Governor Andrew Cuomo's biggest passion—after his family and running New York State, ofco—seems to be cars. While this may be troublesome for, say, mass transit advocates, it's awesome for classic car events. Yesterday, Cuomo headed to the Cruise to the Show, the parade and car show in Nassau County, and suggested that he's going to promote the car show business in New York: "Our state does not do as much as it could do [to help car shows]. There are car shows that attract thousands of people in this country, and people come and they stay for days." more ›

This weekend the New York City Police Museum will be holding its eighth annual vintage police car show (Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.). It won’t just be cars from the history of the NYPD on display, but vehicles from police agencies from all over, along with cars you may have seen on television or movies. In past years Car 54, Adam-12 and the Batmobile have shown up. Another regular visitor is the city’s 1952 Chrysler Imperial Parade Phaeton one of only three ever built. more ›