Uber Prices Are Increasing in NYC Thanks to New Minimum Wage Law
Uber rides in New York City are getting more expensive, starting today. The company announced in a blog post Friday…
An Old-School Phone Phreak Has Been Making NYC Wifi Kiosks Play Creepy Music
A spooky mystery that has been haunting the streets of New York City has finally been solved.
NYPD Officer Reportedly Suspended After Recording His Testicles on Body Cam
The New York City Police Department has suspended a detective after learning he recorded a 32-second video of his…
Amazon's Dystopian HQ2 Reality Show May Get a Twist Ending
With the finish line of HQ2 drawing closer, Amazon’s metro region deathmatch took an unexpected turn today which…
NYPD Yanks Thousands of Body Cams After One Allegedly Caught on Fire
The New York Police Department has yanked thousands of police body cams from deployment after a unit “burst into…
Ey, I’m a Real New Yawka, So Heah’s What I Think About Da Phone Bagel Pictchas
Ey, I’m Mista Real New Yawka from Da Big Apple, da biggest city in da whole woild. I tawk like “dis” and rememba da…
The Algorithm That Could Save Vulnerable New Yorkers From Being Forced Out of Their Homes
Early one morning in April 2013, a stranger knocked on Virginia Hanlon’s door, identifying himself as a building…
New York City Wants to Audit the Powerful Algorithms That Control Our Lives
New York City will be among the first cities in the US to earnestly tackle black box algorithms, the automated…
Report: New York Police Are Cracking Down on Small-Scale Airbnb Rentals
According to a new report in Quartz, New York City authorities are deploying a number of tactics designed to go after…
NYPD: Whoops, Turns Out Our New Windows Phones Are Now Worthless
It’s been roughly two years since Microsoft released a new Windows Phone, and it looks like the company has basically…
Maybe Leave Dogs Out of This Anti-Vaccine Nonsense
Vaccines are good. Dogs are good—in fact, very very good, aren’t you girl?
Leaked Emails Reveal Bill de Blasio Gets Kind of Dad-Feisty When His Staff Forgets to Help Him Speak Spanish
On Tuesday, notorious rag the New York Post took a swing at the king, publishing excerpts from emails sent by NYC Mayor…
Dog Name Database Finally Proves Bernie Would've Won
New York City’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has released this year’s map of popular dog names based on…
This Dude Hit 240 Consecutive Green Lights While Driving in New York City
Driving around Manhattan can hardly be considered driving because there’s so much damn traffic and construction and…
Trump Found a Way to Make Manhattan Even Worse
Midtown Manhattan—with its noise, traffic, slow-moving tourists, and overpriced everything—is the one place most New…
Why Was This NYPD Officer Hiding His Face During Wednesday Night's Anti-Trump Protest? [Update]
Since Donald Trump was declared the President-elect early Tuesday morning, cities across the United States have seen…
What We Know About Bizarre Crime Filming App Vigilante [Update]
“Can injustice survive transparency?” is the tagline of a new app called Vigilante, that purports to empower its users…
Here's Footage of NYC's First New Subway Line in Nearly 100 Years
The above gif just looks like a subway, doing exactly the thing subways do. But this is no ordinary train—it’s the…
Free Web Browsing Disabled on NYC Internet Kiosks Because Homeless People
The tablets within those Link NYC Internet Kiosks are losing internet access because too many homeless people are using…
WATCH: Man Mounts Trump (Tower) [Updates]
A man is presently climbing Trump Tower on New York’s Fifth Avenue using four suction cups. He reached the fifth floor…