Posted Harold Ford Jr. Says Never Mind to Senate Race to Gothamist
Since January Harold Ford Jr.—the Wall Street executive from Tennessee who threatened to take on Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in the Democratic primary—has confounded us with weird references to electric cord whippings, pedicures and parakeets, but now...
Posted Mentally Ill New Yorkers to Live in Their Own Apts to Gothamist
For years mentally ill adults have been "warehoused" in overpopulated, for-profit group homes, but no longer. Today Judge Nick Garaufis called for the state to begin clearing out the facilities and allowing residents to go live...
Posted Brooklyn Milk Traffickers Deal Raw Product to Gothamist
courtesy Stay Healthy! blog Swearing that a drink of raw milk beats a trip to the doctor, a Brooklyn woman has gotten in with an underground network that traffics the unhomogenized, unpasteurized product. According to the...
Posted CUNY Is Diverse...Its Faculty Not So Much to Gothamist
"White, black and Hispanic undergraduates each comprise more than a quarter of the student body, and Asians account for more than 15%," said CUNY Vice Chancellor Gloriana Waters recently. The school loves to boast about its...
Posted After Paterson Aide Scandal, A Call to Investigate State Police to Gothamist
Following allegations that a top aide to Governor Paterson bullied an ex-girlfriend into dropping domestic abuse charges with the help of state troopers, two politicians want to keep law enforcement officials from straying again. Assemblyman Hakeem...