The so-called "Millionaire Madam" Anna Gristina remains at Rikers Island, nearly two months after her initial arrest. The married mother of two, accused of running a high-end escort service from an Upper East Side apartment, is being held on $2 million bail, because Manhattan prosecutors say she has bragged about having money overseas as well as law enforcement connections. But Gristina insists she's innocent and has been trying to get her bail lowered. Now her family has apparently started a website to solicit donations. more ›

A Queens man says his landlady tried to smoke him out of his apartment using a dangerous bug bomb—now he’s suing for $1 million. According to Dharmendra Persaud, Lisa Mongel let herself into his home and set off cans of Real-Kill Indoor Fogger 5. Worst of all, she did it completely without warning, when he was in the apartment, reports the Post. "She never called on the phone, never rang the doorbell. She just opened the chemical," he told the tabloid. According to his lawyer, his client not only inhaled toxic fumes, but tumbled down the stairs as he tried to escape. Right after, she filed the papers to evict the tenant and his children. Mongal wouldn’t discuss the allegations of chemical warfare, but said Persaud was “a liar.” more ›

The city has put its pest infestation statistics online, allowing New Yorkers to see just how vermin-ridden our neighborhoods really are. The new Environmental Public Health Tracking Portal allows visitors to create maps depicting the percentages of households infested by roaches as well as rats and mice. more ›

NYC Transit buses are crawling with roaches! It says so in amNY! Bus operators, mechanics and union leaders have told the city's easy-reading tabloid that the infestation has gotten out of control, because NYC Transit has cut back on cleaning. One Bronx NYC Transit driver says his bus was "chronically infected with hundreds of roaches during overnight runs, when they would crawl up the dashboard." more ›

Think you've seen some big cockroaches around here? Apparently there are far superior critters in space! It's being reported that some cockroaches were conceived in space late last year onboard the Russian Foton-M bio satellite and are developing faster than the common terrestrial ones we see scurrying about the city. Some "highlights": more ›

An appellate court ruled this week that a 71-year-old woman could remain in the West Village apartment she shares with her two cats, despite a no-pets clause in her lease. Siiri Marvits has lived in the same apartment for 43 years and has had her two cats Athena and Apollo for more than ten years. The Daily News reports that according to the New York City Law Journal, a landlord must begin eviction proceedings within... more ›