On Wednesday the City Council passed a law that we're calling "The Dan Hoyt Law". It will "target individuals who commit lewd acts in public more than once in a three year period," which will allow judges to give flashers a harsher sentence, up to a year in jail and three years of probation, on top of a $1,000 fine."We are moving to punish a pattern of behavior that is not only disgusting but dangerous.......

A reader sent us this horrible but all-too-familiar story: I was on the 7 train riding from Flushing Main Street when a man sat across from me (a few stops before 82nd street Jackson Heights he got on) with a newspaper on his lap pretending to be sleeping. I glanced over and to my horror all his goods were in plain view. I did not react and I pulled out my cell phone and took......

Adam Moss, editor-in-chief of New York magazine may have one of the most dangerous-looking offices in publishing this morning, as it is probably crowded with a number of large sharp-edged and -angled Ellies, or National Magazine Awards. New York was nominated for seven awards and its capture of five of them added an air of upset to the proceedings. MediaBistro's FishbowlNY live-blogged the event last night from Lincoln Center:9:16PM: The magic night for Adam ("I'm......

Ah, the benefits of having many pockets and many cell phones. An 18-year-old high schooler managed to take a photograph of the man who robbed her of her Sidekick because she had her backup phone! Shannon Walcott was riding on the Q27 to her home in Queens Village when two men were "lurking behind her." Walcott told the Daily News she was listening to her iPod with her Sidekick in her hand last week when......

Hello, cellphone vigilantism! As part of his State of the City address, Mayor Bloomberg announced some new technology for New Yorkers. This year, we'll begin a revolutionary innovation in crime-fighting: Equipping "911" call centers to receive digital images and videos New Yorkers send from cell phones and computers something no other city in the world is doing. If you see a crime in progress or a dangerous building condition you'll be able to transmit images......

If you ever wondered how it would feel asking the MTA to pay for your pants, after they been ruined by an LIRR or Metro-North seat, wonder no more! The NY Times investigates the pants-chewing armrests on commuter trains on the M7 train cars. The armrests are "made of a rubbery material that seems to grab onto fabric and not let go" and love to attack when passengers sit down. The claims for reimbursement......

Serial subway flasher and rax food restaurateur Dan Hoyt was sentenced to 2 years probation plus counseling in the case of his subway pleasuring that was captured by a cameraphone last August. Hoyt apologized for his actions, and it turns out he's flashed people four other times between 2004 and 2005. Eep. However, Thao Nguyn, who snapped the photograph, was deeply unimpressed with Hoyt's remarks to New York magazine, where he said some women would......

- Regular lofts are for poor people: Diane von Furstenberg is building herself an entertainment complex. - Nutmilk, "you-Rhine", and severe dyslexia: the world of subway-masturbator Dan Hoyt. - A donor with baggage is causing a $200m headache for NYU. - Don't cry Matt Lauer! They'll find you a new best-friend - We tried tip #1 from this list today, and happiness continued to elude us-- but soaking-wetness did not. - Spring in the......

Idiots really need to be told not to talk to the press. Take, for example, subway masturbator/raw-food chef Dan Hoyt (seriously, take him!). Interviewed in this week's New York Magazine, and excerpted in todays Post, Hoyt drops such choice bons mots as "After this incident happened, I had a woman tell me, 'You know, that sounds exciting to me.' She wouldn't mind being on the other end." Even sadder, the twit tries to twist......

The raw-food restaurant owner who was photographed pleasuring himself on a subway car last August pleaded guilty to public lewdness charges. Dan Hoyt, who was arrested in 1994 for public lewdness, will get two years of probation and must see a psychiatrist once a week. His laywer says that Hoyt is remorseful for his actions and realizes he has a problem (no kidding!), also adding that Hoyt is consulting in Japan about healthy foods (additional......

Dan Hoyt, the unwitting poster boy for public lewdness caught on camera, was arraigned in court for four counts of public lewdness yesterday. The Daily News described Hoyt as smirking, sneering, and arrogant, telling one reporter, "It's a misdemeanor," much to the disgust of Thao Nguyen who took the photograph of Hoyt being a jerk in the subway. She told the Daily News, "Perhaps his smug attitude and total lack of remorse may influence the......

Dan Hoyt, the East Village man suspected of masturbating on the subway only to have a rider cameraphone his picture and put it online which then made him a front page story on the Daily News, surrendered to the police yesterday. However, he claimed his innocence saying, "I didn't do anything," as he was paraded out in Columbus Circle. When Gothamist watched the local news coverage of this, it looked as though he was leaving......

The tabloids report that the main suspect in the Flickred-subway-perv-incident might have a history of public lewdness. In 1994, Dan Hoyt, raw food restaurateur, was arrested for public lewdness "after he unzipped and flashed a victim" at the 8th Street N station. Yesterday, the police were searching for Hoyt, who did not come in to discuss the matter as promised. Since Thao Nguyen's picture made the Internet and the cover of the Daily News, five......

With his mug plastered on the Daily News, there's speculation that the caught-on-cameraphone pervert is a raw-food restaurant owner. The joke nearly writes itself. The Daily News says that many people have contacted them and the NYPD to say they think it could be Dan Hoyt, the co-owner of Quintessence. Hoyt has been contacted for questioning, but his ex-wife and Quintessnce co-owner says nothing's been proven yet and "There should be a support center to......