Brooklyn DA to decriminalize small amounts of pot
While running for Brooklyn DA, Ken Thompson made the promise that he'd stop bringing criminal charges against people possessing small…
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Here’s your chance to shout at people about the Vision Zero traffic plan
Out of all of Mayor Tall's cockamamie ideas that he swept into office on, the craziest-sounding one might be Vision…
NYC rent went up 75 percent between 2000 and 2012
At this point, living in New York and complaining about the rent go so hand-in-hand that you'd think someone passed…
Williamsburg protestors denounce Manhattan trash. And all of its garbage too
Despite the fancy ideas about the city's economic and political power moving towards Brooklyn, we still have to put up…
Long Island Islanders returning to Barclays Center in September
In between hosting country music concerts, for all of Brooklyn's many country fans coming from Brooklyn's 385 country music bars,…
Tuesday lunchtime linkage
Hollywood film credits (like for the Late Show) are a scam [National Review] This lime shortage is making people crazy [New…
Get your Netflix membership now, before they jack up the price
Have you been dawdling on getting a Netflix subscription because you're mooching off your girlfriend or you want to be…
Atlantic Yards housing update: You will not live to see these apartments
It might be hard to remember, but the Barclays Center wasn't supposed to be the only gigantic thing built in…
SummerStage 2014 raises curtain on its schedule
Each day we get closer to our promised hot and miserable summer (we'll take any summer at this point), we…
Lulu’s suing Long Island landlord for the right to become a gay bar
You would think that owning a bar that gives out free pizza is basically a license to print money, but…