|  |  |  | | | | | Gothamist | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Click on the photos for the scoop on the new restaurants and bars around town, which include Pop Burger spinoff Pop Pub, The Leopard at des Artistes (the reincarnation of Cafe des Artistes), Southern Italian at Stivale in the West Village, bohemian nostalgia at Bar 116, and the Lower Manhattan debut of Queens favorite Tortilleria Nixtamal. [ more › ]
   
    | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  Talk about keeping it in the family! The seemingly endless saga of upcoming mob biopic "Gotti: Three Generations", which hasn't even started filming yet, takes two more strange turns this week, as more details about the cast and crew come to light. [ more › ]
 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  An Orthodox rabbi faces up to six months in jail for groping a female Israeli army officer as she slept next to him on a flight from Tel Aviv to JFK at the end of March. Rabbi Gavriel Bidany, a 47-year-old father of 11, was found guilty of molestation today, even though he had claimed that his hands were moving involuntarily while he slept and that any contact with the unidentified 23-year-old woman was accidental. "If these were random reaches of a sleeping man why is it the defendant had such precise accuracy, reaching private areas?" asked Assistant U.S. Attorney David Sarratt. [ more › ]
 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | President Obama ended his trip to the city by visiting the World Trade Center site, where he laid a wreath and met with first responders and 9/11 victims' families. Ten-year-old Christopher Cannizzaro, who was just 10 months old when his father, firefighter Brian Cannizzaro, was killed, "gave the president a fist-bump and handed him a prayer card with a picture of his father," reports CityRoom. The boy said of the meeting, "It means like the world to me. He's a very nice person." [ more › ]
 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  Your bologna has a first name, it's l-i-s-t-e-r-i-a. It's been discovered that the nasty little bacteria that can cause food poisoning (and possibly death) has adapted to survive refrigerator temperatures! According to Boing Boing, cold cuts are basically hostels for listeria, and "all it takes is some improper handling of the meat, somewhere along the production chain, and a little listeria can bloom—inside your fridge—into a potentially serious problem." The scienticians at Bovine University never mentioned this... [ more › ]
 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  Iriving Picard, the trustee in charge of finding and returning as much of the $17.3 billion in principal lost in Bernie Madoff's infamous Ponzi scheme, is ready to give some money back. Specifically, Picard is seeking permission to distribute $272 million of the roughly $10 billion he has recouped to 1,224 of Madoff's account holders (so about $222,000 per account). [ more › ]
 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  Every first Thursday of the month (through June), MoMA stays open a bit late, opens up a cash bar, serves patrons a prix-fixe meal, and invites a deejay over. Tonight that deejay is Ad Rock of the Beastie Boys, who will be spinning from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. (more details here). Bonus: Kathleen Hanna of Bikini Kill and Le Tigre will also be on hand—it was just announced that she'll be collaborating with Horovitz on a Runaways tribute. [ more › ]
 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  The Friends of the High Line have gotten the green light to open two open-air drinking establishments on and under the High Line. A spokesperson from the group tells us that Community Board 4 has just given its blessing to their liquor license applications. Pending SLA approval, a small, 40-seat establishment will operate on the Chelsea Market Passage, above 15th Street and 10th Avenue. And a much larger, 350 seat watering hole will open on the street level, further north at 30th Street, in what is currently a parking lot. [ more › ]
 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  NYC was a crazy place in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. While many of us were grieving or in shock, others scrambled to make a quick buck (and/or get laid) off the tragedy. Within two days of the towers' collapse, for instance, you could buy T-shirts emblazoned with the words, "I CAN'T BELIEVE I GOT OUT!" But it wasn't just souvenir hawkers cashing in on 9/11; a former employee of FedEx claims managers created a system to blame their late deliveries on beefed-up security measures at government buildings. [ more › ]
 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  Elsie Sigel, granddaughter of General Franz Sigel, was murdered in New York City in June of 1909. The 19-year-old was killed at 782 8th Avenue, between 47th and 48th streets, by Leon Ling. The NY Times described her killer as "an Americanized Chinaman," and said he lived above a chop suey restaurant at the 8th Avenue address (the middle building in the photo to the right; currently the FDNY Engine 54 quarters). [ more › ]
 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  A Queens toddler who went into Beth Israel Hospital for a routine circumcision died Tuesday after he was given a general anesthetic instead of a local one, his uncle says. Reportedly after being doped up the last thing the young boy, who would have turned two next month, did before going critical was wake up laughing and calling out for his mother. [ more › ]
 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  The Italians are preparing for the invasion of Snooki & Co., who will be filming their next season of Jersey Shore in Italy soon. The mayor of Florence has already given the cast a list of strict rules, and now the Istituto Lorenzo de' Medici has warned its students that they should avoid the cast at all costs when they come to film at the school. According to TMZ, a letter to those residing in a student housing building that the cast will use, reads: [ more › ]
 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  Were you dying to buy some preppy clothes in an equally preppy cottage? And is the Polo Mansion just too uptown for you? Well, Tommy Hilfiger just opened up an 800-square-foot pop-up shop in the Meatpacking District. Hilfiger told the NY Times, "The preppy lifestyle has gone global. We feel that our business has grown so well because preppy travels so well. It’s all-American classic." [ more › ]
 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  Going to the movies this weekend? Don't forget your bed bug seat cover! Entrepreneur Joseph Harary tells us that after reading reports of bed bugs at the Pavilion movie theater in Park Slope, his wife refused to join him for a night at the movies. On his website, he elaborates, "In the coming months I went to see a Broadway show and this time came in with a plastic sheet to sit on. We got several smiles, a few laughs and many compliments. I realized right away that everyone knew why we sat on them and all seemed to approve. At intermission I held a mini focus group study gathering advice and ideas." And so the BugOff seat cover was born! Here's an instructional video showing how it works: [ more › ]
 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  Wait a minute, did hell freeze over? Because mercurial Knicks owner James Dolan may be ending his idea to rehire Isiah Thomas! According to the Post, a source claims that Donnie Walsh is close to re-signing with the team, "with assurance from [Dolan] that he has given up on the idea of hiring back Isiah Thomas in any capacity.... Walsh...is confident he no longer needs to be threatened by the dark cloud of Thomas, according to two people familiar with the situation." [ more › ]
 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  Last week, it was revealed that when a prosecutor in the Bronx DA's office facing a 2010 DWI charge was actually also stopped in 2009 for possible drunk driving. But Jennifer Troiano allegedly used her position to get out of the potential arrest. Now it turns out that she's working on over 70 cases, which pisses off some cops; one told the Post, "We don't even have to be arrested to be put on administrative leave or modified duty. Anybody can make an allegation against us and they take away your gun and badge so fast you won't believe it." [ more › ]
 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  Local beer is coming to the Greenmarkets! Diner's Journal reports today that this Friday, 25-year-old Mark VanGlad will start selling beer from his small Tundra Brewing operation at the Union Square Greenmarket. He's only bringing in about 50 cases of his "mild and hoppy" Ma-Pale ale, so get your sluggish post-Cinco de Mayo butt to the market early if you want to impress your locavore friends. [ more › ]
 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  House Majority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) doesn't often agree with President Obama but he backed up the White House's decision not to release the photograph of Osama bin Laden's body. Speaking today, he said, "I support the decision by the president that they should not be disclosed, they’ve got more information available to them, in terms of its impact, but I think that they’ve made a responsible decision." [ more › ]
 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  Last summer, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz was catching a lot of flack for his Seaside Summer Concert Series at Asser Levy Park. Locals said he was breaking noise codes, and then they complained that he was using Rikers inmates for cheap labor at the concerts. The obvious solution would be to move these concert events to Rikers Island (surrounded by water! More $1/hour labor!)... but Markowitz has gone in a different direction: The space where the Ringling Bros. circus had been performing. [ more › ]
 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  Remember last year, when Snooki-loving youngsters looking for that perfect bronze-from-a-box got a little scare? Not the cancer kind (as if), more like fun-hating lawmakers trying to ban teens from using tanning beds, like, ever. The measure didn't go through at the time, so pasty-skinned teens continued to get their glow on without fear—until now. [ more › ]
 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  Is it any surprise that after the MTA cut its cleaning staff by almost ten percent the state of our subways would decline in turn? That's right folks, its time for the annual Subway Shmutz report! According to the Straphangers Campaign the cleanliness of the whole NYCT system in 2010 declined by 4 percent from 2009 (when the system was already 7 percent dirtier than in 2008). The lines that saw the biggest deterioration? The 6, B, E, L and R trains. The R, in fact, was rated the dirtiest line in the system with only 27 percent of its cars being clean. Only the restructured M line, which jumped from 32 percent clean cars in 2009 to 61 percent in 2010, saw any statistically significant improvement. [ more › ]
 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  Where was George W. Bush when he found out about the death of Osama bin Laden? At the Sizzler on Canyon Ranch Road in Texas, announcing to the world that after a covert operation, he successfully captured and killed Ardilla, the gopher that's been terrorizing his backyard. He explains, "None of us will ever forget the day when that sucker first reared its gopher head..." but after a two-year investigation, a "reliable source" (his gardener Alberto) delivered some helpful intel. Soon, the gopher met his end after a battle that "involved hissing, a garden hose and a rake." Ah, so that's what it means to be out of the spotlight. [ more › ]
 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  Today's mid-day links include Hillary Clinton in the situation room photograph, an Upper East Side burglar, and Bristol Palin's face. Follow Gothamist on Twitter and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here. [ more › ]
 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  By the length of the lines and the quality of the participants it can be hard to believe that the Luckyrice festival, which continues through Sunday, only came to life in 2010. But if last year's inaugural festival was a surprise blast, this year's festival, which is sadly entirely sold out, has so far just been a blast. And last night's Luckyrice Night Market, which for the first hour included lines that circled around the block, was no different. Attending any of the remaining events? You might want to go early. [ more › ]
 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  On the dedicated bike lanes on Ninth Avenue and Allen Street, the DOT has also installed additional traffic lights just for cyclists. They are to be obeyed, even if it's a T intersection and the traffic light for drivers is green. Ken Stanek, a graphic designer who lives in Crown Heights, learned this lesson this morning, when he got slapped with a $270 ticket (below). In an email, Stanek explained how it happened: [ more › ]
 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Just now, President Obama visited Engine 54, Ladder 4, Battalion 9, the FDNY firehouse that lost 15 firefighters to the 9/11 attacks, thanked the firefighters for their service, and said, "What happened on Sunday... sends a message that when we say: 'we never forget,' we mean what we say." [ more › ]
 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  Sad news comes from Vanishing New York today, who reports that well-loved Cobble Hill bookstore Atlantic Books is going out of business. We spoke to store manager Jed Hershon about the news, which, distressingly, comes on the heels of several other indie bookstore closings in recent memory. People, put down your Kindles and learn to love the musty smell of old books! [ more › ]
 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  Yesterday afternoon, a 19-year-old man jumped from a building near 36th Street and 6th Avenue in Midtown and hit a city bus. According to the Daily News, "The QM1 bus, empty except for a driver, was parked along Sixth Ave. near W. 36th St. when the suicidal 19-year-old smashed into the edge of its roof, a transit source said." The bus was on a layover and not in service; the driver was not injured. [ more › ]
 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  In 2005, investment banker Candace Nelson decided it was "time for cupcakes to stop being the backup dancer to cakes" and opened Sprinkles, which is reportedly "the world's first cupcake bakery." So now we know who to blame for all this cupcake madness! And madness it is; since opening the first location in Beverly Hills, Sprinkles has developed a fanatical following of cupcake obsessives—like Facebook user Kate Kendall, who declares, "Just had THE MOST DELICIOUS CUPCAKE ON THE PLANET!! Love Red Velvet!" Can we all agree that when we prepare the foodie firing squad, the cupcake fans should be lined up first? We know where to find them: Sprinkles is opening their first NYC location, and they're giving out free cupcakes. [ more › ]
 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  We've heard lots of tales of how people left New York City after 9/11 and we sort of thought the book on that particular genre was closed. But then Vanity Fair came and blew it back open. According to the magazine one of America's greatest tragedies led to possibly the most surreal road trip we've ever heard of. Oh, to have been a fly on the windshield of the rental car that Michael Jackson, Elizabeth Taylor and Marlon Brando drove from New York to Ohio en route to California! [ more › ]
 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  Remember this guy? He's the Council member who made headlines with his idea to make cyclists get licenses. (At the time, he told us, "The people on bicycles brought this on themselves by behaving this way.") Our favorite young Republican, Eric Ulrich, is back with more insights into the city's transportation system. This time his ire aimed at the DOT for planning more pedestrian plazas, which Ulrich says shouldn't be built until every street in NYC (or at least his district in Queens) is in mint condition. [ more › ]
 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  After laying a wreath at Ground Zero, President Obama is meeting with first responders and families of 9/11 victims today in his first visit to Ground Zero since 2008 and since announcing the death of Osama bin Laden. Retired fire chief Jim Riches, whose son, a firefighter, died while responding to the World Trade Center attacks, was invited to meet with the President, and he said, "I’m gonna thank him for what they did. He was a man of his word. He did [what] he was supposed to do. There will be no closure for me; my friends are not coming back. But I think he deserves an ‘atta boy’ for doing what they did." [ more › ]
 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  A robbery suspect who was un-handcuffed while appearing before a judge in the Manhattan Supreme Court went "berserk" yesterday, injuring four court officers and sending two to the hospital. While suspects are typically kept chained in the courtroom, Court Justice Renee White apparently prefers it when prisoners are left uncuffed as they enter and exit her courtroom, according to a courts spokesman. [ more › ]
 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  Two years ago when sculptor Tom Otterness was installing his latest piece in Brooklyn, his past came back to haunt him. As you might recall, back in his younger days he adopted a shelter dog, chained it to a fence, and shot it... for art. Now that he's been commissioned to sculpt bronze lions at the Battery Park Branch of the New York Public Library (for $750,000!), his dark past is resurfacing again, with PETA protesting and petitions popping up. But the NYPL says they're the wrong target. [ more › ]
 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  An Upper East Side robber targeted the wrong restaurateur last weekend. When 30-year-old David Miller approached 39-year-old Jonathan Bash Sunday evening and flashed a knife, he expected to get some money. Instead he got beaten up and sent to the slammer. [ more › ]
 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  President Obama is going to be visiting New York City for three hours today, which means there will be heightened security at Ground Zero. This also means yet another day of difficulty for anyone using the PATH by the World Trade Center site. For instance, the PATH's Twitter followers got this message, "Later today midday serv to/from #WTC will be suspended for approx 1 hr due to #Obama visit. Exact time unknown. Updates provided when avail." [ more › ]
 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  A Long Island cop has been suspended after a surveillance camera caught him pulling a gun on a bartender while his back was turned in a Farmingdale bar. CBS 2 obtained the video, below, and it's pretty shocking. But to be fair, the service at the South Main Street Pub just isn't what it used to be. [ more › ]
 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  An adorable seal decided to spend his humpday making his way from the Hudson River to a beach in Inwood. CityRoom reports, "The seal had a light gray coat with dark spots. It lay on the sand near some graffitied rocks and growled and thumped the sand whenever photographers drew too close." Seal hates paparazzi! [ more › ]
 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  Max Scherzer -- he of heterochromia iridum -- held the Yankees scoreless for eight innings as the Tigers took their second straight from New York, 4-0. Freddy Garcia gave up one run in the second and three more in the third before settling down, but the damage was done. He did work into the eighth, striking out an impressive eight and walking two. The Yankees send A.J. Burnett to the mound in Thursday's afternoon game before taking off for Texas. [ more › ]
 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  There may or may not have been times when we attempted to walk through the 24-hour drive through in Williamsburg's White Caste to sate our late-night slider craving, only to be denied for not arriving in a vehicle. But those days are (sort of) over now, with the announcement that the chain is now accepting online orders in its NYC locations. Feel a craving for chicken rings coming on? Get clicking now! [ more › ]
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