Francisco Fernandez's "Dream of Oil" The open-air graffiti gallery known as 5 Pointz today started life as five-story factory in Long Island City, Queens. In the early '90s, the building was designated as a space where aspiring taggers and muralis...
You guys! Banksy made a graffiti! This one's made of cinderblocks. The harbinger of the encroaching forces of English darkness turned up in Queens today. "Everything but the kitchen Sphinx," he puns on his website, horribly. "A 1/36 scale replica o...
The recordings, the Court of Appeals stated, could be admissible only under certain circumstances: when the value of the context it provides "outweighs" its potential to prejudice the jury against the defendant; and when the judge gives the jury suff...
A nearly 25-year-old campus community center at the City College of New York was abruptly closed Sunday night, leading to a large, furious protest by students and community groups. The Guillermo Morales/Assata Shakur Community and Student Center, whi...
"We're not quite sure what it is yet. There are workers still working on the job," Sergeant Jones of the NYPD tells the Voice. The object, he said was found "on the tracks in the station on the northbound local A, C, E." It later turned out to be "s...
Scott Doll Scott Doll asked for a lawyer, but the Genesee County Sheriff's deputies kept up with the questions, detaining him in the back of their car. It was February 2009, and Doll was covered in wet blood. There was also blood inside his parke...
South Bronx Banksy can't, and won't, stop. The latest piece in the artist's monthlong residency on the streets of New York is located in South Bronx.We think it's an homage to Little Lord Fauntleroy. Do you disagree? Argue about it in the comments...
Young Bill, in phone mode. This year's mayoral election is doubling as a kind of history lesson, as taught by two increasingly cranky middle-aged men who can't stop issuing passive-aggressive press releases about each other. First, we learned abou...
Nine couples were married at Newark City Hall early Monday A three-tier cake, white roses, and champagne were on hand Monday morning at Newark City Hall, where Mayor Cory Booker married some of the state's first same-sex couples shortly after the ...
Last week in D.C. the shutdown got shutdown, which as our previous columns show was not the result rightbloggers had been banking on. Indeed, in the final days of der Untergang, many of them were already spinning furiously, like Rich Lowry, whose bro...
Where are his parents? Good morning/nearly afternoon! While you (we) were sleeping off that fifth rum and coke, our good friend and creeping British menace Banksy struck again. After his vaginal foray into the wilds of Staten Island yesterday, he...
This morning Banksy posted video of an anthill, saying on that it's in Staten Island, marking his first work on the borough during his monthlong New York "residency." The hunt has been on for the piece since this morning. You're not crazy, it looks l...
Newman went on to design for a stable of huge magazines, including New York, Details, Entertainment Weekly, and Fortune; most recently, he served as the creative director at Reader's Digest. His Newmanology Tumblr and Facebook showcase the best desig...
Banksy's collaborations with Brazilian street artists Os Gmeos went up in Chelsea today as paintings. The two images, mashups of each graffiti outfits' iconic styles, were featured as cover art for the Village Voice's exclusive interview with Banksy...
The "customer appreciation sale" at Williamsburg grocery store Tops on the Waterfront seems pretty awesome at first. Instead of just select items for sale, everything in the store--even the shopping carts--are 10 percent off. But everything is for s...
Horsone Moore, 35, of Brooklyn, was found dead at the Anna M. Kross Correctional Facility less than 48 hours after entering the jail system. He was arrested October 11 for violating his parole.In 2009, Moore was convicted of assault and weapons posse...
On October 27, 2012, 20-year-old Ronald Herrera died when his dirt bike crashed in the Bronx. His 17-year-old passenger, Leonel Cuevas, was left paralyzed from the neck down. An NYPD car was involved in the crash. The cruiser's role in the accident,...
Day 17 of "Better Out Than In" takes us to Bed-Stuy south Williamsburg. The scene is silhouettes of women in kimono greeting each other atop a bridge, complete with parasols and a cherry blossom. Despite the wee stumble into stereotype, it's a pretty...
A few weeks ago, TV person and spittle-flecked bow-tie-wearer Glenn Beck revealed a shocking truth to a blissfully unaware nation: New York City is well on its way to electing a "radical leftist" named Bill de Blasio as its next mayor. "New Yorker...
This episode is a curious mash-up of three stories that have carried their share of headlines over the past three years: Schoolcraft, who blew the whistle on manipulation of crime statistics; the "rape cops" case involving Police Officers Mata and Mo...
Five months ago, Chris resolved that it was finally time to get clean. Sort of. The 34-year-old Brooklyn real estate broker (who declined to be identified by his real name; "Chris" is… More >>
At this time last year, Lily Jones and Sonika Mehta were both weighing their college options: private or public? East Coast or West? Big city or small? Today, as first-year students… More >>
Linguist Daniel Kaufman traces the beginning of his life's work to an uncharacteristic moment of social boldness. Back in the city after receiving his Ph.D. in linguistics from Cornell, he… More >>
Essays More Bucks, Same Bang by Neil deMause Most students won't earn more with a pricier diploma. Is high tuition worth it? Too Unschooled for School by Elizabeth Walters Why are so many incoming… More >>
When Priscila De Los Santos graduated from high school in January, she took less than a week off before starting classes at City University of New York's Borough of Manhattan… More >>
Soda bans, smoking bans, fast-food shaming—having a guilt-free good time in New York City has been as difficult as finding a french fry cooked in trans fat. But with Mayor… More >>
Carnegie Hall's opening gala—its biggest fundraising night of the year—was supposed to take place on October 2. The black tie event benefiting the nonprofit's artistic and education programs would have… More >>