New York City Drives Street Vendors to Operate Illegally—Century After Century
Officials have a century-plus history of making life difficult for people trying to make a buck.
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NYC Makes Man Spend $6,000 to Fix Sidewalk, Promptly Plans to Rip it Up
Apparently, it's asking too much for two city bureaucracies to communicate with each other before threatening a private citizen.
Eva Moskowitz on Fighting Unions, Politicians, and The New York Times
"I believed in big government until I met it up close."
Photographer Catches Brawl at NYC Police-Firefighter Charity Football Game
Says he was told he "better not put this out there."
NYC Police Commissioner Says Marijuana Trade Is Too Violent to Be Legalized
William Bratton cites a problem created by prohibition as a reason to keep it.
Weak Enforcement Will Blunt the Impact of New York's $15 Minimum Wage
Luckily, the state is incapable of administering a potentially disastrous law.
De Blasio Campaign Finance Scandal Illustrates Root of Money in Politics Problem
Federal and state investigators reportedly probing donations by seller of garbage bags.
Bartenders Can't Refuse to Serve Pregnant Women in New York City
New guidelines also say pumping breast milk at work must be permitted and require "reasonable accommodations" for employees who have recently miscarried or aborted a pregnancy.
Is Blockchain Technology a Trojan Horse Behind Wall Street's Walled Garden?
At the Bitcoin/blockchain industry's flagship annual conference, blue chip banks were out in force.
Should a 'Potential Criminal Background' Override the Second Amendment?
Broad police discretion over who may own and carry guns seems blatantly unconstitutional.
Landmarking Is Turning New York City Into a Life-Sized Historical Diorama
The city recently landmarked a giant Pepsi-Cola sign because of its "prominent siting."
No Prison Time For NYPD Officer Who Killed Unarmed Man, Then Texted Union Rep Instead of Helping
Peter Liang gets probation and community service for killing Akai Gurley in a Brooklyn stairwell.
Bribery Charges Indict New York City's Unconstitutional Gun Restrictions
A Brooklyn man is arrested for paying cops to "expedite" pistol permit applications, a business created by arbitrary regulations.
What We Saw at the Democratic Presidential Debate in Brooklyn
This could be Bernie's last stand, but his bad ideas will live on.
Robert Moses Gets the Off-Broadway Rock Musical Treatment
But Jane Jacobs' motivations in opposing the "Power Broker" remain misunderstood.
Ted Cruz Comes Out Against Liberal Democratic Values
They're the real problem with New York, he says.
When Donald Trump Fondled Rudy Giuliani's Breasts in Ultimate Display of New York Values
Meanwhile, the erstwhile "America's Mayor" is voting for the authoritarian billionaire, but not endorsing him.
Paul Krugman Blames Over-Regulation for Urban Unaffordability
Progressive economist gets supply-and-demand, to a point.
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Don't Forget: Apple Still Has an Encryption Fight Going in New York
The fight over government access to your private data will not be ending anytime soon.
The Mystery of New York City's "Cop Cabs"
Neither the taxi commission nor the NYPD wants you to know much about them.
DA Recommends No Jail Time For NYPD Officer Who Killed Akai Gurley
Peter Liang shot an innocent, unarmed man in a stairwell, then texted his union rep rather than help his victim.
New York City Bans Smokeless Tobacco At the Ballpark
The Big Apple becomes the latest city to embrace "over-legislating the human race" at sporting events.
Ted Cruz Wants Special Police Patrols in Muslim Communities. Ask NYPD How That Went for Them.
(Spoiler: It alienated people and didn't uncover radicals.)
NYPD Officers Hate Their Jobs, According to Police Union Poll
New York's Finest believe NYC is increasingly unsafe, despite evidence to the contrary.
Suit Halts New York City's Misguided Restaurant Salt Warning Labels
A judge stopped mandatory labels, which had been set to take full effect this week.
The New York Times Just Inadvertently Repudiated Its Own Flawed Nail Salon 'Expose'
It buried the lede, of course.
America's Hippest Street: "A Cycle of Bohemians Hating Each Other"
St. Mark's is Dead author Ada Calhoun talks about the capital of the counterculture.
Friday A/V Club: A Weed Grows In Brooklyn
An anti-pot song and an anti-pot crackdown
Dirty Brooklyn Cop Launches Cigar Brand With Drug Dealer Accomplice, Named After His Old Precinct
"The Seven Five" cigars carry the motto "Nobody can touch me. Nobody can touch my crew."
How to Fix 'One of the Most Segregated Public School Systems In the Nation'
"If you force parents to value [diversity] then they won't."
If You Don't Approve of Success Academy, Don't Send Your Kids There
The latest controversy at Success is a reminder of why we need more school choice.
NYPD Throws People Out of Their Homes Without Ever Proving Criminal Activity
The city's version of 'nuisance abatement' laws are designed to be abused.
Is NYPD's Police Union Ignoring Trial of Officer Who Killed Unarmed Akai Gurley?
Peter Liang dumped PBA-appointed lawyers, now the union is quiet during trial.
Brownstone Brooklyn's Racial Divide: Why Are the Schools So Segregated?
How residential assignment keeps kids who are black and white-rich and poor-apart.
Should Charter Schools Be Allowed to Push Out Difficult Kids?
Q&A with Robert Pondiscio on Success Academy and the 'Got-to-Go' controversy.
Big-City Mayors Think They Can Mandate Their Way to Affordable Housing
60% of mayors in expensive cities favor requiring developers "to include more affordable housing in new projects even if doing so deters some new development."
Is Cuomo's Support for Charter Schools Waning?
The governor lays out a dismal 2016 education agenda.
London Chefs Trade Curry for Cabs, San Francisco Drivers Go Bankrupt, a Medallion Owner Sues, and More Tales From the Global Uber Wars
The great taxi industry upheaval.
Ted Cruz Slams Donald Trump For 'New York Values.' What the Hell Does That Mean?
Cruz's clichéd vision of "New York values" discounts the experience of millions of New Yorkers.
Brooklyn's Barclays Center is an Eminent Domain-Created Failure
Politicians and developers stole a neighborhood to build it, but it loses money and revitalized nothing.
What Do You Know? Competition Improves Taxi Services.
Studies showing city folk getting better treatment.
The 'Pink Tax' Is a Myth
Is the "pink tax" a corporate conspiracy, patriarchy in action, or just market preferences at work?
It's Winter! Time to Intern the Homeless!
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants to force homeless people into shelters.
How The New York Times' Uses Rhetorical Ploys To Defend Its Shoddy Nail Salon Series
When cornered on facts, claim bias.
New York City Businesses and Employers Must Now Recognize All Gender Identities, Differentiate Based on None
New guidelines from the city's Human Rights Commission offer an expansive vision of gender discrimination.
