Donald Trump's Man on Wall Street Explains Himself
If Donald Trump wants to win the presidency, he’ll need to raise a lot of money. One of the men helping him do that is the hedge fund manager Anthony Scaramucci. We asked him why.
Does Your Belief in Equality Extend to Where You Send Your Kid to School?
Nikole Hannah-Jones, a writer who is defining the landscape of education journalism, has written a landmark story at the New York Times magazine on school segregation in New York City.
All the Women in the World Are Equally Good and Nothing Else Matters
What do former First Lady Laura Bush, IMF chief Christine Lagarde, Cambridge classicist Mary Beard, and comedian Mindy Kaling have in common? They are all women. And... and??
This 1953 Harlem Mambo Competition Looks Like a Blast
In 1953, an Associated Press photographer attended one of the famous mambo competitions at the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem. The images that resulted can only be described as fire.
A Requiem for Dr. Zizmor, Retired NYC Subway Legend and Hero of Dermatology
Dear Dr. Zizmor: Thank you for improving my face! Thank you for improving my life! Thank you so much! Isabel R. NY, NY.
NYC Construction Workers Uncover a Couple of Crypts Full of Skeletons
Workers replacing a water main near Washington Square Park recently discovered pair of buried brick roofs. Turns out, they’d stumbled onto a pair of crypts, likely connected to a nearby church and dating to the late 18th or early 19th century.
In Great Decision for Everyone But That Bulldog, NYC Taxis Will Start Replacing Taxi TVs
On Thursday, New York’s Taxi and Limousine Commission voted to give the people what they want, which is silence during cab rides: a year-long pilot program will phase out Taxi TVs in 1,000 cabs.
Garbage Cans Become Wifi Hotspots in Perfect Metaphor for the Internet
The Internet: Now brought to you by a pile of rancid garbage. Literally.
Here's How NYC Celebrated the Women's World Cup Champions
On Friday, New York City dropped approximately two tons of confetti on the reigning Women’s World Cup champions, celebrating their record third World Cup win with the first-ever ticker-tape parade for a female sports team.
Ladies and Gentlemen, It's Time to Panic
Have you noticed anything odd going on this morning? Oh yes. Let us be the first to tell you that the time to panic is upon us.
Sarah Jessica Parker Keeps Finding Money on the Ground in NYC
Money magnet Sarah Jessica Parker keeps literally finding money in the streets of New York City, which, in my opinion, is better than finding those dumbass playing cards Berger used to collect, am I right?
Cab Driver Must Pay $10K For Telling Lesbian Couple To Stop Kissing
Not everyone is down for PDA, which is understandable, but in the case of NYC cab driver Mohammad Dahbi, his aversion to public makeouts came with a $10,000 price. Why? Because he’s a bigoted assholio who told a lesbian couple that they couldn’t kiss in his cab during their ride home. A court ordered Dahbi to pay the…
Why One Store Commissioned New York's New 'RIP Taylor Swift' Mural
Taylor Swift's new position as New York City's "Global Welcome Ambassador for Tourism" (complete with her own theme song) has been met with much chagrin from New Yorkers, which makes a lot a sense seeing as it's NYC's equivalent to "putting a bird on it." But one boutique in Manhattan's Lower East Side has responded…
Taylor Swift Replaces a Rabid Rat as NYC's New Welcome Ambassador
Courtesy the song "Welcome To New York," Taylor Swift has been named "NYC's Global Welcome Ambassador for Tourism," making one wonder if the song was just a super-genius Bloombergian scheme hatched by Swift and the tourism board to promote 1989 and also all those fugnacious condos they keep letting people build.
How to Ignore a Man Who Is Trying to Pick You Up on the Subway
A 48-year-old New York City Man by the name of Brian Robinson has penned an instructional manual called How to Meet Women on the Subway. In a recent interview, he claims that during his time in the big horny apple, he's guilt tripped and bullied persuaded 500 women he met on a subway platform into going on dates with…
Watch This Majestic Supercut of Drunk, Barfing NYC Brunch Patrons
To those unfortunate enough to live or stroll near NYC's Pranna on a weekend afternoon, the restaurant/club's unlimited drinks brunch deal only causes headaches. Stumbling out of the establishment are patrons intoxicated to the point of unruliness, barfing, daytime dick unsheathing, and other such booze-related…
Sub Fired for Acting Out Dates With 4th Graders, Asking for Love Advice
It's true that children can be very wise. Sometimes they'll just give you nuggets of wisdom when you least expect it. For instance, the other day a small girl told me that no one would ever marry me because I'm too loud. She might be right, but I didn't press. A substitute teacher in New York, however, made the…
This Cheese Plate Is Classiest Souvenir At the 9/11 Memorial Museum
The 9/11 Memorial Museum is commemorating one of the darkest days in our nation's history in the best way it can: With a commemorative cheese plate that will remind you of your freedom every time you it down to a delicious slice of Brie or a sliver of Gruyere.
