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Superstorm Sandy, Six Months Later

Just over six months ago, Superstorm Sandy hit the East Coast and devasted entire communities, especially in areas that had never before been hit by such weather events. Now towns and cities all across the coast are scrambling to ready their houses and boardwalks, at least what is left of them, for the tourist season. Full story

Munchies

The Marrow

Going into this episode, I thought that because of Harold's experience with filming, this was going to be a piece of cake, and he would drop everything to tell the camera about how his love of cooking evolved from an early age, and blah blah blah, etc., etc. Instead, for the firs… Full story

'No Condoms as Evidence' Legislation Up for Debate in Albany

Soliciting, promoting, and patronizing prostitution are all illegal in the state of New York. Carrying a condom is not illegal, but there’s no law that says the NYPD can’t confiscate a sex worker’s condoms and use them as evidence in trial. A proposed bill would make that policy… Full story

Cruising ‘New York’ Magazine’s Wedding Convention

After spending a few minutes nervously lurking in the shadows, I spotted my first target: a rosy-cheeked septuagenarian who was leaning against a pillar. I looked up some pickup lines on my phone because I have no game. “Are you a parking meter?” I barked into his face. “Because… Full story

Taji's Mahal

Ben Kilpatrick's Tri-Coastal Photography

For this week's Mahal, I got to talk with Ben Kilpatrick about what it is like to travel the country, photographing on and off his skateboard. Check out some of his most recent work and read our conversation about how NYC and LA inspire different kinds of creativity. Full story

Richard Hell Talks About His Epically Badass New Memoir

Richard Hell—legendary punk rock iconoclast, intrepid novelist, and poet—is lounging on his couch in the cozy East Village pad he’s called home since 1975. Considering how brutally forthcoming Richard is about his drug use in his new autobiography 'I Dreamed I Was a Very Clean Tr… Full story

Why New York's Failed Soda Ban Matters

There are plenty of reasons to object to the soda ban that was recently overturned by a judge, and most have nothing to do with carbonated beverages—it's just another part of the government’s effort to police our bodies and place routine activities within the ever-increasing boun… Full story

The Passing of a Magnificent Wind

In not-really-that-surprising news, this week the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration ordered Fung Wah Bus, the notorious progenitor of low-cost interstate bus services, off the road. This news hit me especially hard. Not only because I regularly take the Fung Wah to trav… Full story

The Golden Age of the Cockroach

The cockroach was a cultural muse of the 20th century, but it's curiously absent in the 21st. We’re looking at a generation of artists that didn’t grow up with roaches, that don’t live with them, that don’t relate to them, that don’t even know where to find them. Full story

Apes on a Gilded Treadmill

The really tragic events at Downton Abbey are not Lady Cora’s miscarriage (brought about by the sinister, ever-machinating Miss O’Brien with a strategically placed bar of soap), or Bates’s unjust conviction for killing his wife (who ate a poisoned pie to make her suicide look lik… Full story