NYPD Is Looking to I.D. This Guy Who Rode the Subway With His Balls Out
NYPD is investigating an incident involving a man who had his testicles dangling on a subway seat.
New York City Holds Naturalization Ceremony On World Refugee Day
On World Refugee Day, 19 individuals were granted United States citizenship at a special naturalization ceremony in New York City’s Central Park Delacorte Theater. The ceremony was held Monday evening, June 20, 2016.
'I Love to See Men Cry': Interview With Jill Freedman, Street Photographer of the '70s and '80s
I found the photographer Jill Freedman on a packed subway car. I was doing what lots of people do during their commute to and from work—scrolling mindlessly through Instagram. Another photographer I follow re-posted one of her photos with something along the lines of: “Jill Freedman is on Instagram, finally.” I tapped…
Man Scales Fence At United Nations, Jumps in East River to Avoid Police
On Saturday morning, a mentally ill man jumped into the East River after scaling the fence at the United Nations headquarters in New York City. He allegedly took the plunge to avoid the two police officers attempting to apprehend him.
NYC Taxi Commission Introduces New Sexual Harassment Rules and Penalties for Drivers
Following a recent bill mandating sexual harassment training for taxi drivers in New York City, the Taxi and Limousine Commission is beefing up how they identify sexual contact and harassment by announcing more serious penalties for predatory drivers.
Why Would ISIS Attack Our Subways With Gas When We Have All These Convenient Guns
New York City Transit officials are planning to release inert gas and DNA particles into the subway system in order to study the effects of a terrorist bio-attack, the New York Post reports. This is a waste of time, because terrorists are much more likely to just kill us with guns.
Times Square Alliance Wants Desnudas, and Their Breasts, Off the Sidewalks
New York City is still trying to free Times Square from the desnudas—the semi-nude women with painted breasts who began working tourists for tips last year. Now, the Times Square Alliance has supported a bill that would regulate the sidewalks in the tourist area, keeping the boobs to more specific areas, like next to…
Bagels Can Maybe Give You Lung Cancer, Apparently
Residents of New York City, feel free to have a meltdown: according to a study published by the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, it isn’t a stray mutated subway rat or a pack of bodega incense dipped in Axe that will somehow give you lung cancer. Nope, apparently its your morning bagel—or as you can now…
New York Nail Salons Ordered to Pay $1.1 Million in Back Wages to Underpaid Employees
Last year’s bombshell New York Times investigation on labor conditions in nail salons won both praise and criticism, the latter mostly from salon owners, who claimed the story greatly exaggerated how poorly paid many workers are. The evidence continues to show the Times series did indeed find serious flaws in the…
Brooklyn District Attorney Drops Charges Against All 5 Teens Accused in Brownsville Gang Rape
On Wednesday, the New York Times reports, Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson said that prosecutors would dismiss first-degree rape charges against the five teenagers who were accused of attacking an 18-year-old woman in Brooklyn early this year.
In New York, Donald Trump Is an Inconsequential Money Suck
Much of Donald Trump’s mysterious allure has been thanks to his deep identification with New York values and simultaneous abnegation of everything the city represents and all the people in it.
Talking to Chirlane McCray About Mental Health, Voting for Hillary, and Closing Rikers
Since the moment New York Mayor Bill de Blasio took office in 2014, his wife Chirlane McCray has been the object of fascination, controversy, praise, and hundreds of weird tabloid stories. This week, she talked with Jezebel about her ambitious plan to revamp New York City’s mental health services, her support for…
Doctor Accused of Ejaculating on Unconscious Patient Will Reportedly Be Charged With Sexual Abuse [Updated]
Dr. David Newman, the prominent Mount Sinai emergency room physician accused of ejaculating on a sedated patient’s face, was questioned Tuesday morning by Special Victims Unit detectives, ABC 7 is reporting. The station reports that Newman was subsequently taken into custody.
Poor Doors Are Not Chill, Report Upper West Side Residents Forced to Use Poor Doors
The so-called “poor door” is illegal in New York City, a terrible place where—thanks to 80/20 incentives—rich people paying exorbitant market rates for their newly constructed luxury apartments often have to share the building with a smaller number of not-rich people paying more reasonable prices, and some of the…

