New York City

drinking water
Update: 41 46 Million Americans Drink Pharmaceutical Waste
If you weren't one of the 41 million Americans drinking water contaminated with sex hormones and pharmaceutical waste, welcome to the club! Testing prompted by the AP's damning investigation has revealed that another five million people, including residents of Reno, Colorado Springs, and Chicago, now sip the potentially dangerous pharmaceutical soup. More »

3:45 PM on Sat Sep 13 2008
By Carey
9,436 views, 60 comments

Most discussed mpotter: This is probably just more alarmist media pandering like last time. Watch the full details of the report come more »
Astroland, the Coney Island amusement park, is closing for good this Sunday, says its owner. You can buy the rides at www.rides4u.com. Sorry, the wooden Cyclone coaster and the Wonder Wheel are part of another amusement company and won't be sold (they'll continue to operate). [New York Times]

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something fishy
High School Students Bust Restaurants And Grocery Stores For Selling Mislabeled Fish
Two high school students decided to see if New Yorkers were really getting what they paid for when they ordered expensive fish. Guess what? Sometimes, they weren't. More »

12:59 PM on Fri Aug 22 2008
By Meg Marco
28,628 views, 54 comments
christmas creep
Dear Radio City Music Hall, Christmas Is Not "Right Around The Corner" In August
Reader Scott says he spotted some nasty summertime Christmas Creep in the free NYC area paper "Metro". Apparently the Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular is under the impression that "Christmas is right around the corner." In August. More »

4:32 PM on Thu Aug 14 2008
By Meg Marco
6,083 views, 75 comments
modell's
Modell's Beats Any Price, As Long As It's Not On Sale
Modell's own peculiar definition of "low price guarantee, we will beat any ad" surprised reader Randy when he tried to get them to honor it on a baseball glove he bought, as it would even the most casual student of Logic or Semantics. He writes: More »

5:53 PM on Tue Jul 22 2008
By Ben Popken
7,501 views, 22 comments

Latest by Anonymous21345: As an friend of an employee of one of the competitor's I know a little about the comp's policy. Any more »
taking it seriously
Subway Takes Knife In Sandwich Very Seriously

WHO: Subway
WHAT: A man says he ate a subway sandwich and it had a 7-inch serrated blade inside.
WHERE: NYC man says he found knife in Subway sandwich [AP] (Thanks to Jeff!)
THE QUOTE: "Subway restaurants spokesman Kevin Kane says food safety and customer comments are taken "very seriously" and that the company is "investigating the facts." More »

9:50 AM on Wed Jul 16 2008
By Ben Popken
11,988 views, 75 comments

Latest by stapler2025: @todd73nj: Glad to see a fellow (or exfellow :P) Subway backup here. Like you said, our breadsticks come frozen, and are more »

iphone
VIDEO: Activist Bum Rushes iPhone Line With Flag Pony
The first person in line at the 5th Ave Apple store in Manhattan was ~~some kind of activist~~ Daniel Bowman Simon, part of a group who camped out in front of The Cube for over a week, hoping to use it as an opportunity to bring exposure to issues of, "sustainability, affordable housing, energy security, and locally-grown food," who tried to bumrush the applauding Apple receiving line of Apple employees and penetrate The Cube with what appears to be a metal/aluminum-foil horse carrying an American flag. The world ~~may never know~~ now knows exactly what sort of brilliant political statement he was trying to make as he was quickly intercepted by burly security guards who jettisoned him away to make room for more obedient cult members. Video, inside... More »

1:41 PM on Fri Jul 11 2008
By Ben Popken
7,223 views, 36 comments

Latest by aleck: The first sentence in the article is literally nine lines long. I'd like to suggest they start proofreading the articles, more »
milk
New York City: 86% Of Milk Sellers Are Price-Gouging Customers
Sorry New Yorkers, but according to the City Council, you're overpaying for both rent and milk. Anyone charging more than $3.93 for a gallon—86% of the city's milk sellers, from bodegas to Whole Foods—is violating the state's milk price-gouging law. More »

12:35 PM on Sat Jun 7 2008
By Carey
7,432 views, 80 comments

Latest by twophrasebark: @sodden: Enron is just one example of the continuing disaster of energy deregulation. And your argument is strangely circular. We deregulated more »
new york city
Pregnant? Asthmatic? Don't Like Rollercoasters? Stay Away From NYC Elevators And Escalators
Unless you're willing to risk being stranded with 14 other passengers several stories underground in a cattle car elevator on a hot summer day, or plunging at extreme speeds down an escalator with a broken chain, you might want to steer clear of NYC's subway system lifts. The New York Times has published the results of an extensive investigation that includes tales of daily breakdowns, comically undertrained mechanics, and about $1 billion spent over the past decade. More »

11:18 AM on Mon May 19 2008
By Chris Walters
4,749 views, 21 comments

Latest by theglassrat: This article is inaccurate - the 181st St. station is only for the 1 train. The 9 train hasn't run more »
public health
There Are Bed Bugs On The Subway Benches. Yes, Really.
Bedbugs are usually thought of as something that only hotel guests have to worry about, but apparently New Yorkers who like to sit on benches while they wait for the subway should be concerned about the bloodsuckers as well. More »

2:03 PM on Wed May 14 2008
By Meg Marco
11,387 views, 61 comments

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