Here's How Not to Report on a Public Transit Crisis
The New York City subway system is crumbling. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority that runs the system can’t seem…
Mother Who Died After Falling Down Subway Steps Likely Had a Pre-existing Medical Condition
New York City’s medical examiner has ruled that the Connecticut woman who died after falling down the stairs in a…
A Young Woman Fell and Died Trying to Carry Her Baby's Stroller In a Subway Station With No Elevator
A 22-year-old Connecticut woman has reportedly died after a fall down a flight of stairs in a New York City subway…
New York Could Become the First U.S. City to Mandate Paid Time Off
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, the man who boldly stood up for Amazon, is apparently trying to embrace some progres…
Gender 'X' Is Now an Option in New York City
New York City’s new non-binary gender option—gender “X”—is officially in effect. New Yorkers can now change their birth…
Jazmine Headley and the 'Slow Violence of Everyday Life'
On Tuesday afternoon, elected officials in New York City gathered in front of City Hall to denounce the violent arrest…
'I'm Begging You, Please': NYPD Officers Caught on Video Violently Taking a One-Year-Old Child From His Mother's Arms [Updated]
A truly fucked up and disturbing video of New York Police Department officers ripping a one-year-old child from the…
This Woman Threw a Birthday Party on a Subway Car and It Looks Really Fucking Annoying
I enjoy Instagram in all of its curated bullshit glory, but sometimes doing it for the gram goes too far. Such is the…
Scenes From Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's District on Election Night
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a 29-year-old Latina who ran an unabashedly progressive campaign and unseated a powerful…
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Goes Ahead and Makes It Official
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is going to Washington. The 28-year-old democratic socialist from New York’s 14th…
New York City Rat Ferried to the Afterlife in a Nike Sneaker
A rat nap isn’t really like a cat nap. It much more closely resembles sleeping with the fishes.
Socialite Pleads Guilty to Hitting Man With Glass Purse After Telling His Mom, 'Hurry Up, You Jew'
Yes, that headline is correct. Jacqueline Kent Cooke, the 29-year-old daughter of former Washington football team owner…
Julia Salazar Wins Unusually Dramatic State Senate Race
Julia Salazar, a 27-year-old Latina Democratic Socialist and first-time candidate won her Democratic state senate…
Couple Wearing Homemade 'Abolish ICE' T-Shirts Denied Entry to the Statue of Liberty
Gothamist reports that a couple wearing handcrafted “Abolish ICE” t-shirts were denied entry to the Statue of Liberty…
Revenge Porn Took My Career. The Law Couldn't Get It Back
I didn’t know the term “revenge porn” until 2014, the year my ex-boyfriend gave stolen photographs of me in my bedroom…
I Will Not Tolerate Any Slander of This Baby Rat Just Trying to Start Her Life
Rents may fall and rents may rise (and rise and rise and rise), but one thing that is fixed about living in New York…
Damn Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Won a Primary She Didn't Even Enter
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the democratic socialist who defeated longtime Democratic congressman Joseph Crowley in New…
New York City Teachers Will Finally Get Paid Parental Leave
New York City mayor Bill de Blasio announced today that public school teachers will now get six weeks paid parental…
PARTY GIRL SAYS HER FINAL GOODNIGHT: On 'Splat' and Being an Aging Rager
For the 20th anniversary of Sex and the City—which premiered on HBO on June 6, 1998 and went on to become iconic…