New York News

Giuliani Slips Another Notch

Dan Collins | Posted 11.20.2009 | New York


Dan Collins

The Giuliani brand has deteriorated so much it's hard to imagine an office for which he might be suited. If this is the finale of his political life, fine. Good-bye, Rudy. See you on Fox. However, there's still that Senate seat...

The NYGMen Podcast: Week 10 - The Bye Week Special

Dan Weiner | Posted 11.18.2009 | New York


Dan Weiner

In this Week 10 Bye Week special, we rejoice in the Giants' good fortune during their week off.

Astoria Characters: The Grandson of Mom-and-Pops

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 11.17.2009 | New York


Nancy Ruhling

Gary got his counter spot at Bartunek Hardware from his father, Edward, who was born the same year as the store and who waited on customers until earlier this year when he died at age 84.

Bye Bye Bernie

Dan Collins | Posted 11.05.2009 | New York


Dan Collins

The finale of the Bernie Kerik story is an important reminder that in the annals of major American politicians who pick dreadful top aides, Rudy Giuliani is right up there with Warren Harding.

Mayor Bloomberg's Mini-Victory

Dan Collins | Posted 11.04.2009 | New York


Dan Collins

For a normal mortal, Michael Bloomberg's 5-point mayoral win would be a healthy victory. For him, it looks like a desperate scraping of the barrel.

Astoria Characters: The Madcap Moviemaker

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 11.02.2009 | New York


Nancy Ruhling

When the DVD starts, so does the laughter. Anastasios Makedon must have watched his first film a million times. But every time he sees it again, it cracks him up.

Major Gaps In Oversight Of Human Medical Research

HuffPost Investigative Fund | By Jeanne Lenzer and Shannon Brownlee | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics


Ten years ago, an 18-year-old student named Jesse Gelsinger died during a medical research trial involving gene therapy at the University of Pennsylva...

Astoria Characters: The Yoga Guru

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 10.19.2009 | New York


Nancy Ruhling

Hee Jung works for Astoria's Dahn Yoga center, which has nothing to do with ladies in leotards performing pretzel poses. Its format is monkey posture meets meditation.

Help Save Hudson Square

John Slattery | Posted 10.13.2009 | New York


John Slattery

Mr. Bloomberg presents himself as a guy who gets things done, but I guess democracy is a little too messy for him. What he says he's doing and how he spends taxpayers' money are two different things.

Astoria Characters: The Frame-O-Phile

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 10.12.2009 | New York


Nancy Ruhling

Astoria-based Eli Wilner has become the framer of choice for the Smithsonian, Sotheby's and Christie's auction houses and the White House. "I want to frame the whole world," he says.

Astoria Characters: The No-Go Gal

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 10.05.2009 | New York


Nancy Ruhling

Astoria, Queens: for 40 years, this has been Josephine Todaro's stomping ground. "Everyone I know who has left Astoria always comes back," she says.

Bake Sales Banned In New York Schools

nytimes.com | JENNIFER MEDINA | Posted 10.03.2009 | New York


There shall be no cupcakes. No chocolate cake and no carrot cake. According to New York City's latest regulations, not even zucchini bread makes the c...

Karla Giraldo Monserrate's Girlfriend Breaks Down While Testifying

NBC New York | Posted 09.30.2009 | New York


The girlfriend of alleged face-slasher Hiram Monserrate broke into tears while testifying this afternoon -- rushing from courtroom and throwing her bo...

Najibullah Zazi: Terror Suspect Was 'The Donut Guy'

nytimes.com | MICHAEL WILSON | Posted 09.26.2009 | New York


For years, he was a fixture in Lower Manhattan, as regular as the sunrise. Every morning, Najibullah Zazi would be there on Stone Street with his past...

Metropolitan Opera's 'Tosca': More Trouble For Staging Of Puccini's Production

AP | Posted 09.25.2009 | New York


NEW YORK — The Metropolitan Opera's new staging of Puccini's "Tosca" has run into more bumps. Spokesman Peter Clark says baritone George Gagnid...

Swine Flu Rap: Hip Hop PSA Wins H1N1 Prevention Contest (VIDEO)

Posted 09.24.2009 | New York


Everybody's favorite swine flu rap will soon be spreading across the country. Dr. John D. Clarke, the medical director for the Long Island Rail Road...

Hassan Nemazee, Democratic Fundraiser, Indicted For $292 Million Ponzi Scheme

AP | LARRY NEUMEISTER | Posted 09.21.2009 | New York


NEW YORK — Federal prosecutors have charged a wealthy fundraiser for Hillary Rodham Clinton and other top Democrats in an alleged $292 million P...

ARRESTED: Raymond Clark III Charged With Annie Le Yale Murder

AP | RAY HENRY and MICHAEL HILL | Posted 11.17.2009 | New York


NEW HAVEN, Conn. — As police charged a Yale animal lab technician with murdering a graduate student who worked in his building, a portrait began...

Picture emerges of Yale suspect as controlling

AP | RAY HENRY and MICHAEL HILL | Posted 11.17.2009 | New York


NEW HAVEN, Conn. — As police charged a Yale animal lab technician with murdering a graduate student who worked in his building, a portrait began...

Annie Le Update: Raymond Clark III Arrested In Slaying Of Yale Student

Posted 11.16.2009 | New York


RAY HENRY and MICHAEL HILL, Associated Press NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Police say a Yale University lab technician has been arrested in the killing of a g...

Annie Le Suspect: Yale Slaying Looks Like An Inside Job

AP | PAT EATON-ROBB | Posted 11.14.2009 | New York


NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Clues increasingly pointed to an inside job Monday in the slaying of a Yale graduate student whose body was found stuffed ins...

Serena Williams Fined $10,000 For US Open Tirade

AP | HOWARD FENDRICH | Posted 11.13.2009 | New York


NEW YORK — Serena Williams' profanity-laced, finger-pointing tirade at a U.S. Open linesperson drew a $10,000 fine Sunday, and more punishment c...

Joe Wilson and the 9/12 March: The Week That Decency Died?

John R. Bohrer | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics


John R. Bohrer

The 9/12 protests are extensions of the 'sore loser' rallies, and they're one hundred percent partisan. That is why their attempts to wrap themselves in the tragedy of 9/11 is so wrong.

Rep. Steve Rothman: Gadhafi Won't Stay In Englewood

AP | VICTOR EPSTEIN | Posted 09.28.2009 | New York


NEWARK, N.J. — U.S. Rep. Steve Rothman said late Friday he's been given assurances from a representative of the Libyan government that Moammar G...

The High Line -- New York's Latest Public Park Where Apparently Nudity Abounds

Mike McCready | Posted 09.26.2009 | New York


Mike McCready

This park offers great views of the neighborhood and of the Hudson River - and apparently of the people staying in The Standard Hotel in all their nudity and lewd behavior.