Daniel Millstone

Perhaps not very interesting, but the court ruling in the case described is not a Federal court. It's the Appellate Division, a NY State appeals court. It's a wonderful decision....

In NYC, as it happens, the Puerto Rican day parade goes UP Fifth Ave. ("The Bronx is up and the Battery's down")...

As I understand it, this has to do with a federal funding boondoggle. The Dept of Homeland Security will pay for the training which will be budgeted as overtime just as the officers need a few bucks f...

A curious passer-by, I was invited in to visit this wonderful house two years ago while some construction work was going on. The photo slide-show which accompanies the NY times article is great but th...

FYI: Stanton does not intersect with East 4th Street. What happened at 60 East 4th Street?...

You wrote: "The Assembly Speaker, who opposed congestion pricing...." The way I've heard Silver tell it several times now, he supported congestion pricing in the Assembly's Democratic conference. A m...

I think I've learned a lot from Summer Streets and I think the City may have learned more. Bicyclist that I am, I think we next year we could have more & better summer streets if motorists, cyclists,...

Does it strike anyone else that we've perhaps become over regulated? A permit for a water fight? What a bizarre use of police power and public funds! ...

I just got back from the movie. Waiting for I-Max seats was well worth the effort. Batman and I-Max were made for each other. Reserve early, get there early, bring your own popcorn....

These are great drawings. How did you find them?...

At Stuyvesant Town & Peter Cooper Village, the key problem for deregulated tenants, as I've heard it, comes at lease renewal time. One couple I met had their rent upped from $2,600 to $4,800 in two ye...

It appears, as I hunt and peck, that Steve Harrison is the only one seeking the Democratic nod to replace Mr. Fossella. Liz Benjamin at the Daily Politics writes that she has confirmed long standing r...

Well, I felt moved for the better by the Obama speech. It felt inspiring to me. His direct, non-inflammatory take on race in the US was a breath of fresh air. On the other hand, older civil rights a...

The stop & frisk figures in the NYC subway that the Daily News I-Team reported are not related to the random bag searches . By entering the subway, riders are deemed to have consented to bag searches...

Locating the Emergency Management Control Center at 7 World Trade was a bad move. People knew it was a bad move at the time. But the NYPD had a vested interest in opposing the 7 WTC site. Until the mo...