Yesterday, the federal authorities raided a Chinatown building at 35-37 East Broadway—apparently, it was full of "table games and slot machines," "Chinese mahjong," and "large cardboard boxes—allegedly filled to the brim with cash." more ›

For their part, The Humane Society of the U.S. will be lobbying for the bill at their upcoming 2012 New York State Humane Lobby Day on Wednesday, April 18th. more ›

While we've been looking at apartments that make us a little jealous, there are plenty of nightmare abodes out there in the boroughs, and this latest one is a doozy. Over at Business Insider a woman writes about a $500/month apartment on Mott Street, between Grand and Hester, that she considered renting a few years ago. Some of the highlights: more ›

Although soup dumpling season is pretty much over, Chinatown's restaurant week begins this Friday. It's nothing like the regular restaurant week, since there will only be 17 restaurants to chose from—if you eat out twice a day starting from March 9th onwards, you can hit them all! There's an easy-to-read list of the participating joints posted at Fork in the Road. more ›

In yet another installment of pick-a-public-servant's brain on Reddit, a Sanitation Department worker is asked the question that has plagued many a wrinkled nose: "Why is Chinatown always twice as dirty as the rest of Manhattan?" After a gentle attempt at parrying ("Do I really need to explain that?") the worker responds, "Just a lot of filthy people down there. That's the best explanation I can give. I don't think it matters how hard they work to try and keep it clean." more ›

A pedestrian was struck on Canal Street by a truck, and a witness at the scene said, "His face was all bloody. His knee was all bloody. His pants were ripped up." The witness did not see the victim being hit by the truck, described as a large oil tanker, but he did see the truck speeding east. more ›

And no, that headline is not made up. Mark O'Donnell, the partner of disgraced ex-New Jersey governor James McGreevey, has found a cause to call his own: fighting New Jersey's illegal tiger bone trade, a thing no one knew existed until this WSJ article was published. more ›

Yesterday, the U.S. military announced the eight soldiers would be charged in the death of Private Danny Chen. The 19-year-old Chinatown resident was found dead at an outpost in Afghanistan, due to a "self-inflicted gunshot wound" but it was revealed that he had been taunted and physically harassed by fellow soldiers. more ›

In October, Private Danny Chen's family was informed by the Army that the 19-year-old killed died of an "apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound" while stationed in Afghanistan. However, his family was also told that he had been bullied and harrassed, and pressed the Army for more information. Now U.S. military officials have charged eight soldiers in Chen's death. more ›

Convicted rapist Vincent Heyward received a sentence of 428 years in prison yesterday after being found guilty of dozens of felony charges for sexually assaulting five women in Hamilton Heights and Chinatown. Prosecutors told NY1 that Heyward's victims gave statements before the sentencing, and that Heyward received one sentence of 200 years to life, along with a consecutive sentence of 228 years. more ›

A Chinatown bank teller accused of stealing $243,000 from his Chase branch and going on an Atlantic City casino binge was arraigned in court yesterday. Sephoen Tsang, 22, pleaded not guilty to five counts of grand larceny and falsifying business records. Tsang, who was arrested playing the baccarat tables in Atlantic City, allegedly left a note for his former supervisor apologizing for the theft: “Sorry, Betty. Take care.” more ›

Three 15-year-old boys playing handball in Sara Roosevelt Park last night at around 7:40 p.m. were approached by a group of six men and one woman. According to the NYPD, the group brandished a pistol and demanded that the teenagers empty their pockets. When they refused, the boys were shot with pepper spray, and the assailants ran. more ›

Thank goodness! The NYPD, working with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, have today announced they've made us all a little bit safer by removing $3.5 million dollars worth of counterfeit handbags from circulation. Michael Kors and Tory Burch must be so relieved! more ›

[UPDATE BELOW] A CBS affiliate in Minneapolis investigating the owner of an illegal puppy farm reports that at least 170 dogs were sold to a Chinatown meat market, which in turn sold them as food. Dak Cheong Meat Market on 36 East Broadway shares the same address as the Canine Culture Center, CBS reports, and it seems the "culture" there is entirely culinary. Amazingly, a CBS reporter called up Dak Cheong and asked an employee if they sell dog meat. He said yes: more ›

19-year-old Private Danny Chen, a Chinatown native who died last week in Afghanistan, was allegedly bullied and abused by his fellow soldiers prior to his non-combat related death. Now, the Army's Criminal Investigation Division is looking into the matter to figure out exactly what happened. more ›

When a single gross puddle forms in say, Chelsea, the community bands together to eradicate the pestilence before an errant Christian Louboutin is senselessly killed. In Chinatown however, puddles seem insignificant when entire city blocks reek of decay. State Senator Daniel Squadron thinks this is unacceptable: a recent report on "ponding" (like "planking" but with more loogies) conducted by his office showed that Chinatown has an array of nasty perma-puddles that just won't go away. 93 of them "had not drained within 48 hours of a rainfall." more ›

City Council unanimously passed a proposal creating a Chinatown Business Improvement District yesterday. Building owners in the district will be responsible for paying a fee to fund street-cleaning, increased lighting and signage, and economic development for local businesses. more ›

6,000 packages of an extremely lethal chemical being sold in Manhattan's Chinatown as rat poison have been seized, and ten retailers have been arrested on state and federal charges. Authorities from the EPA, the city's DA's office, and the state's Department of Environmental Conservation confiscated vials and boxes of brodifacoum, an anticoagulant 61 times stronger than is legal, with the label "The Cat Be Unemployed." A woman who purchased them in the East Broadway Mall last year mistook it for medicine, and lost two-thirds of her blood volume! more ›

For this week's New York Times restaurant review, Sam Sifton goes deep into the heart of Manhattan's Chinatown, emerging victoriously with something that's actually quite useful: 456 Shanghai Cuisine, a cheap, convenient Chinese place with solid, non-scary Shanghainese food. more ›

Our apartment has never had the heat cut off out of spite, and we've never been subjected to threats of eviction if our rent was a few days late. But perhaps that's because we pay market value for our place on Delancey, and aren't Chinese. An article in the Times details how Madison Capital, an Upper East Side real estate firm, is reportedly using strong-armed tactics to "persuade" Chinese rent-stabilized tenants on the border of Chinatown and the Lower East Side to leave to make room for gentrifying rubes like us. more ›

While just last week we reported that Manhattan's Chinatown was losing its Chinese edge to Chinatowns in Flushing and Sunset Park, it turns out that we were forgetting one other nouveau Chinese hotspot...Harlem. more ›

If there was any doubt that Apple's neurotic proclivity for secrecy is absolute, the company is suing tiny stores in Queens' Chinatown for trademark infringement. Reuters reports that Apple Story Inc, and Fun Zone "along with an undisclosed number of unnamed businesses and 50 'John Does'" were charged in the complaint. In typical Apple fashion, "documents in the case have been sealed," and the judge in the case allowed pertinent evidence to be seized from the stores that mainly sell iPad and iPhone accessories. No word on whether Apple will change their logo to a clenched, black-gloved fist. more ›

Manhattan's Chinatown might want to think of a new name, because it's not actually home to the most Chinese people anymore, according to new city data. If you want to get in with the Chinese crowd these days, Sunset Park and Flushing are where it's at. more ›