Gentrifier

"They come and hit a brother who is down and out, and tell him they'll give him the world." That brother is a grown man, according to the ages provided in the press, and is responsible for his action...

Forty years from now, people will still be arguing about Rudy and his legacy. Even in Florida retirement homes, bluehaired retirees are gonna be scrappin' at the mention of his name....

Holy shit! That used to be my train station. I can remember walking along the platform and being able to feel the sections of flooring shift under my feet as I walked. That's not a good feeling ...

"He only grandstands like that on camera. He'll fold like a cheap suit." A man can hope, can't he? That said, you're probably right. ...

"Good morning, gentlemen. As you know, the demands on my time are extreme. So this is going to be a very short meeting." "I'm going to give you ten minutes to explain why we shouldn't nationalize y...

It's fair game. Ginsberg's pedophilia and association with NAMBLA are both part of the historical record and relevant to the post for this reason: It's one thing to ask an actor to do a flamboyantl...

Irish-Americans Gear Up For the "Reinforcin' O' The Stereotypes" (An oldie, but a goodie.)...

Funny. The whole Nigerian scam thing is like a big joke here on the Internet. Hell, probably eighty percent of you out there reading this comment have a 419 letter in your spam folder. And we never...

"Make NYU Affordable"? See, this is where the kids failed. They should have agitated for a more realistic goal, like a worldwide communist revolution. ...

"Mustafa Abdul-Qawiyy" Gee, isn't pimping out women kind of contrary to Islamic law and tradition? Haram, I believe the term is? Oh, no. Wait. I'm being naive here. This isn't the Islam of the ...

A Poli-Sci professor at John Jay College tells the paper, "Nobody wants to become a police officer to deal with minor traffic violations or issue summonses to people urinating in public." Tough fucki...

Could the recession lead to the closing of 16,000 bodegas? I have a few bodegas near me. Every time I went in, they'd behave in a creepy or rude way because I'm white. Now I don't give them my busi...

Why would anyone choose the A train ride through some of the city's worst neighborhoods, in the middle of the night no less, over the Long Island Rail Road? Seems like a piss-poor way to save three...

Ditmas Park is gentrification-speak for "Flatbush." Y'all know what Flatbush is like, right? I rest my case. ...

"PETA" is a special code word that Gothamist uses. It means "you need not pay attention to this post from here on out; focus on something else."...