The website for the Figli di San Gennaro, the non-profit that has been running the Feast of San Gennaro since 1996, claims that the organization has donated more than $1.6 million dollars to at least 72 charitable organizations in the past 15 years. "No other street fair in New York City comes close to donating the amount of money we give to charities each year," Joseph Mattone, president of the organization, says on the website Which may well be true, but in 2009 at least (the last year for which tax records are available) the feast didn't give a dime to any charities. more ›

The fight over the Feast of San Gennaro continues, sort of. Though the final decision on cutting the annual event short at Kenmare has been punted from Community Board 2 to the Mayor's Street Activity Permit Office (which most likely will not alter its length) the Post finally got wind of the story this weekend and has decided to do a little muckraking just as things seemed to be calming down. Cue the complaints of "elitists" trampling down on "culture"! more ›