Cyclist Evan Neumann was biking up Allen Street on the Lower East Side last February when he was pulled over by an NYPD officer and issued a ticket for something that isn't against the law in NYC. As Neumann was approaching Stanton Street, he checked b... »
It isn't just teachers getting arrested in our schools. According to new data released by the NYPD [PDF], an average of five students were arrested every day in the city's school system last fall, and nine more were issued summonses. Things look especi... »
In April of 2002, Eve Ensler’s controversial play, The Vagina Monologues, made its Buffalo debut at Studio Arena Theater. The premiere came 6 years after the play first hit the stage in New York City and 4 years after Ensler established V Day as a ... »
A federal judge issued a temporary reprieve today to a small Bronx church seeking to overturn New York City’s ban on hosting worship services in public schools after hours. U.S. District Judge Loretta Preska said in her ruling she would block the ban f... »
It was back in December when I brought you the news that Timboo's Bar, unchanged since it opened in 1969, would be closing on New Year's Day. The bar, on Fifth Avenue and 11th Street, managed to stay open for a few extra weeks, but earlier this week th... »
Last year, to the dismay of many, the MTA made some serious service cuts (nixing dozens of bus routes and two subway lines) in the name of keeping saving $93 million in its $12.6 billion budget. Yesterday MTA board members Mitch Pally and Allen Cappell... »
Like the voices of Tim Allen and Tom Hanks, Manhattan's old coin-operated parking meters have been discarded for flashier, more efficient and soulless Multispace Muni-Meters. But what will the city do with the 51,000 meters they removed last month? Sel... »
Where are you from originally? Born and raised in Buffalo.What is your medium? Mostly graphic arts, design, printmaking.... Mixed media, painting and collage.How has Buffalo influenced your work? Literally and figuratively, Buffalo is the subject matt... »
