Connecticut police say that a man used a computer tablet to take photographs up a woman's skirt at the Target store in South Windsor. Creepily bold! more ›

Remember Bushwick-based artist Normal Bob Smith (aka Bob Hain), who kept track of the many weirdos lurking around Union Square, peeping at unsuspecting skirt-clad girls? Well, it turns out that his exhaustive research isn't just for entertainment purposes—Inside Edition has teamed up with Smith to help bust the creeps. more ›

Two men—both named Edgar!—were arrested for taking upskirt photos of random women last week, thus highlighting one of the lesser-known dangers of summer in the city. more ›

An unidentified man with a cell phone and a burning desire to see up a woman's skirt had his perverse predilection precluded in a Park Slope supermarket this morning. It all happened around 11 a.m. in Aisle Five of the Key Food on Fifth Avenue when a shopper wearing a calf-length summer dress noticed a man following her as she browsed. The pervy perp, who wore aviator sunglasses, was described as "handsome" by witnesses, who tell the Post the woman caught him trying to take photos up her skirt with his cell phone. more ›

A man was arrested on a Queens-bound subway for allegedly trying to take some upskirt footage yesterday morning. According to the Post, "José Gil, 39, was aboard a No. 7 train as it approached the Main Street station at 7:30 a.m. yesterday. He placed a gym bag on the floor at the feet of a 16-year-old girl who was wearing a skirt, cops said. The teen noticed a lens sticking out from the bag's open zipper." The girl found a transit cop at the next station. Gil was charged with unlawful surveillance of a minor. Two years ago, a man was arrested at Grand Central for placing a bag—which had a camera inside it—under women's skirts on the escalators. more ›

Oh dear. Remember when Manet's Le déjeuner sur l'herbe (aka Luncheon on the Grass) was a huge scandal to those prudish art critics back in the 1800s? Well they'd certainly be shielding their eyes and turning their noses up at the 3rd Ward's latest exhibit—the Brooklyn establishment just announced an open call for those upskirt shots you've been saving on your cell phone. (You know who you are.) They're specifically asking for "well-executed, erotic expressions made only with a cell phone." Videos, photos and texts will all be accepted, and the winner will take home 500 bucks—enough to buy a mediocre SLR for a future in less pixelated porn. Meanwhile, the best of the best will be picked for a future group show. While their Sex Cells submission form comes with a disclaimer, nowhere does it say that the subject of your pervy pics need to be made aware of their possible public display. You are all fair game! more ›

One morning in August, an unidentified 28-year-old woman who caught a man taking cellphone photos up her skirt as she climbed the subway stairs decided to retaliate. “Since he is taking pictures of me, I am going to take pictures of him,” she tells the Times. She followed him onto the 1 train and told him to smile as she took his picture, because she intended to call the police. Fast-forward to Tuesday, when an NYPD officer approached a man matching the photograph. It was one Aaron Olivieri, age 36. He told the cop, “I hope I am not the person you are looking for,” and then admitted he knew why police were looking for him. He was arraigned Wednesday on misdemeanor charges of unlawful surveillance, attempted sexual abuse and harassment. The Times article also gives a shout-out to Holla Back, a blog where women share their horrible experiences with perverted men in New York, a city that seems to be crawling with 'em. more ›

A man who concealed a video camera in a shopping bag to film women as they got onto an escalator at the Grand Central subway station was arested for unlawful surveillance. more ›

The Japanese ad agency being sued by one of its former employees for forcing him to go to brothels is countersuing, saying that Steve Biegel was fired for poor performance, not because he complained about sex shenanigans at work. Details of Biegel's lawsuit were released late last week and included info on ad shop CEO's peculiar affinity for crotch shots of women, including one he took of Maria Sharapova and passed around the office. That... more ›

1. Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a "car in the water / DOA" in Queens, an unstable building in Fort Greene, and an "unusual crime" at Laguardia ("PLANE RETURNING TO LAGUARDIA AIRPORT-US AIR. PILOT WAS HANDED A THREATENING NOTE. --BNN.")
2. The Times has a touching story about a cave-dwelling homeless man in the Bronx-- together with a nun, he delivers holiday food to needy families in the area.
3. A man took an upskirt cameraphone picture of a 14 year old girl at a Long Island mall, but luckily her aunt snatched the phone away.
4. Fox News says Rosie gave three times more money to charity than Donald Trump in 2004-2005, despite the fact that he has "billions" of dollars more money than she does.
5. Al Sharpton says that Sean Bell's blood alcohol level is "irrelevant" to the shooting case, because "There was no shooting by any of the victims, including Sean Bell." But police are saying that it is relevant, because Sean Bell was behind the wheel of a car.
6. A man, James Coletta, who tried to intervene between a former detective and retired cop who were fighting in Staten Island died from injuries he sustained (he fell onto a brick planter). Coletta refused medical attention at the scene; now his death is ruled a homicide.
7. There are 59 construction projects in one square mile of lower Manhattan - don't even think about driving around there
8. This was easily the most disturbing picture we've received on Gothamist Contribute this month. At this time of year, the homeless in our city need your help-- consider donating to the New York Cares coat drive.

Once in a while, there are Ethicist columns in the NY Times Magazine that are immediate classics. Like yesterday's column, in particular the second item about an item found on the subway:

I found a video camera on the subway. I could not get to lost and found that day, and the manufacturer had no record of the owner. When my mother lost a camera, the finder located her by viewing the pictures. Trying to do the same, I saw that this camera was used to look up women’s skirts on the subway. I was shocked! The police said that they couldn’t do anything. I don’t want to return it to the owner. Should I erase the footage and donate it to a school? M.H., New York

It would be another matter had the camera been used to shoot something erotic and shocking and consensual: you may not thwart what is voluntary and benign. But this up-skirt epic intrudes on the unwary. If the authorities decline to act, as they did, you may seek alternatives. Here’s one approach: Announce your discovery on Craigslist or similar lost-and-found sites: “Found: One video camera used to shoot up women’s skirts. Will return to owner, whom I will photograph, posting his picture on this site and on lampposts throughout the city.” Then, when the camera’s owner fails to step forward (and he won’t show up, of course, out of embarrassment), give it to a school.

-- And some bad news, by way of Gothamist Contribute: "according to the militant-islamic calendar, tomorrow, august 22, 2006 is the end of the world." Guess there's no reason to rush out for more cat food tonight. more ›

- And A.M. Rosenthal, NY Times executive editor from 1977 to 1988, died at age 84; the Times calls him "a principal architect of the modern New York Times" and he "expanded the weekday paper from two to four parts, including separate metropolitan and business news sections, and inaugurated new feature sections for weekdays: SportsMonday, Science Times on Tuesdays, the Living section on Wednesdays, the Home section on Thursdays and Weekend on Fridays." more ›

- An off-duty cop fighting with a group of "thugs" was shot early yesterday morning by another police officer. more ›

Is it surprising that the Department of Education employee busted for secretly taking pictures in faculty bathrooms and girls' locker rooms has more twisted stuff in his history? The Daily News reports that amongst the hundreds of tapes police found in Michael Conte's home, some were bestiality tapes. And the Post's addition to the story is that Conte also used cameras to take upskirt pictures of women at an outdoor market on Court Street in Brooklyn! All the more reason not to wear flouncy skirts - pencil skirts all the way. more ›

We were going through all the Santacon pictures on Flickr, looking for slutty Santas, when we found the sign shown above. In part, it reads: "every time Santa has a drink, evil elves kill a kitten." Genius! Did you go to Santacon? Do you have any slutty Santa upskirt photos? Share them in the comments. more ›

Augh! Who knew that something that could be something worse than a bomb threat? A woman noticed a box with wires coming out of it under a grate at East 88th and Lexington. The police closed the street as they inspected the suspicious package... and it turned out to be a video camera set up to take upskirt pictures. The NYPD is trying to figure out what website had been receiving the pictures, as neighborhood women expressed their disgust and shock. One woman told the Post, "It's disturbing. I'm happy I wear pants most of the time." Video voyeurism is a felony in NY State. more ›

Gothamist also gives you the daily weather and good advice. Plus, check out the week in full. more ›

Peter Rojas more ›