Photograph by tellzoe on Flickr
From the Gothamist Newsmap: A missing EDP at E 18th St & 1st Ave in Manhattan, a pedestrian struck on the Williamsburg Bridge in Brooklyn and a shooting on Kelly St in the Bronx. President Obama will [...]
Photo via Amanda M Hatfield's flickr Senator Schumer sent out a press release today regarding the future of the Jelly Pool Parties, which has been looking pretty dark as of late. Over the summer Schumer attended two of the parties, [...]
Over the holiday we noticed some adorable photos of a hamster riding a subway in our Flickr pool... and now it seems the familiar fuzzy face has made it all the way to the [...]
Photo via specialkrb's flickr Are the NYPD stepping on the toes of MTA officers? The NY Post reports that the NYPD has started sending some of their officers to police commuter trains as part of their anti-terror efforts — a move [...]
Photograph by phrenologist on Flickr Is leftover change on your Metrocard bumming you out? It's bumming everyone out, according to the Daily News today. Ever since the MTA changed how it formulated the bonuses on pay-per-ride cards, from 20% (buy [...]
"...like bookends" from Tim Schreier on Flickr
This week's forecast is all over the place as the weather spasms its way from fall to winter. It starts on a warm, wet note and looks to end with cool, dry conditions. [...]
Photo from Triborough's flickr
Commuters waiting for the bus have been tossing their trash on the sidewalk and lawn in front of Rosanna Gennarelli's Bronx home — leaving her to face hundreds of dollars of littering summonses.
The city has repeatedly fined the [...]
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The line for a taxi at JFK, via Pazzia's Flickr. The holidays must be a lucrative time for drivers who lure passengers into their unlicensed taxis at airports, but the Port Authority is making it tough for them this year. Yesterday Queens [...]
Midtown Lunch's Flickr Escolar, a fish famous for causing diarrhea and anal leakage, has been found masquerading as tuna at sushi restaurants, according to a DNA research study recently published by a group of scientists. The escolar was found five [...]
Mari Sheibley's Flickr A 13-year-old boy with Asperger's Syndrome—a form of autism that often causes difficulty with social interaction—spent 11 days in the subway system last month. In a heartbreaking Times article, Francisco Hernandez Jr. tells how he took refuge in [...]
Photograph by threecee on Flickr
The NY State Court of Appeals, the highest in the state, dismissed a lawsuit challenging the use of eminent domain for developer Bruce Ratner's Atlantic Yards project. The NY Times calls the lawsuit the [...]
M.V. Jantzen's Flickr A soaring number of supermarkets, delis, even drugstores have been overcharging for a wide range goods by using inaccurate scales, according to an investigation by the Department of Consumer Affairs [DCA]. City inspectors have issued 2,976 violations so [...]
