A group of protesters arrested for blocking traffic yesterday during a World AIDS Day civil disobedience action near City Hall say they were not only denied dinner while being booked at the 7th Precinct, but that police also ate two pizzas that were specifically ordered for them by their supporters. This is already the second pizza pilfering scandal to rock the NYPD in as many years; last time it was the "hipsters" who suffered. In this latest incident, police allegedly encouraged the detained activists' supporters to order the pizza. more ›

To raise awareness for World AIDS Day, which is tomorrow, December 1, 2010, amfAR ambassadors Liza Minnelli and Cheyenne Jackson, amfAR chairman Kenneth Cole and fashion designer and Project Runway runner-up Mondo Guerra rang the opening bell this morning at the New York Stock Exchange. You can see video here, but we're a little disappointed she didn't wear a fabulous Lucille Austero jacket. more ›

Today is World AIDS Day, and while there are many events planned around the city, there is currently a 24-hour vigil at City Hall, with volunteers reading of the names of people who had been lost to HIV or AIDS at City Hall. And just now, during Mayor Bloomberg annual breakfast at Gracie Mansion in honor World AIDS Day, 10 Housing Works activists were arrested for protesting outside. more ›

• Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: serious trauma on 51st St. in Brooklyn, a missing person on 90th St. and Amsterdam Ave. in Manhattan, and a large fight at 1087 Broadway in Brooklyn.
• A Brooklyn high school student was stabbed to death yesterday after school. The fatal injury occurred as he was attempting to rob another kid on a playground.
• Don Imus will be returning to the air with a "sidekick," who is black.
• The police are taking her at her word, but it appears that a woman may have faked a violent attack against herself as an excuse to not repay her mother $800. The allegedly faked assault involved using "Krazy Glue" to seal her eyes and mouth shut.
• Today is World AIDS Day, with demonstrations last night and this afternoon emphasizing prevention to halt the spread of HIV.
• Barack Obama tipped his waitress almost 60% on the $17 check he covered having lunch with Mayor Bloomberg.
• Customers who are owed refunds by the furniture chain are not lovin' it at Levitz. The company filed for bankruptcy and checks are bouncing.
• Some tourists are booking expensive rooms on the Upper West Side only to arrive and find out they've just rented space in some woman's apartment, and she has no idea what they are talking about. NYC scams are alive and well apparently.

With visions of sugar plum fairies dancing through their heads, the -Ists began to get into that holiday mood. Well, some did. more ›

Capturing Rockefeller Center, by mdpNY. more ›

Dude-- we were in LA for five days and when we returned everything was different! The temperature dropped like 50 degrees, and according to this poster we saw outside the Prince Street N/R station, the Catholic church is now cool with BOTH gay sex and condoms. Way to go guys-- keep reaching for that rainbow! more ›

Today is World AIDS Day. The good folks at the NYC Student Initiative for AIDS chalked up a bunch of streets in the village to remind everyone that AIDS is still a huge problem in our city-- not to mention everywhere else in the world. Why not take some time to support an AIDS-related charity, learn the facts about the disease, or check out the NY AIDS Film Festival, which opens today at NYU. Are there any other worthwhile World AIDS Day events going on tonight? more ›

- Homicide and Oz creative force, Tom Fontana, is being honored tonight by Scenarios USA, the non-profit that helps teens face issues through the creative process
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This Thursday, World AIDS Day, sex education in New York's public schools will receive a politically charged facelift, the first major change to the curriculum in thirteen years. The major additions? Redesigned AIDS/HIV language and a better, more in-depth, discussion of the female condom. Fourth graders will now be told "HIV can be transmitted by sexual contact with an infected person. When you are older you will learn more," replacing the previous lesson which explained, much to the dismay of many parents, that condoms are used to "prevent transmission of semen, blood or vaginal fluids." Meanwhile abstinence is "strongly encouraged" in all grades. more ›

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