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In what is probably the best non-fake news you’ll read today: NYC has opened a COOKIE DOUGH CAFÉ. Taylor Miller / BuzzFeed It’s called Dō — and it opened this week in Greenwich Village. 2. The shop serves up raw, ready-to-eat dough that’s safe to eat on its own — because the dough is made with pasteurized eggs…
Photo of a sign promoting the volunteer group welcoming Syrian refugees to Rutland, Vt via AP As protestors gathered in action against President Donald Trump’s executive order that would immediately halt funding to “sanctuary cities” that refuse to cooperate with federal immigration policies, city officials across the nation prepare themselves for what will surely be…
A Manhattan judge on Wednesday declined to delay criminal trials for two defendants given summonses last year for low-level offenses who are challenging the appointment of New York City Police Department legal staffers to prosecute their cases. Trials for Arminta Jeffryes, 23, and Cristina Winsor, 39, who were given summonses last year while they were…
High Wind Warning in NYC and Southern NY State Active for next 1 day Alert area: Bronx; Kings (Brooklyn); New York (Manhattan); Northeast Suffolk; Northern Nassau; Northern Queens; Northwest Suffolk; Richmond (Staten Is.); Southeast Suffolk; Southern Nassau; Southern Queens; Southern Westchester; Southwest Suffolk Posted 1 hour ago Strong east winds late tonight into…
If you’re like me and the grief you are feeling in response to our current political situation is keeping you from sleeping at night, it looks like you’ve got a place to go this month. On Saturday January 28, one week after inauguration, the French Embassy and Brooklyn Public Library are hosting a twelve-hour Night of…
NYPD Commissioner James O’Neill said he was in ongoing talks with the National Organization for Women, though the organization said they hadn’t yet gotten word from his office. View Full Caption DNAinfo/Ben Fractenberg WILLIAMSBRIDGE — NYPD Commissioner James O’Neill said he’s considering reopening unsolved cases of acquaintance rape in Greenpoint following widespread outrage over a precinct…
It was cold and windy, gray and slushy. Half of New York City seemed to be sick with some sort of winter bug. The other half seemed in a mood. Those who were not under the weather set off for a morning commute, only to find a subway system in chaos. The platforms were jammed….
Reports of sexual attacks in Greenpoint were up 62 percent last year, police said. View Full Caption Flickr/jacobsoboroff GREENPOINT — There has been a 62 percent jump in sex attacks reported in Greenpoint over the last year, with the majority not resulting in arrests, police statistics show. In 2016, the NYPD was told about 13 rapes…
(Neil deMause) This week, Gothamist is running excerpts from The Brooklyn Wars, a new book from journalist Neil deMause about the social, economic, and political forces that have radically reshaped Brooklyn over the past four decades. This five-part series, the Bushwick Wars, traces the story of Bushwick from the 1970s to the present…
This Is Us isn’t the only place to get your Mandy Moore fix—apparently, she is also starring in an off-off-off-off Broadway production inside the shower of some dude’s random Queens apartment. And who among us can say we wouldn’t want to wake up every morning, shuffle sleepily into the shower, and be greeted by the…