Police Commissioner Ray Kelly told CBS New York that the pilot "heard a loud bang and then lost altitude rapidly and landed on the water." News outlets cited mechanical failure as the cause and praised the pilot's skills for keeping everybody safe. ...
It's no secret that the cost of a college education has skyrocketed in the last decade. With tuition and cost of living increases outpacing the growth in median income across the country and student loans increasingly becoming a bad option, it's no w...
We told you yesterday about Columbia University professor Dr. Prabhjot Singh, who was attacked and beaten by a large group of young men as he walked near 110th Street and Lennox Avenue in Harlem. Singh was unable to remember much about his attackers,...
A stack of People and How to Deal With Them magazines Date: 1948 - 1949 Publisher: The Stevens-Davis Co., Chicago The Cover Promises: "Dealing with the KNOW-IT-ALL." And that people, generally speaking, are something you just have to deal with. An...
Yesterday it broke that Hillary Clinton asked Huma Abedin to ice her relationship with Anthony Weiner, now that Clinton's presidential aspirations are changing from rumor to reality. An associate of Clinton's blabbed to a New York magazine reporter f...
The big show may be all about Bill de Blasio and Joe Lhota, but there's a third-party candidate whose Twitter game is far more entertaining. John Finan is an independent candidate for mayor whose Internet ramblings are, if nothing else, a breath of f...
This gripe may have been stale in 1998, but movie trailers are so packed with exposition and narration nowadays that audiences expect the film to be ruined long before it opens at their local theater. This is partly why there's so much excitement sur...
Dr. Prabhjot Singh It was an ugly weekend. On Saturday night, not long after a woman in a hijab was attacked in Times Square and called a terrorist, a Columbia University professor was beaten in Harlem in an unrelated incident. Dr. Prabhjot Singh ...
This weekend, it was also the site of an ugly race-based attack. An unidentified man was captured on video swearing at Times Square demonstrators, including a woman wearing a hijab, whom he called a "fucking terrorist" before hurling a sign at her. ...
In July 1974, two Philippines law enforcement officials arrested Emmanuel Umali. The men told Umali that he had committed "subversive acts" against the government. President Ferdinand Marcos had declared martial law in the country in 1972, and was ...
Who's Next? Democratic primary winner Bill de Blasio met last Wednesday with Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly for what was probably a pretty interesting conversation. The meeting was scheduled for three hours, and said to be a primer on law enfor...
Six CUNY Students were arraigned last week on charges of resisting arrest during a peaceful protest against David Petraeus's teaching appointment at the college. A YouTube video of the arrest surfaced late in the week, showing NYPD officers brutalizi...
People of the Gun love the Old West, a place where, they like to imagine, "an armed society is a polite society" (as if Deadwood were a good model for modern life). But when the Starbucks' CEO Howard Shultz requested -- not demanded, mind you, but...
On the morning of September 12, the New York City Ballet released a gorgeous video of two of its dancers performing on the 57th floor of Four World Trade Center, against the backdrop of the nearly complete Freedom Tower. Performing an excerpt of Chri...
It appears that carrying 20 bags of heroin into a city courthouse is not a firable offense in New York City. In a ruling released yesterday, Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Manuel Mendez found that Damian Esteban, found with 20 bags of heroin when he...
As the New York Times reported on Thursday, the NYPD has a new anti-gun violence strategy called Operation Crew Cut. One part of this strategy involves keeping tabs on suspected gang members' social media feeds, to try to spot any simmering tensions ...
The Suffolk County Police Department has issued a Silver Alert for an 87-year-old man suffering from dementia. Medio Figliolia was last seen standing in his driveway of his house at 8 Southhaven Avenue, Mastic, in the early morning on September 18. H...
That inmate was in prison for possessing large amounts of drugs. Life is funny, isn't it? After a little shopping, Whitfield found an inmate, a heroin dealer named Julio Bello according to the New York Post , who was willing to go in on his coke-for-...
Dan Sandler in action Remember antisemitic Elmo--the guy who spewed antisemitic tirades in Times Square and Central Park dressed as a fuzzy red muppet? The same guy who ran a website called "Rape Camp"--ring any bells yet? Well, he may finally be...
R.I.P. Ken Norton, one of the greatest fighters of his generation. On September 28, 1976, Ken Norton and Muhammad Ali fought for the third time. More than 30,000 spectators filed into Yankee Stadium that night. The crowd would have been even lar...
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 >>