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Neighbors to Occupy: Lay Off the Drum Circles

Kevin Spak — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 14:34:17 CDT

The Occupy Wall Street protesters earned a stamp of approval of sorts from the Financial District’s community board—on the condition they rein in their drumming and peeing. Lower Manhattan Community Board 1 passed a non-binding resolution recognizing the protesters’ right to occupy Zuccotti Park by a wide margin last...

Cops Beat, Mace Protesters at Occupy Wall Street Rally

Kevin Spak — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 07:08:21 CDT

The Occupy Wall Street movement staged its biggest demonstration yet yesterday, with thousands marching from lower Manhattan’s Zuccotti Park to Foley Square near City Hall. Their ranks were bolstered by students, workers, and members of more than 30 unions, DNAinfo reports. But the night also saw things get ugly once...

80 Busted in 'Occupy Wall St.'

Polly Davis Doig — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 09:10:18 CDT

The NYPD was busily busting protesters yesterday, notching at least 80 arrests on the seventh day of protests known as "Occupy Wall Street," reports the Wall Street Journal . "On our march from Union Square the cops proceeded to use nets to round up people," said one 24-year-old protester. "They split...

Forgotten Story of 9/11: World's Biggest Boatlift

John Johnson — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 15:30:05 CDT

A 12-minute documentary tells a remarkable but overlooked story from 9/11—the evacuation by water of an estimated 500,000 New Yorkers, reports the Washington Post . The film, Boatlift , recounts how panicked residents made their way to the waterfront in Lower Manhattan and boarded a flotilla of ferryboats, Coast Guard...

Man Who Killed Dog as Art Sparks New NYC Storm

Mary Papenfuss — Wed, 04 May 2011 02:42:00 CDT

An artist who shot dead a dog for an "art film" has been commissioned to create new sculptures that could end up at a Manhattan public library branch—and New Yorkers are rabid about it. Brooklyn sculptor Tom Otterness adopted a small black-and-white dog from a Brooklyn shelter in 1977,...

Ground Zero Mosque Applied for $5M 9/11 Grant

Kevin Spak — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 14:14:38 CST

The Park51 Islamic center has taken a lot of crap for being located in the vicinity of Ground Zero, but now it’s hoping to cash in on that, too. The center applied for $5 million in federal funding earlier this month, looking to obtain grant money set aside to rebuild...

Ban Glenn Beck From Ground Zero

Nick McMaster — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:33:00 CDT

The argument against the Park51 project—the so-called Ground Zero mosque—hinges on the idea that an Islamic symbol near the site of the 9/11 attacks is offensive to the families of the victims. One of the loudest voices opposing the project has been Glenn Beck, writes Cenk Uygur for...

Local Strippers Totally OK With Ground Zero Mosque

Sarah Quinn — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 07:51:35 CDT

Plans to build a mosque near the Ground Zero site in lower Manhattan have stirred outrage far and wide, but for many who work in the neighborhood, it's live and let live. "I don’t know what the big deal is," a stripper from the nearby New York Dolls club told...

Ground Zero Bars, Strip Clubs Abound

Rob Quinn — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 06:37:16 CDT

The outcry over the Ground Zero Pussycat Lounge and Ground Zero Thunder Lingerie is surprisingly absent, say reporters who took a look at what else lies on what opponents of a proposed mosque and community center call hallowed ground. The New York Daily News counted 17 pizza shops, 18 bank...