Hitting the Vuitton Murakami Shop at the Brooklyn Museum

Published by Village Voice on April 29, 2008.

The soiree is at Gotham Hall, a baroque pile across from Macy's that was built in 1924 as a particularly ostentatious branch of the Greenwich Savings Bank.

Published by Village Voice on April 29, 2008.

The plant will be built next to Astoria Energy’s 500-megawatt plant on Steinway Street, a mile west of La Guardia Airport. The existing plant, completed in 2006 on a 23-acre brownfield site, uses half of the capacity allowed by a license granted in 2001.

Published by Crain's New York Business on April 29, 2008.

Well folks, despite the recent wave of showers we all got a taste of warm weather in precious Harlem. I for one couldn’t help but feel like taking a swim the other week when we had 73 degree weather. My first thought was the Jackie Robsinson Pool.

Published by UPTOWNflavor on April 29, 2008.

So, to get your body tight and hot for the summer check out Bikram Yoga on the second floor on the second floor of 518 West 145th Street, between Amsterdam and Broadway ...

Published by UPTOWNflavor on April 29, 2008.

Another worker fell Tuesday morning about 25 feet inside a hospital building under construction on Manhattan's East Side. City officials say the man fell while trying to secure a steel beam on the second floor. Contractors are building a 15-story commercial tower as part of Bellevue Hospital's expansion.

Published by amNY.com on April 29, 2008.

The accidents occurred just after thousands attended a memorial service at St. Patrick's Cathedral on Monday for construction workers killed on the job.

Published by amNY.com on April 29, 2008.

For more than two years, the site at West 42nd Street between Dyer and 10th avenues has been little more than a running joke to neighbors, who could only laugh at the stagnating pond that formed after the developer, The Related Cos., razed the buildings and development plans were put on hold after community opposition.

Published by amNY.com on April 29, 2008.

But NYU officials say the five-story building that houses the Provincetown Playhouse is not architecturally significant and can't be retrofitted into the office space they need.

Published by amNY.com on April 29, 2008.

Enter to win tickets to see Les Nubians on Friday, May 9th at Blender Theater at Gramercy!

Published by Village Voice on April 29, 2008.

Tamil Nadu Bhavan, a New, Strictly Vegetarian Indian Restaurant in Curry Hill

Published by Village Voice on April 29, 2008.

As of press time, Misstress Formika was going to do drag for the first time in ages for the Tribeca Film Festival premiere of SqueezeBox!, the documentary about the '90s gay rock party at Don Hill's.

Published by Village Voice on April 29, 2008.

(Glad it's not four and a half inches—I am the type who suffers from some tiny little prick.) What longtime r&b singer was spotted in Harlem, where she told a fan who accosted her:

Published by Village Voice on April 29, 2008.

The Dachshund Friendship Club gathered in Washington Square Park on Saturday, April 26. Lots of cute pooches showed up, plus one of the Strokes.

Published by Village Voice on April 29, 2008.

Celebrating the infamous rock-drag sleaze party and the documentary that chronicles it at the Blender Theater at Gramercy

Published by Village Voice on April 29, 2008.

Work from the Harlem artist who's got good promotion, sales, and Down syndrome

Published by Village Voice on April 29, 2008.

Stormtroopers, Superman statues, and lots of awesome geeks at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, 04.19.08

Published by Village Voice on April 29, 2008.

A flash-mob headphone rave took place Friday in Union Square, 04.18.08

Published by Village Voice on April 29, 2008.

A rare party for raw queers continues in Williamsburg, 03.29.08

Published by Village Voice on April 29, 2008.

The Debut Family at East Village Bar 40 C [03.22.08]

Published by Village Voice on April 29, 2008.

Two Scientists See Possible Benefits in Gowanus Canal

Published by Gotham Gazette on April 29, 2008.

Celebrating the infamous rock-drag sleaze party and the documentary that chronicles it at the Blender Theater at Gramercy

Published by Village Voice on April 29, 2008.

One film that debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival was

Published by Village Voice on April 29, 2008.

Islero, the New Tapas Spot in Turtle Bay, Needs To Find its Footing

Published by Village Voice on April 29, 2008.

Regional Chinese Fare Hits Flushing Like a Ton of Bricks

Published by Village Voice on April 29, 2008.

Hitting the Vuitton Murakami Shop at the Brooklyn Museum

Published by Village Voice on April 29, 2008.

Dirty Blonde: The East Village Goes South, Again

Published by Village Voice on April 29, 2008.

Work from the Harlem artist who's got good promotion, sales, and Down syndrome

Published by Village Voice on April 29, 2008.

Stormtroopers, Superman statues, and lots of awesome geeks at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, 04.19.08

Published by Village Voice on April 29, 2008.

A flash-mob headphone rave took place Friday in Union Square, 04.18.08

Published by Village Voice on April 29, 2008.

A rare party for raw queers continues in Williamsburg, 03.29.08

Published by Village Voice on April 29, 2008.

An energy company will appeal to the Commerce Department in its bid to build the world’s first floating liquefied natural gas terminal in Long Island Sound.

Published by New York Times on April 29, 2008.

The video shows thug Victor Wright lunging at Brooklyn federal prosecutor Carolyn Pokorny seconds after he walks into the courtroom, where he faced two life sentences for drug dealing.

Published by New York Post on April 29, 2008.

McNeill, who lived in Port Chester, disappeared Feb. 16, 1997, after drinking at a bar on East 92nd Street. His body was found April 7, 1997, near the 69th Street pier in Brooklyn.

Published by New York Post on April 29, 2008.

Gannon said McNeill's death was similar to that of Lawrence Andrews, 22, who vanished on New Year's Eve in 2006 after drinking near Grand Central Terminal.

Published by New York Post on April 29, 2008.

Building super John Hyranyaz, 62, has been mail-ordering batches of baby chickens - and secretly stashing them in what has become a wild-kingdom way station inside ritzy 100 United Nations Plaza, across from Trump Tower.

Published by New York Post on April 29, 2008.

The pricey high-rise at East 40th Street and First Avenue was once home to such notables as Steve Florio, the now-deceased ex-CEO of Condé Nast Publications, and is a favorite among diplomats, given its prime location near the United Nations.

Published by New York Post on April 29, 2008.

A Manhattan judge has given the city the green light to renovate at least some of Union Square Park.

Published by New York Post on April 29, 2008.

Michael Kane, 55, of Manalapan, NJ, drove a pickup truck to West 53rd St. near 10th Avenue to confront Thomas Buda, 38, at about 5:40 a.m. April 24, according to the sources.

Published by New York Post on April 29, 2008.

Thousands of construction workers raised their hard hats yesterday during a memorial at St. Patrick's Cathedral to honor comrades who died on the job.

Published by New York Post on April 29, 2008.

Smith is trying to boot the British blonde from the Upper East Side apartment they shared and is suing her for divorce on the grounds that she's been cruel and inhuman to him.

Published by New York Post on April 29, 2008.

Sharpton ratcheted up the pressure on federal prosecutors yesterday by bringing Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, to Kalua, the Queens strip club where the Nov. 25, 2006 shooting took place.

Published by New York Post on April 29, 2008.

Shown to jurors in Manhattan Supreme Court yesterday, the first day of testimony, it was a Catholic confirmation card Jordan handed to Thurman's assistant in November 2005, on the SoHo street where the actress was filming "My Super Ex-Girlfriend."

Published by New York Post on April 29, 2008.

One of Jordan's letters came with a return address from a mental institution. At one point, Jordan arrived at the very doorstep of the Greenwich Village town house where she raises her two young children.

Published by New York Post on April 29, 2008.

Three days after a trio of detectives were cleared of killing the young bridegroom in a 50-bullet barrage, Joseph Guzman led Rep. John Conyers through the pouring rain from the Kalua Cabaret - the Queens strip club where Bell had held his bachelor party - to the spot where he died.

Published by New York Daily News on April 29, 2008.

Courtroom security has been noticeably beefed up in Brooklyn Federal Court in the wake of a shocking attack in March on a prosecutor by a thug wielding a razor.

Published by New York Daily News on April 29, 2008.

Just before 2 p.m. Monday, the hands that built New York began filling St. Patrick's Cathedral for a Mass in memory of the 26 construction workers who died in this city in the past 12 months.

Published by New York Daily News on April 29, 2008.

The impassioned investigation began with the discovery of Patrick McNeill's body in 1997 in the waters off a Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, pier. McNeill, 20, of Westchester, was a promising Fordham student who disappeared after stumbling drunk out of an upper East Side bar. His body was found months later, and his death was ruled an accidental drowning.

Published by New York Daily News on April 29, 2008.

The impassioned investigation began with the discovery of Patrick McNeill's body in 1997 in the waters off a Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, pier. McNeill, 20, of Westchester, was a promising Fordham student who disappeared after stumbling drunk out of an upper East Side bar. His body was found months later, and his death was ruled an accidental drowning.

Published by New York Daily News on April 29, 2008.

The city will overhaul the Madison Square area where Broadway and Fifth Ave. now converge in a confusing crisscross, "reclaiming" blacktop for pedestrians and cyclists in an area roughly the size of Bryant Park's lawn, officials said.

Published by New York Daily News on April 29, 2008.

The prosecutor said Jordan also appeared at Thurman's Greenwich Village home, where she lives with her two children, and rang her doorbell. One of Thurman's employees came out and found him sitting on her steps, she said.

Published by New York Daily News on April 29, 2008.

A terrifed Uma Thurman shook and cried, "Look at this, look at this!" after an alleged stalker tried to force his way into her movie trailer during a SoHo film shoot, her wardrobe assistant told a Manhattan jury Monday.

Published by New York Daily News on April 29, 2008.

Con Ed used to fix some of its leaks by plugging them with a glue-like epoxy, until it determined last fall that the technique helped cause the July 18 blast at Lexington Ave. and 41st St.

Published by New York Daily News on April 29, 2008.

Tests found high levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in an air filter taken from Staten Island's Public School 53 a year after windows with PCB caulking were removed from the school.

Published by New York Daily News on April 29, 2008.

Korhogo 126 is a gutsy restaurant that rests on a sleepy block in Brooklyn's Columbia Waterfront District, adjoining a pizzeria, laundermat and wine shop. This earnest joint venture is a spirited journey into West Africa and France - a trip worth taking where a soulful chef delivers.

Published by New York Daily News on April 29, 2008.

Officials with Friends of the High Line - the top recipient of Quinn-controlled City Council pork - have given more than $50,000 to her campaigns since 1999, records show.

Published by New York Daily News on April 29, 2008.

Friends of the High Line also hired Hammond's lobbying firm, 215 Argyle, which in turn paid Hammond $108,272 for services performed for the nonprofit, 2006 tax filings show.

Published by New York Daily News on April 29, 2008.

The city is facing more than $190 million in lawsuits from the March 15 crane collapse that killed seven people, injured 24 and left more than 100 homeless.

Published by New York Daily News on April 29, 2008.

"I resented the fact that people came to my home on the weekend, bothering my neighbors; I'm really very upset about that," an irate Cooperman said by phone from his chambers in the Kew Gardens courthouse.

Published by New York Daily News on April 29, 2008.

The woes of the mega-project have been a hot topic lately, as Moynihan Station, Atlantic Yards and Willets Point, to name a few, are facing challenges amid a rough economy and shifting political landscape (at the state level especially).

Published by The New York Observer on April 29, 2008.

The woes of the mega-project have been a hot topic lately, as Moynihan Station, Atlantic Yards and Willets Point, to name a few, are facing challenges amid a rough economy and shifting political landscape (at the state level especially).

Published by The New York Observer on April 29, 2008.

The woes of the mega-project have been a hot topic lately, as Moynihan Station, Atlantic Yards and Willets Point, to name a few, are facing challenges amid a rough economy and shifting political landscape (at the state level especially).

Published by The New York Observer on April 29, 2008.

Timely, then, is tomorrow morning’s forum at the New School, where Deputy Mayor Robert Lieber is slated to address this very issue, at least according to the title of the program: “Maintaining Momentum: Can New York’s Ambitious Development Agenda Survive an Economic Downturn?”

Published by The New York Observer on April 29, 2008.

Also speaking on a panel, according to a release from the New School: City Comptroller William Thompson, Terra Holdings economist Gregory Heym, Pratt Center director Brad Lander, Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation President Rafael Salaberrios; and Manhattan Institute fellow Julia Vitullo-Martin.

Published by The New York Observer on April 29, 2008.

Also speaking on a panel, according to a release from the New School: City Comptroller William Thompson, Terra Holdings economist Gregory Heym, Pratt Center director Brad Lander, Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation President Rafael Salaberrios; and Manhattan Institute fellow Julia Vitullo-Martin.

Published by The New York Observer on April 29, 2008.

WHERE:Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, Arnhold Hall, 55

Published by The New York Observer on April 29, 2008.

Cost for Disrupting a City Meeting on Coney Island: $2,475.00

Published by The New York Observer on April 29, 2008.

Former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani waits to receive communion in St. Patrick's Cathedral during a Mass celebrated by Pope Benedict XVI. (Chris La Putt, Associated Press / April 28, 2008)

Published by amNY.com on April 29, 2008.

"Last time I checked Giuliani was still a Catholic," said Brian Smithson, 29, of lower Manhattan. "I don't understand why politics always has to get involved in the church."

Published by amNY.com on April 29, 2008.

"I don't' think we as Catholics should use communion on a disciplinary level," said Rev. Mark Massa, a professor of theology at Fordham University. "I understand the cardinal's concern and indeed the cardinal has a right ... [but] doing that in public is not a very fruitful thing."

Published by amNY.com on April 29, 2008.

"I don't know if it is marketing or the price of oil or what it may be, but there has been an upswing on the amount of calls we've gotten," says Greg Elcock, an energy auditor at the Community Environmental Center in Long Island City. "We almost can't handle it."

Published by New York Daily News on April 29, 2008.

In the Bronx, homeowner and mom Amy Kenette said the $32,000 cost of upgrading her Woodlawn house was well worth the cash savings and the reduced impact on the Earth.

Published by New York Daily News on April 29, 2008.

But for Carole Gutowski, a grandmother in South Ozone Park who called Elcock's group looking for a senior-citizen program, the renovation was a happy accident.

Published by New York Daily News on April 29, 2008.

Shoppers look to greenmarkets and food stands like Circus Fruits on Fort Hamilton Parkway to save money on fruits and vegetables.

Published by New York Daily News on April 29, 2008.

Tashana Williams may have recently moved to Park Slope from Sunset Park, but the Brooklyn mom regularly returns to her old neighborhood to fill her fridge with affordable produce.

Published by New York Daily News on April 29, 2008.

"I'll go where the prices are cheap and the food is good," said Williams, 33, who regularly shops in Brooklyn's Chinatown produce stores, which border Sunset Park and offer quality greens at competitive prices.

Published by New York Daily News on April 29, 2008.

Midwood's Joseph Stein drove 20 minutes to stock up on greens at Three Guys From Brooklyn, a large bargain market in Bay Ridge.

Published by New York Daily News on April 29, 2008.

Midwood's Joseph Stein drove 20 minutes to stock up on greens at Three Guys From Brooklyn, a large bargain market in Bay Ridge.

Published by New York Daily News on April 29, 2008.

Just blocks away, along Fort Hamilton Ave., Grace Bee, an accountant from Borough Park, was loading up on apples at 79 cents a pound.

Published by New York Daily News on April 29, 2008.

Even skyrocketing gas prices couldn't keep Belle Harbor couple Peter and Anna Mercury from making the 30-minute drive to Three Guys for their 59-cents-a-pound potatoes and red peppers for 99 cents a pound.

Published by New York Daily News on April 29, 2008.

"Our fruits and vegetables are cheaper than everywhere else. If there's so many stores in a row, there's a lot of competition," said Yelena Makhnin, head of the Brighton Beach Business Improvement District.

Published by New York Daily News on April 29, 2008.

A New York State appeals court on Tuesday upheld a jury’s verdict that the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey was negligent in safeguarding World Trade Center before a 1993 terrorist attack that killed six people and injured 1,000.

Published by New York Times on April 29, 2008.

During a conference call with reporters, Ms. Weingarten had four teachers in the reserve at Evander Childs High School in the Bronx speak of their experiences. Each said they had applied for several jobs, though not all had used the new online system.

Published by New York Times on April 29, 2008.

“I’m going back to work with our committee,” Mr. Conyers said. “We’re going to be putting together the federal strategy.” He said the attorney general’s office announced it would be beginning its own investigation, but he declined to elaborate. After making statements to reporters, many of those who attended the meeting drove to the Club Kalua, a few blocks from Congressman Meeks’s office.

Published by New York Times on April 29, 2008.

Protestors will block traffic at 170th Street and Jerome Avenue between 5:01 and 5:05 Wednesday afternoon, with a rally to follow at the same location. The starting time of 5:01 is to symbolize the 51 shots fired at Sean Bell, event organizers said.

Published by West Bronx Blog on April 29, 2008.

A multi-car crash shut down the northbound on the northbound New England Thruway in the Eastchester section of the Bronx.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on April 29, 2008.

Chickens are legal in the city, but they may not be so welcome at a tony high-rise apartment building on Manhattan's East Side.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on April 29, 2008.

Police say the driver of the Jeep refused to pull over after running a red light at Amsterdam Avenue and 141st Street just before 3 a.m.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on April 29, 2008.

The car crashed into the Mohawk Cleaners at 80-17 Myrtle Avenue just before 9 a.m.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on April 29, 2008.

Another worker fell Tuesday morning about 25 feet inside a hospital building under construction on Manhattan's East Side. City officials say the man fell while trying to secure a steel beam on the second floor. Contractors are building a 15-story commercial tower as part of Bellevue Hospital's expansion.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on April 29, 2008.

The accidents occurred just after thousands attended a memorial service at St. Patrick's Cathedral on Monday for construction workers killed on the job.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on April 29, 2008.

A man wanted for allegedly trying to kill his girlfriend in Portsmouth, VA is under arrest in New York City after surrendering to police in the lobby of WABC-TV.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on April 29, 2008.

The incident took place at East Houston and Avenue C.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on April 29, 2008.

It happened Tuesday afternoon in Brownsville, near Pitkin and Stone Avenues.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on April 29, 2008.

A construction worker fell 25 feet from a construction site in Manhattan early Tuesday, emergency workers said.The accident happened at 30th Street and FDR Drive.

Published by WNBC on April 29, 2008.

The incident happened at the Mohawk Cleaners on Myrtle Avenue.

Published by WNBC on April 29, 2008.

Police were going door-to-door in search of a suspect after the 14- or 15-year-old was wounded at Pitkin Avenue and Stone Avenue in the Brownsville neighborhood.

Published by WNBC on April 29, 2008.

The agency that owned the World Trade Center was liable for the fatal 1993 bombing by terrorists in the complex's underground parking garage, an appeals court said Tuesday.

Published by New York Daily News on April 29, 2008.

The three boys were sitting at a table at the Ganesha Temple's canteen, their faces deep into Game Boys, chattering at each other without looking up. "Shah Rukh is in that, right?" his friend asked.

Published by Village Voice on April 29, 2008.

New vegetarian restaurant on lower Lexington Avenue concentrates on India's Tamil Nadu

Published by Village Voice on April 29, 2008.