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Councilman Proposes Cigarette-Style Warnings on Independent PAC Ads 27 Aug 2013 | 04:50 am
City Councilman Brad Lander is looking to rein in exploding expenditures from super PAC-like groups with proposed new legislation that would slap cigarette-style warnings on their mailings, among othe...
De Blasio Brandishes Boro Park Roots in Bid to Win Orthodox Jewish Votes 27 Aug 2013 | 03:47 am
It’s good to be back home, or at least in your former City Council district. Bill de Blasio took his mayoral campaign down a busy business strip in the heart of Brooklyn’s Orthodox Jewish community t...
Pat Kiernan Likes Peter Pan’s Apple Doughnuts 27 Aug 2013 | 03:34 am
Pat Kiernan (photo: Patrick McMullan) NY1's Pat Kiernan and his family moved to Williamsburg from the Upper West Side last year, where they bought a brownstone on Bedford Street. And now, like many a...
Bill de Blasio Insists He’s Very Decisive 27 Aug 2013 | 02:21 am
Bill de Blasio says he’s decisive, no matter what the The New York Times may say to the contrary. This morning, the paper of record ran a front-page story examining the mayoral candidate’s leadership...
Should Subsidized Housing Residents Downsize to Accommodate Other Low-Income Tenants? 27 Aug 2013 | 01:41 am
HPD is trying to move Section 8-voucher recipients into smaller units. A good New York City apartment is hard to find and even harder to replace. And so New Yorkers display an unbending will when it ...
To Kill an Anonymous Commenter: Huffington Post’s New System Cites Harper Lee 27 Aug 2013 | 12:51 am
The extended metaphor. Last Friday, The Huffington Post announced that it would be doing away with its anonymous commenter accounts, a move that marks a recent trend in digital publishing outlets to ...
Anthony Weiner Proclaims Himself a Pro-Women Candidate 27 Aug 2013 | 12:33 am
Former Congressman Anthony Weiner, who has come under repeated fire from women’s groups and feminist leaders for his online sexting habits, is touting his credentials fighting for women’s rights. In ...
Google Ideas: Buy a Painfully Pink West End Co-op 26 Aug 2013 | 10:55 pm
It may take the blood of a thousand virgins to exorcise this apartment of its interior decorating demons. Google Ideas director Jared Cohen once gave a speech titled, "Don't pursue ideas with obvious...
New Quinn Ad Touts Newspaper Endorsement Triple Play 26 Aug 2013 | 10:07 pm
That was fast. Less than half a day after copies of the New York Post shipped out across the city with their reluctant endorsement of her mayoral campaign on the cover, Council Speaker Christine Quin...
Five Essay Prompts for Breaking Bad 5×11: ‘Confessions’ 26 Aug 2013 | 09:30 pm
They make the guac' right at the table! (AMC) These questions regard last night’s episode of AMC’s Breaking Bad. Please answer the prompts with specific examples from LAST NIGHT’S EPISODE, though sup...
