[UPDATE BELOW] This YouTube video has it all: a highly intoxicated person, an unsteady documenter, very little information, no closure, and an MGMT soundtrack. The footage was uploaded last night, and we've contacted the uploader to get more details about the scenario. But until we hear back, let's discuss: should the fellow straphangers have made more of a hands-on effort to help this guy out? Or were they all (except for the MTA worker who has a brief interaction with him) too drunk from the big game, too? more ›

Rafael Casiano, the off-duty housing officer who crashed his car last week, seriously injuring his partner, and then blew a (legal) .032 on a breathalyzer test nine hours later, has been forced by a judge to hand over his driver's license. more ›

For years, many New Yorkers have enjoyed the pleasures of drunk shopping—whether it's for a snazzy suit or a puppy, the phenomenon is nothing new—the fashion blog Racked even has a regular column called "Drunk Shopping." Today, the Times looks at the people who prefer to drunk shop on the internet, where no one can peer pressure them into buying anything but themselves, and oh, it is magical: more ›

Yesterday, it was reported that an off-duty police officer hit a divider on the Bronx River Parkway, overturning the vehicle that held him and his partner. Though police officers at the scene determined that Office Rafael Casiano had been drinking—he admitted he "had a few drinks"—he was not given a Breathalyzer until nine hours later. Now the NYPD says Internal Affairs is investigating that delay. more ›

An off duty Bronx cop was arrested and charged with a DWI after a car crash yesterday that left his partner in a medically-induced coma. Officer Rafael Casiano was driving his personal vehicle on the Bronx River Parkway near the Cross Bronx Expressway around 4:30 p.m when his car skidded, hit a divider, and flipped. more ›

In late August, a 27-year-old police officer was accused of raping a woman at gunpoint while off-duty in Manhattan. Officer Michael Pena pleaded not guilty to charges that he forced the 25-year-old schoolteacher into a courtyard behind an Inwood building at gunpoint early that morning and raped her—he even implied it was consensual, and that he was just "cheating" on his girlfriend. Today, the arresting officer testified about Pena's state that morning: "I looked at his shield and I threw it to the ground in disgust," said Officer Timothy Kraft, according to DNAInfo. more ›

The holidays are coming up, and with them come holiday parties, and with holiday parties comes booze, and with booze comes all sorts of studies about how booze is scary. Just last week, we learned that drunk people like to hook up at the aforementioned holiday parties, and today, we are told that drunk people, when hooking up, might have unsafe sex due to being drunk. Thanks, science! more ›

A Long Island man was arrested by police yesterday and charged with drunk driving with his two-year-old son in the car. Christopher Weiss, 29, was driving his Ford Focus westbound along route 25 in Suffolk County when another driver called 911 to complain he was driving erratically. Certainly the fact that he was driving a car with only three working tires wasn't helping the situation. more ›

In late August, a 27-year-old police officer was accused of raping a woman at gunpoint while off-duty in Manhattan. Today, officer Michael Pena pleaded not guilty to charges that he forced the 25-year-old teacher into a courtyard behind an Inwood building at gunpoint early that morning and raped her. It was also revealed today that Pena, who admitted he had been drinking that morning, implied after his arrest that the encounter was consensual. more ›

An off-duty cop has been charged with killing a man while allegedly driving drunk early Wednesday morning in the Bronx. According to police, rookie officer Luis Arnao, 25, struck Tyre Chisholm, 22, with his 2011 Honda Accord as Chisholm was crossing the street on White Plains Road near 241st Street just before 4 a.m. "He got hit hard. He flew up in the air. His shoes flew off with his socks still in them," said witness Devine Douglas. more ›

The 27-year-old police officer accused of raping a woman at gunpoint in Inwood early last Friday is worried that the Manhattan DA is going to try and "make an example" out of him over a misunderstanding. Three-year-veteran Michael Pena, currently at Rikers, told the Daily News in his first jailhouse interview that "The DA is arresting cops, indicting cops. They're trying to make an example out of me." more ›

Sacre bleu! Is this the start of an unseemly new trend? French actor Gerard Depardieu hopped on the "drunkenly peeing on a plane in public" bandwagon last night, allegedly relieving himself on the carpet of a City Jet flight from Paris to Dublin. more ›

Turns out that Robert Vietze, the 18-year-old who allegedly got drunk and peed all over a sleeping 11-year-old girl on a JetBlue redeye to New York earlier this week, is a member of the US Ski Team who probably just pissed away his chance at Olympic glory. more ›

The JetBlue redeye from Portland to JFK made a strong bid for Worst Flight Ever yesterday, when a drunk 18-year-old boy allegedly peed all over a 11 year-old girl in her seat, which did not go over well with her father. Oh, and then someone puked. more ›

Singer Gavin DeGraw is having his drunken blackout pieced together by the press! Earlier this morning we heard that DeGraw was beaten up in the East Village by some men at 4 a.m. Monday, before being hit by a cab about 13 blocks away. DeGraw has been recuperating at Bellevue Hospital, and just Tweeted, "Honestly, I don't remember much." more ›

You know what's extra cute when you are totally wasted: PUPPIES & KITTENS!!!!!! And here in New York City, you can extend happy hour into a lifetime of happiness with a new furry friend... or at least, you used to be able to until pet stores started cracking down on adopting while intoxicated. more ›

A toxicologist in the NYC Medical Examiner's office testified that the woman who claims a NYPD cop raped her (and another stood watch) could have had a blood alcohol level as high as four times the legal limit. When asked if the accuser could have been unable to move while being raped, Michael McGee said, "The effects you're describing are certainly effects that have been observed." more ›

The police in Middletown, NJ received a call just before 6 a.m. on Monday from residents who found a man sleeping in their basement. And when cops arrived, they determined the man "was extremely intoxicated and had entered the basement through a window and went to sleep on a mattress." Well, that's why you have mattresses in basements, right—for those unexpected guests? more ›

Defense lawyers in the "Rape Cop" case are still trying to prove that the accuser was not too drunk to consent because she could hold her liquor. "She could 'pound it,' so to speak, correct?" defense lawyer Joseph Tacopina asked the prosecution witness. The witness responded that "she could drink a lot and hold it together," and said that "once in a while" she would drink five Red Bull vodkas in an outing. more ›

A couple allegedly beat and killed an older man in the Bronx early this morning after a drunken altercation. Quinton Guerrero, 61, was attacked around 1:30 a.m. today in front of his home at 480 East 138th Street by a couple who fled the scene. "I heard fighting and then I heard a loud thump like someone fell on the floor. I looked out the window and saw someone on the ground unconscious face up," Oscar Porrata, one of Guerrero's neighbors, told the News. more ›

Last night, a 66-year-old man was hit by a D train at the Bay 50th Street station in Brooklyn around 7:30 p.m. According to the Daily News, "The victim told rescue workers he had fallen onto the track bed, an MTA official said... His left leg was severed under the knee and his right leg was crushed" more ›

The trial of two East Village police officers accused of raping a drunk woman they were asked to help continued yesterday with testimony as well as surveillance footage showing the cops and victim enter the building. The Post reports, "The bulk of the video is hugely incriminating, showing accused rapist Officer Kenneth Moreno and accused lookout Officer Franklin Mata making three return trips to the drunken woman's apartment over the course of five hours," but the NY Times notes, "The woman briskly bounds toward a door, making a brief half-turn and gesturing to the police officer just behind her. A few steps back, another officer follows." more ›

A Columbia University Business School student who allegedly attacked a woman on Saturday night at 116th and Broadway may get a no-jail plea deal. Suspect Ash Sinha is not only the son of an Indian diplomat, and his lawyer said of the attack, "[This is] his first potential psychotic break." more ›

Officer Kenneth Moreno has his work cut out for him beating charges that he raped a drunk woman in her East Village apartment after helping her into her apartment. The alleged victim later recorded a confrontation with Moreno, and though he denied raping her when she was passed out in December 2008, he allegedly told her he used a condom when she threatened to make a scene. But as Moreno's trial (and the trial of his partner, three-year-vet Officer Franklin Mata) kicked off yesterday, his lawyer insisted it was all a big misunderstanding. more ›

The two police officers are about to go trial for rape, burglary and official misconduct for allegedly raping a drunk East Village woman in her apartment. Now, the Post reports that not only are the pair still on NYPD payroll, but there's apparently a tape of one of the cops apologizing to victim for "getting really crazy." An ex-prosecutor says, "He tries to deny they had sex, but eventually he admits to it... He says, 'It wasn't done intentionally. I didn't mean to hurt you. I just got caught up. I'm sorry.'" more ›

Oh sure, label us binge drinkers, but don't put us in the fun top 40 drunkest cities list? Something stinks, and it's not this Four Loko. Anyway, the Daily Beast ranked cities on how drunk they get, saying, "New Year’s Eve revelry serves as a reminder that the rules of moderation sometimes go out the window. The question we have: Which places throw out those rules too often?" The #1 city is Milwaukee, WI—where the average person 12.76 alcoholic beverages a month. A month! Oh c'mon, we know people (not us) who drink that much in one night. Maybe New York was taken out of the running because we're too good at drinking too much? more ›