Former City Comptroller Bill Thompson told The Politicker this morning that he expects to make some announcements regarding his 2013 mayoral bid "in the next day or two." Thompson made a public appearance at the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, sitting on the dais with other elected officials, but leaving before Mayor Michael Bloomberg... MORE»
Planned Parenthood commemorates Roe v. Wade's anniversary with the fourth Roe on the Rocks benefit, whose title is a simultaneous reminder of the peril family-planning services face in America and an invitation to make some bad decisions! The evening's emcee, comedian Sara Benincasa, told The Observer she'd relied on Planned Parenthood in the past: "When I first moved to New York, I thought I was in Sex and the City like all stupid twentysomething women with their stupid obsession with handbags... I was one of those stupid twats.... MORE»
It was the most talked about wedding in New York since Woody Allen married Soon Yi. And now Carol Anne Riddell and John George Partilla have consummated their marriage, crossing the threshold into a new home, a four-bedroom near the top of the Straus Park Condominium at 2770 Broadway. Ms. Riddell knows the building well, as she bought a smaller four-bedroom two floors below in 2005, where she lived with her now ex-husband, Robert... MORE»
Jordan Scott's forthcoming debut film, Cracks, is a psychodrama set at an all-girls' boarding school from which no one may leave-picture a British The Facts of Life with a murderous super-hot lesbian in place of Mrs. Garrett. Yes, it's that good. ... MORE»
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Mayor Michael Bloomberg received a very mixed reception at commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire this afternoon in the West Village. Although the mayor was greeted with a smattering of applause, he was booed and heckled throughout his four-minute speech before several thousands labor supporters who gathered in front of the site where one of the worst disasters in U.S. workplace history occurred. Bloomberg touted his own administration's efforts to improve workplace safety and reform immigration... MORE»
Katie Roiphe better watch her step. Ayelet Waldman does not take even indirect criticism lightly when it involves her husband (you know, the amazing writer and lover, Michael Chabon). As part of the new tradition of referencing famous husbands through twitter, Ms. Waldman is using the medium to air her grievances against Ms.... MORE»
New York, we love you, but what do you know about video journalism? That's what we're wondering after an invitation to an open house for the New York Video Academy showed up in our tipster's... MORE»
It's a home that's done its homework. Brown Harris Stevens calls it a "trophy" apartment, "renovated with careful attention to every detail of modern... MORE»
It turns out launching a blog without publicly acknowledging its existence may not be the best way to attract an audience, after... MORE»
Grim reaper consultants McKinsey are back at Conde Nast to collect those who didn't adapt to the "new order." [Adweek] Molly Young is out at The Daily, she's writing feature-length at New York magazine and rebooting her Economist blog.... MORE»
Plenty happens each day—how to keep up with it all? Time to test your memory! --What's Slate's #slatepitch-y response to the question "Is Libya like Kosovo?" --What twentysomething political daughter thinks she'll be mentioned in the 2012 Presidential debates? (This shouldn't be too... MORE»
Rent-stabilized tenants have fought for nearly two years to prevent landlords from raising their rents by $45. But today the state's highest court has ruled against them, in a decision that will affect more than 300,000 apartments in the city with rents under... MORE»
With the governor taking a hard line on budget negotiations, no one would accuse Andrew Cuomo of being a wimp these days, least of all the real estate industry: "If any of you know the history of the Cuomo family, it's either my way or I'm going to screw you," said Joseph Strasburg, head of the pro-landlord Rent Stabilization Association, at a townhall meeting last night. We learned of the comments via a heavily edited video from advocates of stabilized tenants, who were at the... MORE»
Shortly after city lawmakers voted to rename a bridge after former Mayor Ed Koch, they received an email from the City Comptroller, complaining of a "double standard." "I’m unable to hold back," City Comptroller John Liu wrote in a 5:31 a.m. email addressed to City Council... MORE»
When Carolyn Maloney finally got a word in after her press conference this morning, she added her voice to the chorus of New York congressmen criticizing President Obama's handling of the military intervention in Libya. Maloney had summoned the press to the City Hall steps to discuss Republican efforts to terminate federal foreclosure-avoidance programs, but one special guest, Harlem Congressman Charlie Rangel, took the occasion to continue his criticism of the president's executive decision to intervene in... MORE»
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