- Follow Gothamist on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and Snapchat, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here.
- Check out the full lineup for the 2016 Vulture Festival, including talks on Jessica Jones, Mr. Robot, a jam session with Fred Armisen and Sharon Van Etten, and my beloved "How Did This Get Made" podcast.
- An Ohio teenager has been accused of live-streaming a friend's rape on Periscope.
- Are you ready for hot cicada sex season?
- Verizon and Hearst have have entered into an agreement to jointly acquire Complex Media.
- Kanye West is really a romantic at heart.
- The Post reports that a leader of the Boro Park Shomrim private safety patrol paid NYPD officers nearly $1 million in bribes to score pistol permits for 150 members of the Orthodox Jewish community.
- You may want to sit down for this one: the Second Avenue subway project may still be delayed despite funding.
- Any day that Deerhoof releases a new song is a good day.
- James Franco defends his art in this long interview with Jerry Saltz.
- "Potanists" are planning a protest rally outside of UN Special Session on Drug Policy meeting on 4/20.
- A blind veteran has sued the NYPD after he says cops roughed him up while not identifying themselves as police.
- And finally, zone out with Pistol Pete in the hammock:
Published Apr 18, 2016
Modified Apr 18, 2016
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