NYC’s Housing Cost Myth — re:form — Medium
Real real estate prices, visualized NYC’s Housing Cost Myth — re:form — Medium.
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On Leaving New York | Roland Li
On Leaving New York byRoland Li I was a child of the suburbs. Most of my high school life narrowed to a mile-long stretch of Boston Post Road, trudging to class. Our nocturnal highlight was Taco Bell, which was open until 1 a.m. The city was a faint impression of stately Art Deco landmarks and…
The chain stores of New York | Capital New York
paging_filterThe commercial avenues of Park Slope are filled with cute little shops and restaurants, and many of them are the first and last of their kind, existing only here. But a significant number are part of a slightly more successful species: the neighborhood mini-chain.Bark, a hot dog joint, has a second location in Greenwich Village….
The NYPD Slowdown Is Working, Let’s Keep It: Gothamist
The New York Times editorial board has reacted to the raw data of the NYPD slowdown with sweater-vested histrionics. “The madness has to stop,” the editorial states. A lack of Broken Windows policing won’t “unleash chaos,” they argue, it’s that “cops who refuse to do their jobs and revel in showing contempt to their civilian…
The NYPD Officers Who See Racial Bias in the NYPD – The Atlantic
Defenders of the police department too often ignore credible evidence that its treatment of minorities leaves much room for improvement. Shannon Stapleton/Reuters A dozen years ago, City Journal, the quarterly magazine of The Manhattan Institute, published “The Black Cops You Never Hear About” by Heather Mac Donald, one of the sharpest, most eloquent, and zealous…
Brooklyn Beta vs. Afro-Futurism — Human Parts — Medium
Is ‘authenticity’ another word for exclusion? The tech and design industries, like Portlandia, are worryingly minority-f… Brooklyn Beta vs. Afro-Futurism — Human Parts — Medium.
Uber Has Been Partially Suspended In New York City – Business Insider
Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesTravis Kalanick, chief executive officer of Uber Technologies Inc., in London in October. New York City has temporarily banned some of Uber’s bases there, but it shouldn’t affect service, the company says. Five of the six bases run by the taxi service were suspended by the city’s taxi and limousine tribunal…
Smirking Thug Who Attacked Lady Subway Worker Was An NYPD Cop, Surprise! | Wonkette
It has not been a banner year for our armed public servants from the City of New York. When we last left them, they were executing a two-pronged strategy to protest Mayor Bill de Blasio’s alleged anti-cop rhetoric, first hijacking the funeral of two murdered cops, then refusing to do their jobs. What did the horrible…
Police Now Citing ‘Feelings’ as Reason for Slowdown | Rolling Stone
By Matt Taibbi | January 6, 2015The apparent work stoppage by the New York Police Department is now officially a really confusing story.The latest weekly stats show that whatever they NYPD is up to is still going on in a big way, with parking violations down 92 percent compared to the same week last year,…
Forget rats, pigeons & bedbugs: Bunnies are New York’s hottest new vermin! | Dangerous Minds
The wildlife of NYC is much maligned, and yet every honest-to-God New Yorker knows these scrappy, hard-bitten creatures are an integral part of experiencing the city. Maybe you saw a rat as big as Corgi attack a Corgi the size of a slightly smaller Corgi!? Perhaps you encountered a roach trying to sell you a…