Yesterday, we told you about Milk Burger, the new burger joint in Harlem with a menu suspiciously similar to Shake Shack's, and a ganked photo of a Shackburger on their website to boot. Now, the owner of Milk Burger is claiming he's innocent, blaming the flub on, of course, an intern. more ›

Since people are willing to pay cold hard cash to skip the line at Shake Shack, it doesn't come as much of a surprise that other burger establishments might try to duplicate some of the Shack's methods for success. What does come as a surprise is just how obvious MilkBurger in Harlem's thievery is. more ›

The Long Island man who ripped off more than $800,000 from the MTA over a three year period using a broken (or magic?) MetroCard machine in Penn Station was sentenced to a year in jail on Thursday. Carey Grant, 42, his wife, and another accomplice were caught two years ago dealing MetroCards to commuters on the Long Island railroad and New York subway system. more ›

A sneaky cabbie cheated nearly $40,000 out of passengers in a six month period, in what authorities are saying might be the biggest rider rip-off ever. Wasim Khalid Cheema, 22, of Brooklyn, overcharged 574 passengers in a single month alone, according to the News. Cheema was able to pull off the passenger heist by manipulating his meter manually; he switched to out-of-city rates (Westchester, Nassau) for rides within city limits (the suburban rate is double the city rate). In the month of July 2009, "Cheema earned $11,499 for 642 trips that month. The other driver who shared his cab made only $4,803 for 439 trips," according to the Post. more ›

Here's some more bad news about the city's embattled carriage horse industry. The Post reveals that many carriage drivers are charging customers more than the city-sanctioned rates. This comes amidst a highly public fight over animal rights, the announcement that one of the city's few remaining stables will close, and a new proposal replace horse carriages with antique-looking cars. more ›