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'Democracy Dies in Dampness': Massive Lines, Broken Scanners, Epic Waits to Vote in Soggy NYC

Posted on November 6, 2018February 17, 2021 by Daniel Maurer

If you thought the line for a last-minute Halloween costume was as bad as it got, you may have learned otherwise when you headed to…

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NYC’s Empty Newspaper Boxes Are Being Turned Into Woke Lending Libraries

Posted on November 6, 2018February 17, 2021 by Jess Rohan

On your way to the polls, grab a leftist polemic or a dystopic novel from the guerrilla mini-libraries that started popping up in old newspaper…

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NYC's Empty Newspaper Boxes Are Being Turned Into Woke Lending Libraries

Posted on November 6, 2018February 17, 2021 by Jess Rohan

On your way to the polls, grab a leftist polemic or a dystopic novel from the guerrilla mini-libraries that started popping up in old newspaper…

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Election Day Freebies and Discounts in NYC: Free Food, Booze, Rides and More

Posted on November 5, 2018February 17, 2021 by Daniel Maurer

You don’t have to watch SNL’s Midterms ad to know you’re going to need a flower vase full of booze this Election Day. Luckily, some bars are…

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Rally With Nan Goldin, Richard Hell, and Other Downtown Legends at This Protest Pop-Up

Posted on October 30, 2018February 22, 2021 by Jess Rohan

Are you into arts, crafts, or sharing primal screams with your fellow progressives? From now until Election Day you can go to Protest Factory and…

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Six Years After Sandy, Electeds Say Current Flood Protection Plan Doesn’t Hold Water

Posted on October 29, 2018February 22, 2021 by Erica Commisso

Six years ago today, Superstorm Sandy hit New York City. Streets were flooded, buildings were destroyed, some $19 billion in damage occurred, and 43 people…

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Elizabeth Street Garden Ralliers to City: 'Hands Off My Bush'

Posted on October 29, 2018February 22, 2021 by Ryan Krause

To the residents of Nolita, Elizabeth Street Garden is an urban oasis. The garden, a schoolyard in a previous life, is a lush patchwork of…

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JR’s New Houston Bowery Mural Takes Aim at ‘Guns in America’

Posted on October 26, 2018February 22, 2021 by Summer Cartwright

It’s a weird sight: families and high school tour groups smiling and posing against a wall of activists with guns slung on their shoulders, or…

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These Anti-Creep Posters Are Coming to Halloween Parties, and Could Become Law

Posted on October 24, 2018February 22, 2021 by Cassidy Dawn Graves

If you ask Anya Sapozhnikova, co-founder of glitzy Bushwick club and venue House of Yes, Halloween is the biggest party season in New York. It’s…

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Landlords, Activists Clash as City Council Mulls Small Business Jobs Survival Act

Posted on October 23, 2018February 22, 2021 by DJ Cashmere

Corey Johnson began yesterday’s hearing with an elegy: Tortilla Flats. 30+ years. Closing this weekend. Clayworks Pottery. Kicked out after 44 years. Lenox Lounge in…

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