's Loss")

By Foster Kamer Tue., Oct. 19 2010 at 1:10 PM

Categories: Baseball, Cash Money, Epic Rants, Foster Kamer, I Really Do Heart NY, Money Well Spent, New York Yankees, Splashy Things, Sports, Things We Do on Days We Come in the Office and Say We're Feeling 'Creative'

A Reuters article today entitled "Lee makes himself more enticing for Yankees" notes that Texas Rangers southpaw Cliff Lee -- who delivered the New York Yankees a brutal slaying last night -- is looking more and more enticing to the 2009 World Series Champion Team, and that the Yankees can and will convince anyone to sell their soul to our city. Yes, even Texans.

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Other Countries

Who Paid Sarah Shourd's $500,000 Iranian Bail Money?

By Foster Kamer Tue., Sep. 14 2010 at 2:20 PM

Categories: Bailouts, Foster Kamer, Money Well Spent, Other Countries

How much does it cost to get out of the slimy grip of a dictatorial government? Try 500 G's. And that doesn't even get her friends off the hook! But the question remains: Who paid it?

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Money Well Spent

Maloof Money Brings NYC a Massive Skate Party, and a Free Park

By Steven Thrasher Tue., May 18 2010 at 9:35 AM

Categories: Money Well Spent, Steven Thrasher

In a lonely corner of Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, in the shadow of Philip Johnson's decaying New York State Pavilion, construction workers are filling the Astral Fountain with huge chunks of styrofoam, which will then be covered with concrete.

Is styrofoam really a good idea as a building material?

"I guess so," a worker told us, shrugging. "It doesn't have to be heavy. They gonna skate down here. They say they build skate parks like this all the time like this -- very light."

When it's complete, the former Astral Fountain will be the site of the first "Maloof Money Cup New York," held the weekend of June 5th and 6th. The event, one of two Money Cups in the U.S., will draw professional skaters from around the world.

More than just a big party, however, New York will end up with a free skate park out of the deal.

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