Friday lunchtime linkage
The Muppets Take Manhattan as a blueprint for making it in New York [New York Post] Brooklyn's Ace Hotel is…
Category: News
De Blasio’s neighbors apalled he has lousy common people garbage
Here's an impact of Mayor Bloomberg's 12 years in office that no one thought to measure: if he'd make New…
Nets make best move of the off-season, cut the BrooklyKnight from their roster
The NBA off-season has been one of massive palace intrigue from the day after the Heat were blown out by…
Thursday lunchtime linkage
Here's some innocent people the government has been spying on [The Intercept] Imagen 10 locations where Seinfeld filmed before it…
Hey, Greenlight Bookstore has a podcast now, The Greenlight Bookstore Radio Hour
People love books, or at least they like to tell you they do at parties. People also love podcasts, they…
WaPo columnist Courtland Milloy suggests D.C. drivers run over D.C. cyclists
Here in New York City, we of course have our disagreements about the use of bikes and how they fit…
Wednesday lunchtime linkage
East New York getting city-sponsored gentrification. Er, redevelopment [Crain's] Sheepshead Bay is getting a big 'ol (private) development too [Sheepshead Bites]…
Brooklyn DA announces end to small pot prosecutions, cops announce they’ll still arrest you
He talked about it on the campaign trail, he talked about it once he was officially the District Attorney, and…
Scandal as 6 Rockaway beach lifeguards caught acting like lifeguards
Maybe it's just because I grew up in a beach town, but if there's one thing I don't usually equate…
Tuesday lunchtime linkage
Mayor Tall used city employees to schedule Dante's college tours (that's illegal) [Capital] How to avoid getting caught doing graffiti…