Bloomberg’s Zuccotti Park Cleanup Plan Sparks Skepticism

Staff / Truthdig Oct 13, 2011 Making noises about sanitation, New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg has given notice to the Occupy Wall Street protesters camped at Manhattan's Zuccotti Park that they're going to have to give way to some cleaning machines on Friday. Might there be another, not-so-squeaky-clean agenda at play here? Updated Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Frequently Asked Questions About the Wall Street Protests

Staff / Truthdig Oct 3, 2011 Who's in charge? What are the protesters' demands? How big is the movement? How can I get involved? Answers to these and other basic questions about the ongoing occupation of Wall Street are offered by The Nation magazine's Nathan Schneider. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

West Banksy in New York

Staff / Truthdig Sep 8, 2011 A contemporary art gallery in New York opened an unauthorized show of works by England-based renegade graffiti artist Banksy on Aug. 25 that has incensed art critics, Banksy fans and residents of the West Bank in the Middle East. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Facing Hurricane Irene, NYC Officials Order Evacuations

Staff / Truthdig Aug 26, 2011 With Hurricane Irene bearing down on the East Coast, New York City and state officials have ordered a mandatory evacuation of 250,000 people in flood-susceptible communities and announced plans to shut down much of the coastal region's transit system, including subways, by noon Saturday. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Bloombergs, (Barely) Fictionalized

Staff / Truthdig Jun 1, 2011 It's an old cliché that new writers should write about what they know, and by all appearances Georgina Bloomberg, daughter of Mayor Mike and professional equestrienne, has done just that in her debut novel, "The A Circuit" Read along as she doesn't try very hard to convince a New York Times reporter that her first book is much of a departure from her life . Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Rudy Giuliani, International Public Safety Guru?

Staff / Truthdig May 17, 2011 Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has been retained as an adviser by Peruvian presidential candidate Keiki Fujimori, who is hoping to toughen her reputation on fighting crime in the South American country. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

IMF Head Charged With Sex Attack in N.Y.

Staff / Truthdig May 15, 2011 Dominique Strauss-Kahn, director of the International Monetary Fund and the French left’s most promising presidential candidate, was arrested Saturday and charged with sexual assault, attempted rape and unlawful imprisonment of a Times Square hotel maid. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Bloomberg: Bye-Bye Teachers

Staff / Truthdig May 7, 2011 New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has announced that his city does not have the tax revenue needed to continue paying some 6,000 of its teachers. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Sucks to Be in NYC

Staff / Truthdig Dec 29, 2010 The holiday 2010 season is destined to go down in wintry infamy for countless would-be travelers, and even residents just trying to get around already in New York City. Here's a few of them giving their appraisal of the snowy situation in the Big Apple on Tuesday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bloomberg Defends ‘Freedom to Worship as We Wish’ in NYC

Staff / Truthdig Aug 4, 2010 New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg took a look back through his city's religious history as he took the podium Tuesday in support of the planned Islamic cultural center near Ground Zero in Manhattan. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

NYC’s Jihad Against Debbie Almontaser

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Mar 17, 2010 She was the founding principal of the first Arabic-language public school in the United States, until a campaign of hate forced her out. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Patching Up Picasso’s ‘Actor’

Staff / Truthdig Jan 26, 2010 A visitor at New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art made her mark, unexpectedly, on Pablo Picasso's turn-of-the-last-century painting "The Actor" by accidentally falling into it Friday and adding a 6-inch rip not intended by the artist to the lower right corner of the canvas. Big oops! Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )