Representative Democracy Got Us Into This Mess. Participatory Democracy Can Get Us Out.
In late September, a dozen new students from Venezuela, some of the more than 15,000 asylum seekers bused to New York City by Texas Governor Greg Abbott, appeared at my…
Bat Attack in New York City Appears Targeted
It’s a horrifying video … someone is walking down an NYC street, minding his own business, when an attacker pulls a bat out of his pants and clobbers the victim…
A new policy in New York City makes it easier for homeless people to be forcibly hospitalized
In New York City, Mayor Eric Adams plans to move homeless people with seeming mental illness to hospitals, possibly involuntarily…Read More
Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse Gets an Amazing Image and a Trailer Release Date
Alongside an amazing new image of Miles Morales and Gwen Stacy hanging upside-down in New York City, the team behind Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse has confirmed that a new trailer…
NYC’s new plan to forcibly hospitalize homeless people is a waste of taxpayer money
Decades of research have shown that the main driver of homelessness is a lack of affordable housing, and that mental health issues or substance abuse play more marginal roles in…
Possible links probed after two workers shot in New York, Philadelphia
Two seemingly random attacks in New York City and Philadelphia last week could be connected to a single person, authorities said Friday.Read More
NYC subway rider beaten and called a racial slur for refusing to give up his seat, police say
Two New York City teenagers were charged with hate crime assault after they allegedly beat a subway passenger who refused to give up his seat and directed anti-Asian statements toward…
New York City, NYPD Employees Busted for $1.5 Million Covid Relief Funds Scam
As public employees, these folks should have known better…Read More
Return to office, meet the recession
In the last three months, Dumbo Moving downsized about 200 offices into storage and about another 100 into smaller office space. That’s double what the New York City-based moving company…Read…
‘Green Book’ actor Frank Vallelonga Jr. found dead in the Bronx
“Green Book” actor Frank Vallelonga Jr. was found dead in New York City, police said Thursday. He was 60.Read More