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Extra Extra: What's Up With That Suburban Sex Basement?

Extra Extra: What's Up With That Suburban Sex Basement?video

Because Sean Penn still can't write, check out today's end-of-day links: Lindsey Buckingham heart surgery, Fyre Fest spoof film, Jill Abramson on plagiarism accusations, masked clowns, Candace Owens on Hitler, and frog screams for 2019.

East Midtown Rezoning Triggers Another Demolition: The Grand Hyatt, A Beaux-Arts Hotel Renovated By Trump

East Midtown Rezoning Triggers Another Demolition: The Grand Hyatt, A Beaux-Arts Hotel Renovated By Trump

Grand Hyatt (Creative Commons) A development team is planning to buy and demolish the Grand Hyatt New York, a 26-story hotel near Grand Central Terminal that was originally built in 1919 and renovated by Donald Trump...

Former NYC Correction Union Boss Norman Seabrook Sentenced To Four Years In Prison For Taking Bribes

Former NYC Correction Union Boss Norman Seabrook Sentenced To Four Years In Prison For Taking Bribes

Norman Seabrook leaves court in 2016. His last trial ended in a mistrial (Mary Altaffer/AP/Shutterstock) Norman Seabrook, the longtime union boss of New York City's correction officers, will spend at least four years in prison, following...

New Evidence Shows Potential Tax Law Violations By Trump's Inaugural Committee

New Evidence Shows Potential Tax Law Violations By Trump's Inaugural Committee

President Donald Trump, with First Lady Melania Trump, at an inaugural ball on January 20, 2017 (Shutterstock) Last December, reports emerged that federal prosecutors in New York City's Southern District were scrutinizing the inaugural committee for...

Behold This Bizarre Blob Oozing Out Of The 23rd Street C/E Subway Stairwell

Behold This Bizarre Blob Oozing Out Of The 23rd Street C/E Subway Stairwell

The strange creature emerging from the exhaust vent at the 23rd Street C/E station pictured this morning. (Paula Mejia / Gothamist). In the 1958 horror flick The Blob, a baby-faced Steve McQueen warned authorities about a...

Amazon Is Threatening To Take Its Jobs And Go Elsewhere

Amazon Is Threatening To Take Its Jobs And Go Elsewhere

Protesters at last week's City Council hearing on the Amazon deal (John McCarten / City Council) In a move that could jeopardize the integrity of any future "HQ3" contest, Amazon is threatening to take its jobs...

Man Charged With Murder & Abortion In Horrific Stabbing Of Pregnant Girlfriend

Man Charged With Murder & Abortion In Horrific Stabbing Of Pregnant Girlfriend

Jennifer Irigoyen (Facebook) Five days after a pregnant woman was stabbed to death in her Queens apartment building, police have announced an arrest. Her boyfriend, Anthony Hobson, 48, reportedly turned himself in to authorities and was...

MTA Says They Finally Found The Source Of The Noxious L Train Smell... Maybe

MTA Says They Finally Found The Source Of The Noxious L Train Smell... Maybe

Commuters along the L line on February 6, 2019 (Jennifer Hsu / Gothamist) The source of the nauseating L train smell that has sickened multiple riders and workers this week may be an abandoned diesel tank...

Cuomo, Who Controls The MTA, Calls MTA A 'Disgrace,' Demands Congestion Pricing Or Steep Fare Hikes

Cuomo, Who Controls The MTA, Calls MTA A 'Disgrace,' Demands Congestion Pricing Or Steep Fare Hikes

(Governor Andrew Cuomo's Office Flickr) In his most full-throated takedown of the MTA to date, Cuomo mocked all aspects of the agency that he has essentially controlled for eight years at a speech to business leaders...

De Blasio's Preliminary Budget Calls For A Belt-Tightening 'PEG'

De Blasio's Preliminary Budget Calls For A Belt-Tightening 'PEG'

Mayor Bill de Blasio presents the Fiscal Year 2020 Preliminary Budget at City Hall onThursday, (Ed Reed / Mayoral Photography Office) Mayor Bill de Blasio laid out a $92.2 billion preliminary budget on Thursday including $3...

Early Addition: Acting A.G. Matt Whitaker Tells Rep. Jerry Nadler His Time Is Up

Early Addition: Acting A.G. Matt Whitaker Tells Rep. Jerry Nadler His Time Is Upvideo

Because Bezos bravely exposed Pecker, check out today's midday links: RIP Albert Finney, every Steven Soderbergh movie ranked, Ivanka Trump's knowledge of things, new music Friday, TV teen sex comedies, and a drunk-ish puppy.

Garbage Fire On F Train Tracks Snarls Friday Morning Commute

Garbage Fire On F Train Tracks Snarls Friday Morning Commute

The northbound F platform at the Delancey Essex station (Heddy Hunt) Commuters along the F line had a hell of a time getting to work this morning due to a fire that broke out between two...

B&T; Commuting Nightmare Trifecta: Delays At Holland And Lincoln Tunnels, Plus GW Bridge

B&T Commuting Nightmare Trifecta: Delays At Holland And Lincoln Tunnels, Plus GW Bridge

(Jen Chung / Gothamist) The futile honking is turned up to 11 near the Manhattan entrances to the Holland and Lincoln Tunnels this morning, as both were closed at the same time due to separate incidents:...

NYPD: Police Fatally Shot Man On Lower East Side This Morning

NYPD: Police Fatally Shot Man On Lower East Side This Morning

This story has been updated and revised with new information following an NYPD press conference. The kitchen knife police say they recovered at the scene (NYPD) Police officers who fatally shot a man in the Lower East...

Meet The Freaky 'Twilight Zone' Sea Creatures Eating Our Carbon Emissions

Meet The Freaky 'Twilight Zone' Sea Creatures Eating Our Carbon Emissionsgallery

About 140 kilometers off the coast of Montauk and 100 meters below the ocean’s sunlit surface, the seafloor becomes a steep cliff overlooking an expanse of near total darkness. This is the Twilight Zone. The real...

NYPD Targets Cyclists In Hell's Kitchen: 'I Saw An Officer Shove A Guy Off Of His Bicycle'gallery

NYPD Targets Cyclists In Hell's Kitchen: 'I Saw An Officer Shove A Guy Off Of His Bicycle'

On Monday morning, cyclist Chaim Joseph was killed by a hit-and-run driver in Hell's Kitchen. No arrests have been made. On Thursday afternoon, NYPD officers stood one block from where Joseph was killed and ticketed cyclists, according...

Extra Extra: Man Named Assman Denied 'Assman' License Plate

Extra Extra: Man Named Assman Denied 'Assman' License Platevideo

Because today marks J Dilla's birthday, check out today's end-of-day links: Trump hurting DC nightlife, Whitaker stalling, Assman wants license plate, Jack the Joggler, AOC documentary, baguette walking, and dog embraces bath.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ed Markey Announce Ambitious Green New Deal Framework

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ed Markey Announce Ambitious Green New Deal Framework

(SHAWN THEW/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock) Freshman Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez introduced her Green New Deal—a cornerstone of her campaign—on Thursday, together with Massachusetts Senator Ed Markey. Crucially, it comes in the form of a non-binding resolution, so even if the...

Fed-Up NYCHA Residents & Activists Disrupt Gowanus Rezoning Meeting: 'Before You Rezone, Fix Our Homes'

Fed-Up NYCHA Residents & Activists Disrupt Gowanus Rezoning Meeting: 'Before You Rezone, Fix Our Homes'

Brooklyn activists protested conditions at NYCHA during a city planning event on Wednesday night in Carroll Gardens. Venting their anger over deteriorating conditions in the city’s public housing system, Brooklyn community activists took over a city...

In A New Approach, MTA Asks Wheelchair Users Which Stations Should Be Prioritized For Accessibility

In A New Approach, MTA Asks Wheelchair Users Which Stations Should Be Prioritized For Accessibility

MTA President Andy Byford (right) and the agency's accessibility chief, Alex Elegudin, held a public hearing Wednesday night on accessibility issues. (Photo by Jaclyn Jeffrey-Wilensky) Craig Wollenstein is a professional transit trainer who teaches people with...

NYC Plan For Safe Injection Sites Faces Resistance From Cuomo, Trump

NYC Plan For Safe Injection Sites Faces Resistance From Cuomo, Trump

Protesters outside Governor Cuomo's office this past November (Courtesy Erik McGregor Photography) Supervised injection sites are poised to face their first legal test in the United States in a case that could set a precedent for...

Metropolitan Republican Club's New President Provided Services To 'Nazi-Friendly,' Far Right German Political Party

Metropolitan Republican Club's New President Provided Services To 'Nazi-Friendly,' Far Right German Political Party

(Google Maps) The new president of the Metropolitan Republican Club, the Upper East Side hangout for the GOP, has openly assisted a far right political group in Germany, according to the Daily Beast, which reports that...

Amid Uptick In Cyclist & Pedestrian Deaths, NYPD Is Ticketing Cyclists In Bike Lanes

Amid Uptick In Cyclist & Pedestrian Deaths, NYPD Is Ticketing Cyclists In Bike Lanes

(via Flickr/JoelZimmer) On Tuesday night, an 80-year-old woman was killed and an 84-year-old man was badly injured by a driver making a left turn onto a residential street in Little Neck, Queens. As of this morning,...

Early Addition: Gucci Apologizes For 'Balaclava Knit Top' Blackface Backlash

Early Addition: Gucci Apologizes For 'Balaclava Knit Top' Blackface Backlashvideo

Because you want to join the best comment section on the Internet, check out today's midday links: Cindy McCain apologizes, ASMR tingles, Jill Abramson plagiarism, Summerhill rebrand, Gucci blackface backlash, and dog & cat conflict resolution.

Manhattan Man Allegedly Slashed Mother's Throat, Dumped Body After She Threatened To Throw Him Out

Manhattan Man Allegedly Slashed Mother's Throat, Dumped Body After She Threatened To Throw Him Out

Paula Chin. (NYPD Missing Persons Unit / Twitter) The missing Manhattan woman found stuffed inside a trash bag in New Jersey may have been murdered by her own son after she threatened to throw him out...

Quadruple Shooting In Bed-Stuy Apartment Building Leaves One Dead, Three Injured

Quadruple Shooting In Bed-Stuy Apartment Building Leaves One Dead, Three Injured

1778 Fulton Street (Google Maps) A 20-year-old man was killed and three other people were wounded in a shooting in a Brooklyn apartment building on Wednesday night. The shots were reportedly fired in a third floor...

Nauseating L Train Mystery Smell Enters Day 4: 'We Get Drunk With The Fumes!'gallery

Nauseating L Train Mystery Smell Enters Day 4: 'We Get Drunk With The Fumes!'

Four days after L train riders began reporting noxious oil fumes on their commutes, the stench continues to linger, and multiple subway conductors told Gothamist on Thursday morning that the odor is no better than it was...

Is TrumpÕs Tax Law Really Making Rich New Yorkers Flee The State?

Is Trump’s Tax Law Really Making Rich New Yorkers Flee The State?

Governor Andrew Cuomo and Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli deliver an update on state revenues and SALT (Governor's Office / Flickr) This week's surprise announcement from Governor Andrew Cuomo was the alarming news that the state budget was...

UPDATES: L Train Fumes Sicken Multiple MTA Workers

UPDATES: L Train Fumes Sicken Multiple MTA Workers

The Sandy-damaged Canarsie Tube, which the L train uses. (MTA / Flickr) On Tuesday afternoon, the MTA shut down L train service between Manhattan and Brooklyn for several hours to determine the source of noxious chemical...

Extra Extra: The Subway Broke Beto O'Rourke

Extra Extra: The Subway Broke Beto O'Rourkevideo

Because dudes love to touch the top of door frames, check out today's end-of-day links: NYPD pizza sass, romcom explainer, GoT photos, Trump/Russia investigation, Staten Island bar lids, Beto's NYC life, and dog shocked.

NYPD Asks Google To Stop Sharing Police Checkpoint Locations Through Waze

NYPD Asks Google To Stop Sharing Police Checkpoint Locations Through Waze

(Allmy/Shutterstock) Users on Waze, a Google navigation app featuring crowdsourced traffic updates, have apparently been helping one another avoid city's sobriety checkpoints. The NYPD is none too pleased about the sneaky drunk driving hack: On Saturday,...

Transcript Of Judge's Jail Visit Sheds Light On MDC Conditions: 'I Said The Man Is Suicidal. They Took It As A Joke'

Transcript Of Judge's Jail Visit Sheds Light On MDC Conditions: 'I Said The Man Is Suicidal. They Took It As A Joke'

Judge Analisa Torres entering the Metropolitan Detention Center on Tuesday afternoon (Ben Brandstein/Gothamist) Following yesterday's evidentiary hearing on the "humanitarian crisis" at the federal Metropolitan Detention Center, Judge Analisa Torres visited the Sunset Park facility along...

After Months Of Costly Upgrades, An Astoria Subway Station Still Lacks What Some Say It Really Needed: An Elevator

After Months Of Costly Upgrades, An Astoria Subway Station Still Lacks What Some Say It Really Needed: An Elevator

39th Avenue-Dutch Kills station (MTA/Flickr) Last month, the MTA re-opened the 39th Avenue station in Astoria after a nearly seven-month closure that inconvenienced residents and hurt businesses. Touted as part of its modernization plan along several...

CBP Sorry For Grilling BuzzFeed Reporter At JFK About That Michael Cohen Story

CBP Sorry For Grilling BuzzFeed Reporter At JFK About That Michael Cohen Story

(Jonathan Weiss / Shutterstock) Customs and Border Protection has issued an official apology after one of its agents subjected a BuzzFeed journalist to 10 minutes of intensive questioning on a broad range of mostly irrelevant topics....

LaGuardia Community College Students & Faculty Fight Back Against Amazon 'Handout'

LaGuardia Community College Students & Faculty Fight Back Against Amazon 'Handout'

(SunnyDazzled / Flickr) Of all the institutions, public or private, near Amazon’s ground zero in Queens, none may have more to gain or lose than LaGuardia Community College. The school, a part of the CUNY system,...

Extremely Haunted Trump Conception House For Sale In Queensgallery

Extremely Haunted Trump Conception House For Sale In Queens

Can a house be haunted if its most deranged resident hasn't died yet? I have not visited President Donald Trump's childhood home in Queens, so I cannot say for certain, but my gut screams yes: The trapped...

Missing NYC Woman's Body Found In NJ, Son Charged With Concealing Corpse In Trash Bag

Missing NYC Woman's Body Found In NJ, Son Charged With Concealing Corpse In Trash Bag

Paula Chin. (NYPD Missing Persons Unit / Twitter) Authorities are investigating whether a 65-year-old Manhattan woman was murdered by her relatives, after her body was found stuffed into a trash bag outside a New Jersey home...

'Arrest Trump' Banner Lofted Into Grand Central Terminal During State Of The Union

'Arrest Trump' Banner Lofted Into Grand Central Terminal During State Of The Union

(Courtesy of JoAnne Wasserman) On Tuesday afternoon, hours before the State of the Union address given by President Donald Trump, a small but high-profile protest took place in and around Grand Central Terminal. By the end...

Man Arrested After Smashing Harlem Lingerie Store's Window, Attacking Obama Mannequin

Man Arrested After Smashing Harlem Lingerie Store's Window, Attacking Obama Mannequin

(Google Maps) A man used a cinder block to shatter a Harlem store window, then yanked a mannequin of President Barack Obama out of the display and onto the street this weekend. The store's manager told...

Early Addition: Life's A Crapshoot For The Porta-Potty King Of NYC

Early Addition: Life's A Crapshoot For The Porta-Potty King Of NYCvideo

Because Trump is a master of delusion, check out today's midday links: sneaker guns, yacht influencers, porta-potty king of NYC, Spotify buys Gimlet, Ikea renting furniture, The Rapture reunite, and doggy inception.

Teen Alleges 92nd Street Y Retaliated Against Her After She Reported Sexual Assault

Teen Alleges 92nd Street Y Retaliated Against Her After She Reported Sexual Assault

Manhattan Supreme Court (Wikimedia Commons) A former camp counselor at the 92nd Street Y says the organization retaliated against her after another counselor sexually assaulted her on the job, and she initiated legal action, according to...

First Time Candidates For Public Advocate Face Ballot Access Minefield, Other Challenges

First Time Candidates For Public Advocate Face Ballot Access Minefield, Other Challenges

Ify Ike speaking before the Independent Neighborhood Democrats in Brooklyn. (Ify for NYC Team) There are currently 17 candidates on the official ballot for NYC Public Advocate, but only ten will take the stage on Wednesday...

Extra Extra: The White House Doesn't Want Anyone To See Trump's Tax Returns

Extra Extra: The White House Doesn't Want Anyone To See Trump's Tax Returnsvideo

Because the White House doesn't want you to see Trump's tax returns, check out today's end-of-day links: robot reporters, MAGA field trip, RIP John Dory Oyster Bar, Billy Eichner movie, purity movement scam, and dog mom lives the life.

Brooklyn Jail Officials Accused Of Lying About Heat Outages: 'What The Warden Said Was False'

Brooklyn Jail Officials Accused Of Lying About Heat Outages: 'What The Warden Said Was False'

(Stephen Nessen/Gothamist) The freezing conditions at the Metropolitan Detention Center that sparked national outcry and intense protests this weekend were part of a string of heat outages that began at the Brooklyn federal jail weeks earlier,...

As City Officials Respond To 'Humanitarian Crisis' At Brooklyn Jail, Others Wonder: 'What About NYCHA?'

As City Officials Respond To 'Humanitarian Crisis' At Brooklyn Jail, Others Wonder: 'What About NYCHA?'

Mayor Bill de Blasio during a visit to NYCHA's Woodside Houses to check on a repaired boiler last year (Mayor's Flickr) When do inhumane living conditions in government-funded housing rise to the level of an emergency...

Woman Slashed In The Face While Waiting For Lyft In East Williamsburg, Police Search For Suspect

Woman Slashed In The Face While Waiting For Lyft In East Williamsburg, Police Search For Suspect

(Handout) The NYPD is searching for a man who attacked a woman waiting for a Lyft in Williamsburg on Sunday, slashing her face and robbing her in the process. Dana Sagona, a librarian at the New...

NYC Parks Department Issues Warning To Stay Off Ice-Covered Ponds & Lakes

NYC Parks Department Issues Warning To Stay Off Ice-Covered Ponds & Lakes

One of the frozen ponds in Central Park. (Photo by Rob Young) Though it's felt unseasonably warm this week, I regret to inform you that it is still indeed winter. Which means that routine precautions one...

UPDATE: L Train Reopens After Fumes Cause Fainting, Vomiting

UPDATE: L Train Reopens After Fumes Cause Fainting, Vomiting

(Sharilyn Neidhardt / Flickr) The MTA has suspended L train service between First Avenue in Manhattan and Morgan Avenue in Brooklyn, after gas fumes caused at least two passengers to faint. Update: L train service is...

Jazmine Headley Demands Reforms To City's Public Benefits System: 'Social Workers, Not Security Officers'

Jazmine Headley Demands Reforms To City's Public Benefits System: 'Social Workers, Not Security Officers'

Jazmine Headley speaking at Monday's City Council hearing on General Welfare (City Council/Flickr) Nearly two months after Jazmine Headley was arrested and forcibly separated from her child at a public assistance center in Brooklyn, the young...

Queens Senator Could Kill Cuomo's Amazon Deal: 'This Is Not A Dictatorship'

Queens Senator Could Kill Cuomo's Amazon Deal: 'This Is Not A Dictatorship'

In November, New York State Sen. Michael Gianaris, center, calls on supporters to remove the Amazon app from their phones and boycott the compony, as he address a coalition rally and press conference (Bebeto Matthews/AP/Shutterstock) Aside...

Early Addition: Howard Schultz Just Wants Everyone To Be Nicer To Billionaires

Early Addition: Howard Schultz Just Wants Everyone To Be Nicer To Billionairesvideo

Because billionaires are just 'people of means,' check out today's midday links: Liam Neeson keeps talking, James Brown murder allegations, vape pen explosion, Trump Tower Moscow documents, bored children, and dog performs the breakfast dance.

Video Shows Perilously Packed Subway Platform During Monday Night Rush Hour Delays

Video Shows Perilously Packed Subway Platform During Monday Night Rush Hour Delays

Screams. (@Kia4Realz/Twitter) Caution: If you, like me, go all wobbly when the crowds corral you onto the yellow strip, i.e. into the danger zone, on even a moderately full subway platform, then the following Content is...

Happy 10-Year Anniversary Of NYC Finding The Alleged Source Of The Mysterious Maple Syrup Smell

Happy 10-Year Anniversary Of NYC Finding The Alleged Source Of The Mysterious Maple Syrup Smell

(Shutterstock) Ten years ago today, Mayor Michael Bloomberg's press schedule announced an event at 11 a.m., with this tantalizing description: "Reveals Sources of Mysterious but Harmless Maple Syrup Odors" Yes, New York City had finally figured...

Extra Extra: The Perfect Rent-Controlled Apartment Exists In Greenwich Village

Extra Extra: The Perfect Rent-Controlled Apartment Exists In Greenwich Villagevideo

Because Adam Levine wrote a beautiful wordsalad about the Super Bowl, check out today's end-of-day links: JD Salinger's son speaks, Trump's orange glow, Gavin McInnes lawsuit, SNL 'Totino's' history, digging up family history, and dog helps count money.

A Goose On The Loose Delays Q Train Servicegallery

A Goose On The Loose Delays Q Train Service

A rogue goose shut down part of the subway system for more than an hour Monday afternoon, frustrating and transfixing midday commuters in Brooklyn. The bird, a large Canada goose, was first reported by the MTA as...

As Affordable Housing Crisis Continues, NYC Officials Renew Focus On Vacant Lots

As Affordable Housing Crisis Continues, NYC Officials Renew Focus On Vacant Lots

(Talena Sanders / Flickr) In the midst of record-high homelessness and an affordable housing crisis, elected officials are still grappling with one of New York City's long-puzzling eyesores: abandoned vacant lots. Just last year, two laws...

Conditions At Sunset Park MDC 'A Humanitarian Crisis,' Lawsuit Alleges

Conditions At Sunset Park MDC 'A Humanitarian Crisis,' Lawsuit Alleges

Bronx resident Catana Yehudah, 50, front, sheds tears as she hears the response of prisoners held inside the Metropolitan Detention Center. Yehudah's brother Jason Smith is currently serving 18 months inside MDC for gun possession. He...

Pregnant Woman Brutally Stabbed To Death In Ridgewood Apartment Building

Pregnant Woman Brutally Stabbed To Death In Ridgewood Apartment Building

(OlegDoroshin/Shutterstock) A knife-wielding man made his way into a pregnant woman's Queens apartment building early Sunday morning, dragging her down three flights of stairs before stabbing her to death in the lobby. The attacker quickly ran,...

Elderly Cyclist Killed By Hit-And-Run Driver While Riding In Bike Lane

Elderly Cyclist Killed By Hit-And-Run Driver While Riding In Bike Lane

(via NYPD) An elderly cyclist was killed by a hit-and-run-driver while riding in a bike lane near Times Square on Monday, police said. The 72-year-old cyclist was traveling northbound on Eighth Avenue near 45th Street when...

Did You Hear The Mysterious Boom In Park Slope Last Night?

Did You Hear The Mysterious Boom In Park Slope Last Night?

5th Avenue and 6th Street, in Park Slope, Brooklyn, around where last night's boom happened. Via Googlemaps. Around 11:30 p.m. last night, Park Slope, Brooklyn denizens reported hearing a seismic boom, accompanied by a mysterious flash...

Early Addition: Finally, A Relatable Article About The Superwealthy Taking Care Of Their Superyachts

Early Addition: Finally, A Relatable Article About The Superwealthy Taking Care Of Their Superyachtsvideo

Because last night was the worst Super Bowl in recent history, check out today's midday links: New Yorker pathological liar longread, 21 Savage arrested, population decline, Trump's schedule, and dog gets the right scratch.

Oh Look It's Spring Now

Oh Look It's Spring Now

Tomorrow may look something like this, an eerie sight in February. (ep_jhu / Flickr) The nation's premier Weather Hogs conferred on Saturday and agreed that winter would run short this year, spring descending in a mere...

Man Fatally Shot On 7 Train Platform In Queens

Man Fatally Shot On 7 Train Platform In Queens

(GojiMet86 / Flickr) A man was fatally shot in the head during a melee on a Queens subway platform on Sunday afternoon, and the shooter remains at large. Police say the shooting occurred around 12:40 p.m....

Guards Pepper Spray Protesters At Brooklyn Jail Where Inmates Went Without Heat For A Weekgallery

Guards Pepper Spray Protesters At Brooklyn Jail Where Inmates Went Without Heat For A Week

After more than a week without heat and power, conditions at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn showed signs of improvement on Sunday evening, but not for everyone. Emergency generators are on, and heat has been restored...

Protests Continue As Officials Report 'Intolerable, Immoral' Conditions Inside Freezing Brooklyn Jail gallery

Protests Continue As Officials Report 'Intolerable, Immoral' Conditions Inside Freezing Brooklyn Jail

As public outrage mounts over reports of inmates being deprived of heat and other basic necessities at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, family members of the incarcerated—and over one hundred supporters—gathered on the steps of the...

Extra Extra: Quitting Facebook Will Literally Make You Happier

Extra Extra: Quitting Facebook Will Literally Make You Happiervideo

Because deleting Facebook is healthy for you, check out today's end-of-day links: Warren apologizes, the fuck FuckJerry movement, 'The Good Place' philosophy consultant, Jussie Smollett makes statement, Tekashi 6ix9ine pleads guilts, and a dog water fountain.

Newark Residents Remember Feeling Like Cory Booker's Stepping Stone

Newark Residents Remember Feeling Like Cory Booker's Stepping Stone

Democratic US Senator Cory Booker (R), of New Jersey, talks to reporters during a press conference in front of his home after his announcement that is he running for President of the United States, in Newark,...

Photos: Manhole Fire Immolates Parked Cars In Boerum Hill, Leads To Power Outagesgallery

Photos: Manhole Fire Immolates Parked Cars In Boerum Hill, Leads To Power Outages

A manhole fire in Brooklyn caused several cars to burst into flames along a residential block of Boerum Hill this afternoon, leading to ongoing power outages for at least 100 nearby residents, authorities said. A spokesperson for...

Brooklyn Jail Goes Without Heat For Days During Brutal Cold Snap

Brooklyn Jail Goes Without Heat For Days During Brutal Cold Snap

The Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn (Kathy Willens/AP/Shutterstock) As temperatures in New York City plunged to the single digits this week, some inmates at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn have been forced to endure the...

Amazon's NYC Campus, Donald Trump's Rise, & NY's Prison Boom All Share A Common Ancestor

Amazon's NYC Campus, Donald Trump's Rise, & NY's Prison Boom All Share A Common Ancestor

Protesters at Wednesday's City Council hearing on Amazon's planned new Long Island City campus (John McCarten / City Council) In 1968, shortly after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., the Republican governor of New York...

Watch A NJ Man Hilariously Fail At Faking A Slip & Fall

Watch A NJ Man Hilariously Fail At Faking A Slip & Fallvideo

A New Jersey man was arrested and charged after he was caught on security camera video purposefully faking a slip & fall on a job site. The Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office announced that Alexander Goldinsky, 57,...

The Knicks Have Traded Kristaps Porzingis And I Am Just Giving Up

The Knicks Have Traded Kristaps Porzingis And I Am Just Giving Up

(Erik S Lesser/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock) Almost two years ago, I made a pledge that considering the state of NYC transit, the unfolding climate catastrophe, and the enduring blues stylings of JD and the Straight Shot, if the Knicks...

Early Addition: Trump Thinks He's Entitled To Good Coverage From The Times Because He's From Queens

Early Addition: Trump Thinks He's Entitled To Good Coverage From The Times Because He's From Queensvideo

Because Trump's in a grumpy mood, check out today's midday links: UWS home invasion, Vice Media layoffs, rich kids cheating, 'The Dog Of The South' anniversary, Super Bowl ticket scam, and doggos sigh.

Video: Bats Disrupt Brooklyn Nets Away Game in San Antonio

Video: Bats Disrupt Brooklyn Nets Away Game in San Antonio

Mexican free-tailed bats, the most common bats in Texas, are seen leaving the Bracken Bat Cave, which lies close to San Antonio, Texas. (public domain) Texas, my home state, has always been goth as hell. Case...

NJ Senator Cory Booker Announces Campaign For President

NJ Senator Cory Booker Announces Campaign For President

Sen. Cory Booker D-N.J. testifies during a confirmation hearing for Jeff Sessions (Cliff Owen/AP/Shutterstock) New Jersey Senator Cory Booker is officially running for president. He made the announcement on Friday morning, becoming the fourth U.S. senator...

Uber Announces Price Hike In NYC As Congestion Pricing Surcharge Moves Forward

Uber Announces Price Hike In NYC As Congestion Pricing Surcharge Moves Forward

(Mary Altaffer/AP/Shutterstock) A New York State judge lifted a temporary restraining order that had blocked the state's congestion pricing surcharge from going into effect on January 1st. In her order, Judge Lynn Kotler found that the...

'Building On Stilts' That Inspired City To Close Zoning Loophole May Get Built Anyway

'Building On Stilts' That Inspired City To Close Zoning Loophole May Get Built Anyway

(Rafael Vinoly Architects) As the growing revolt against “supertalls” shows signs of making a dent in zoning policies, not everyone is in agreement on how the regulations should be interpreted and applied. Two weeks ago, the...

'This Needs To F*cking Stop': Watch A 'Fired Up' Ellen Page Call Out Trump, Pence On The Late Show With Stephen Colbertvideo

'This Needs To F*cking Stop': Watch A 'Fired Up' Ellen Page Call Out Trump, Pence On The Late Show With Stephen Colbert

Ellen Page swung by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Thursday night to promote her new Netflix show The Umbrella Academy. But the ostensible purpose of her visit was barely mentioned; instead, Page used Colbert's questions...

Extra Extra: Farewell To Our Sweet Latvian Prince

Extra Extra: Farewell To Our Sweet Latvian Princevideo

Because Knicks fans are still in shock, check out today's end-of-day links: cabin fever, black women fur coats history, Bowie biopic, Manhattan's first public beach plan, Cuomo's marijuana plan gets stuck in the weeds, and dog has a great snow day.

UPDATE: NYCHA Dodges Federal Takeover, Will Get Independent Monitor Instead

UPDATE: NYCHA Dodges Federal Takeover, Will Get Independent Monitor Instead

HUD Secretary Ben Carson (Shutterstock) As the battle over a possible federal takeover of the New York City Housing Authority rages, and with a court-ordered deadline to come up with a plan set to expire later...

The Rise Of Brooklyn Congressman Hakeem Jeffries

The Rise Of Brooklyn Congressman Hakeem Jeffries

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries on January 23, 2019 (Andrew Harnik/AP/Shutterstock) When Hakeem Jeffries's House colleagues elected him Democratic Caucus chairman in November, they dropped the four-term Brooklyn Representative into the middle of one of his party’s biggest...

Video: Governor Cuomo Personally Enforces Upstate Truck Driving Ban

Video: Governor Cuomo Personally Enforces Upstate Truck Driving Ban

"Buffalo, NY- Governor Andrew Cuomo travels to closed Skyway Highway in Buffalo to view its condition and confronts truckers not adhering to Truck/Bus travel ban along the way." (Governor's Office) While some other governors may see...

Albany Bill Could Make It Harder For ICE To Arrest Immigrants At Courthouses

Albany Bill Could Make It Harder For ICE To Arrest Immigrants At Courthouses

Assemblywoman Michaelle Solanges at a press conference discussing the proposed legislation. (Beth Fertig / WNYC) District attorneys, public defenders and immigration advocates joined state lawmakers Thursday to support legislation that would make it harder for Immigration...

NYCHA Residents Excoriate The Agency's 'Desperate' Pitch For Privatization

NYCHA Residents Excoriate The Agency's 'Desperate' Pitch For Privatization

Rendering of Holmes project, a mixed-income apartment building, provided by NYCHA. The New York City Housing Authority faced a blistering chorus of criticism Wednesday night during a public hearing for its plan to bring in a...

Health Department Warns South Asian NYers About Lead Risks In Spices And Powders

Health Department Warns South Asian NYers About Lead Risks In Spices And Powders

A handout from the New York City Health Department about curbing lead poisoning risk. The South Asian community in New York City is at high risk for lead poisoning, the Health Department warned on Wednesday with...

A Conversation With NYC's Most Prolific Political Heckler

A Conversation With NYC's Most Prolific Political Heckler

Andy Ratto heckling Howard Schultz at Barnes & Noble on January 28, 2019 (Kathy Willens/AP/Shutterstock) Howard Schultz is entering his fourth day on the prospective campaign trail, after announcing on 60 Minutes this weekend that he’s...

Three Men Charged With Hate Crimes After Alleged Anti-Semitic Attacks In Crown Heights

Three Men Charged With Hate Crimes After Alleged Anti-Semitic Attacks In Crown Heights

(Google Maps) Two Hasidic men were attacked within minutes of each other in Crown Heights on Wednesday, putting the Brooklyn Orthodox Jewish community on alert amid a reported increase in anti-Semitic incidents across the city. According...

Arctic Blast, Day 2: Step Into The Deep Freeze

Arctic Blast, Day 2: Step Into The Deep Freeze

Firefighter uses hose to battle a fire in Bedford-Stuyvesant—and the water formed ice on a tree ( Mark Lennihan/AP/Shutterstock) We knew today would be cold, but when you are not in the shit, it's hard to...

Early Addition: Donald Trump Jr. Thinks SNL Stands For 'Saturday & Live'

Early Addition: Donald Trump Jr. Thinks SNL Stands For 'Saturday & Live'video

Because YA Twitter sounds like a terrifying place, check out today's midday links: Park Slope panda bear, Donald Trump Jr.'s doesn't know what SNL stands for, The Strand landmark battle, freezing temps, and doggo jailbreak.

City Council Grills Amazon On Runaway Subsidies And Anti-Union Stance

City Council Grills Amazon On Runaway Subsidies And Anti-Union Stance

Protesters drop a banner during the City Council's hearing on Amazon's plan to build a massive campus in Long Island City on Wednesday (Jim O'Grady / Gothamist) New York’s pro and anti-Amazon forces went at each...

Firefighters Battle Massive Blazes In Freezing Conditions

Firefighters Battle Massive Blazes In Freezing Conditions

FDNY at 376 Vernon Avenue, Brooklyn (NYC OEM) The Marcal paper factory, whose landmark sign greeted drivers on Route 80 in Elmwood Park, NJ, was destroyed by an eight-alarm fire that started at 5 p.m. on...

After Mother's Tragic Death, Disability & Transit Advocates Rally For An Accessible Subway Systemgallery

After Mother's Tragic Death, Disability & Transit Advocates Rally For An Accessible Subway System

Days after a young woman died while descending subway stairs with her daughter and a stroller, disability, transit, and family advocates gathered in Midtown Manhattan on Wednesday to demand a more accessible subway system. Representatives from the...

Extra Extra: Mitch McConnell Thinks Making Election Day A Federal Holiday Is 'Political Power Grab'

Extra Extra: Mitch McConnell Thinks Making Election Day A Federal Holiday Is 'Political Power Grab'video

Because you can die from swallowing a toothpick, check out today's end-of-day links: bagel sandwich hot take, The Beatles rooftop concert anniversary, mailbox replacements, 'Stalinist Truman Show,' NY politician tattoos, and dog tolerates calf love.

Ride Hailing Companies Lyft & Juno Sue City Over Minimum Wage Law

Ride Hailing Companies Lyft & Juno Sue City Over Minimum Wage Law

(Gene J Puskar/AP/Shutterstock) The ride hailing companies Juno and Lyft are suing New York City to block a new minimum wage law for app-based drivers that was set to go into effect on Friday. Both companies...

Videos: Remembering The Great Snow Squall Of 2019

Videos: Remembering The Great Snow Squall Of 2019video

(Jenn Hsu/Gothamist) Where were you when the great snow squall swallowed the city back in January 2019? It feels like it was only 15 minutes ago that we were engulfed in a full-blown snow squall micro-blizzard...

NYPD And ASPCA Mark 5th Anniversary Of Partnership With Heartwarming Video

NYPD And ASPCA Mark 5th Anniversary Of Partnership With Heartwarming Videovideo

This is Juice (ASPCA) Five years ago, the city changed the way it handled animal abuse complaints, with the NYPD taking over enforcement duties from the ASPCA. Now, the police department and animal welfare organization are...

Today's Fight Over The Brooklyn Heights Promenade Recalls Its Embattled Origin Story

Today's Fight Over The Brooklyn Heights Promenade Recalls Its Embattled Origin Story

Eric Adams at a recent rally on the Promenade. (Jen Carlson / Gothamist) The current battle over the stretch of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway that runs past Brooklyn Heights is heating up, as the Department of Transportation...

It's 'Groundhog Day' For NYCHA Residents Suffering Through Heat Outages During Arctic Blast

It's 'Groundhog Day' For NYCHA Residents Suffering Through Heat Outages During Arctic Blast

Mayor Bill de Blasio during a visit to NYCHA's Woodside Houses to check on a repaired boiler last year (Mayor's Flickr) The bone-chilling polar vortex that has transformed much of the Midwest into a dangerous freeze...

Lawmakers Take Aim At The Hundreds Of Miles Of Scaffolding Around NYC

Lawmakers Take Aim At The Hundreds Of Miles Of Scaffolding Around NYC

(Eli Friedmann / Flickr) There are over 300 miles of scaffolding in this city. Those damp, dimly-lit plywood tunnels installed alongside construction sites are meant to keep construction materials from falling on pedestrians below. But sidewalk...

New Yorkers On Why They Put Up With Maddeningly Slow Buses: 'I Don't Have No Choice'

New Yorkers On Why They Put Up With Maddeningly Slow Buses: 'I Don't Have No Choice'

Commuters board an MTA BX19 bus after waiting over 15 minutes for the bus to arrive.(David "Dee" Delgado / Gothamist) Andre Cuevas slumped over his phone in the back of the bus. His construction boots, coated...

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