Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
In a Facebook post, Scott Kleinberg said he had to quit working for Mayor Bill de Blasio “for the sake of my health and my sanity.”View Full Caption Getty/Kena Betancur CIVIC CENTER — Mayor Bill de Blasio’s new social media director has quit — saying in a scathing Facebook post that he had to do…
Height – 1536 | Width – 2048 Photo: Bloomberg Donald Trump is the only billionaire in the city to get a middle-class tax break. Earlier this year, Crain’s reported that Donald Trump received a property-tax break for middle-class New Yorkers. That revelation raised questions about just how wealthy the presumptive GOP presidential nominee really…
Short-term rental companies like Airbnb are flooding New York City’s housing market, reducing available housing stock citywide by 10%, a new study has revealed. More than 55% of rooms or apartments listed on Airbnb in New York are illegal, according to the report, which is the result of research commissioned by two affordable housing advocacy…
It was late morning, and I was putting up a fresh pot of coffee when I heard the first meow. It sounded awfully close, as if from inside the apartment instead of the backyard one story down. Then I heard it again, and there was no doubt. WTF?!! I texted my roommate. You got a…
One of Doug’s fliers offered his tattooing services, which excluded names with the letter “S” because he was “not very good at those yet.” A second sought an artist to help him build a portfolio for his career as a nude model. A third solicited the expertise of a Spanish speaker who could “say seductive…
A group of caring canines and their human supporters gathered in Chinatown Friday to rally in protest of the annual Chinese dog eating festival in Yulin that starts next week. About 15 dogs paraded in front of the Wyndham Hotel on Bowery. Several were decked out in purple accessories — the color representing animal abuse…
Yesterday, the New York City Department of Transportation released a report full of statistics about the ways in which people get around town, and how long it usually takes them to do so. Incidentally, these stats, taken together, present a pretty compelling argument in favor of a particular piece of legislation that was recently introduced…
Cops are investigating the death of a 20-year-old NYU student who hanged himself from his dorm closet door, officials said Tuesday. The student was found dead by his roommate — a belt looped around his neck — inside his Lafayette St. dorm at about 10:30 p.m. Monday. His name was…
A surprise late-night show announced at Webster Hall turned into a 4,000-strong horde of anxious and unruly Yeezus disciples. And for some, their night took them to an unlikely place. What started as a hint about a secret Kanye West concert turned into a free-for-all in downtown Manhattan on Sunday night. Teens made out on…
I’m not sure where the idea came from. I was probably tired from working two jobs, or maybe I was getting sick. My main job as a karaoke host means that everyday I handle microphones that have been spit on, rubbed against chapped lips, and Total Eclipse of the Heart-ed into a state of contamination that…