Open House
Do I Deserve This Hell’s Kitchen $1,495 Studio Apartment With a Shared Toilet?
Is this where I belong?
$20 Dinner
NYC’s Wonton Queen Maxi Lau Blesses Flushing (Again) With Her Second Noodle Shop
Make your way to Maxi's Noodle 2 for the best wontons in the city.
Morning Spew
Coming to a Subway Near You: More Cops and ‘Random’ Bag Checks
And more news for your Wednesday.
The Cops
NYPD Chief Is Running an Online Swag Shop to ‘Fund Office Supplies Such as Water, Coffee, Snacks’
NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell calls his shop a 501(c)3 organization. It's registered as a non-charitable corporation.
Morning Spew
New Adams Budget Scapegoat Dropped: Closing Rikers Island
With three and a half years before the deadline to shut Rikers down hits, the City is lagging in every metric to make the transition to borough-based jails.
Fresh Hell
A Group of Artists Just Replaced the MTA’s Ads With Pro-Palestine Posters
“We’re a bunch of New Yorkers trying to take back this public space and make a message.”
Fresh Hell
Pro-Palestine Protesters, AI, and Eric Adams: What I Saw at the ‘Stand With Israeli Tech’ Conference Before They Kicked Me Out
MindTheTech, a well-funded conference in Midtown focused on supporting the Israeli tech industry, was disrupted by pro-Palestine protesters on Monday morning.
Correct Opinions
Brooklyn’s Tallest Tower Radiates Pure Evil (And I Love It)
Sure, it's a totem of demonic spirits and Capital incarnate, but what's not to like?
Morning Spew
Attempt to Extend NYC’s Pool Season Meets the Adams Austerity Grindset
The City is now swimming in tax money, but some things, like open pools, might never come back.
The Cops
NYPD Chief Wrongfully Accuses a Judge Then Insists That the Lesson Here Is That the NYPD Is Trustworthy: A Play in Three Acts
Chief Chell blamed the courts for his erroneous tweet, but said that his point still stood: The NYPD should be entrusted with the fate of people's lives without benefit of a trial.
Cultural Capital
An Interview With the NYC Filmmakers Behind ‘American Conspiracy: The Octopus Murders’
The story begins with the mysterious death of journalist Danny Casolaro, and involves murder, treachery, and high-ranking government officials.