Opponents of the plan to redevelop the Domino Sugar refinery are speaking out again as Mayor de Blasio asks for additional affordable housing just days…
Stop And Frisk Complaints Are Declining — But They Haven’t Disappeared Yet
As New York City looks set to settle with civil liberties groups over the Police Department’s long-standing and contentious policy of stopping, questioning and frisking…
Meet the Bushwick Mom Who Got a Shoutout in De Blasio’s State of the City Speech
Rocio Espada had no idea her family’s story would be used to introduce a major new policy of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Monday in his…
Are Jimmy McMillan’s New Jams Kind of Amazing, or Are We Too Damn High?
Sure, de Blasio filled three top slots yesterday, but that’s not half as exciting his runner-up’s three new jams. Jimmy McMillan snagged less than 2,000…
Cornel West Praises Catholic Anarchist, Thinks Obama Is ‘Not Worth Breakdancing Over’
Cornel West dropped into the East Village’s Maryhouse on Friday to deliver a holy-rolling birthday tribute to Dorothy Day, the Catholic-anarchist writer who would’ve turned…
Hasidic Williamsburg Is Full of Thompson Twins, But Not Quite Completely
Check out the New York Times map depicting the outcome of Tuesday’s mayoral Democratic primaries and you can pretty much guess what Williamsburg looks like. A…
Yep, De Blasio Celebrated With Food Trucks and LCD Soundsystem
If you were following Daily Intel last night, then you know the deal: Joe Lhota beat John Catsimatidis as the Republican mayoral candidate despite Cats’s…
House Fire On Graham Avenue; ‘theArtisan’ Coming to Williamsburg
A fire broke out at 293 Graham Avenue in Williamsburg this afternoon. The three-story residential building appeared to sustain little damage, although 60 firefighters responded,…
Scenes From Today’s Trayvon Martin Rally in Union Square
Hundreds gathered for a rally in Union Square this afternoon, to protest the not guilty verdict in the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. On the scene was…