Police now believe that Jeff Locker, a distraught motivational speaker beset by debt, drove to East Harlem last July, bought condoms at a bodega, then asked a man named Kenneth Minor to kill him, for…
Tag Archives: NYC
Poster Boy: Nice Art, Bad Excuses [Arrests]
Beleaguered outlaw vandalartist Poster Boy was arrested again last week, for cutting up subway ads in Brooklyn. His effort at sweet-talking the cops left something to be desired.
Sources said…
How to Be as Fit and Good-Looking as a New Yorker [Fitness Watch]
Residents of New York City now have the longest life expectancy ever. Thank you, thank you. Thanks. How do we do it, besides killing each other less frequently? By not making the common fitness…
The Police Brutality Media Litmus Test [How Things Work]
Michael Mineo is a 25 year-old tattooed former gangbanger who says the NYPD sodomized him with a nightstick. The NYT’s account: Chilling and poignant. The Daily News’ account: Matter-of-fact. The…
It Stops the Train, Okay [Jeez]
New York City subway riders are uniformly befuddled by the emergency brake! Why aren’t there detailed instructions? “If it just says ‘emergency,’ you’re going to pull it for any reason.” Does it make…
You Might As Well Just Let In The Poors [Recessionomics]
The Way We Live Now: Fleeing the crumbling aftermath of a disaster-stricken hellscape. Having taken in the stark, hopeless, post-apocalyptic nature of their once-thriving home, citizens are getting…