From a tipster: New York Republican gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino and, we think, campaign worker/alleged thief John Haggerty at Ben Benson's Steak House in Midtown tonight. Have you spotted someone noteworthy? Email us a photo or post it to #stalker.

New York just got hit by one hell of a storm, depositing thousands of hail pellets (some reportedly as big as quarters) all over the city, leaving an inch or so of slush on the ground. Want to see pictures?

Looks like NYC subway stations are getting cell phone service earlier than expected: Six stations—Along 14th St., and at 23rd St. and 8th Ave.—should be wired by the end of 2011. It will be both convenient and annoying.

The FBI videotaped themselves blowing up a Nissan Pathfinder in order to demonstrate how big the explosion would have been if attempted terrorist Faisal Shahzad's Times Square car bomb had actually worked. So, how big? Pretty big!

Washington Post columnist Kathleen Parker has just moved to NYC for her new CNN show, the somehow raunchy-sounding Parker Spitzer. But she's already whining about the "bureaucrats." Why won't Michael Bloomberg allow cable guys to eat doughnuts?

As many as 2,000 trees were killed by the storm that swept through Brooklyn and Queens, and meteorologists confirm that two tornadoes touched down. Lesson: New York City should be encased in a giant glass dome. (Picture by us)

To promote its upcoming return to our airwaves, here's the newest—and coolest—thing the cast of Glee has for us: a cover of Jay-Z and Alicia Keys' New York-celebrating ballad, "Empire State of Mind." Warning: it's awesome. Listen inside.

New York City parks are getting free wireless internet! As part of the deal that's renewing the Time Warner and Cablevision cable franchises, the companies are outfitting 32 city parks with wifi. Of course, there's a catch.

NYC's voters are encountering all sorts of terrible problems with the electronic voting machines today.

[Rapper Jay-Z, trying to figure out how much money he's making from his concerts with Eminem, at Yankee Stadium in New York City on Monday night. Pic via AP.]

What would you do if you were fired from Domino's Pizza? Would you dress up in your old uniform and claim to be from a "secret Domino's unit"? Would you torch two stores? That's what Jamal Thomas allegedly did.

Brooklyn might be seeing the return of street trolleys! The city is studying the possibility of running a mile-long streetcar line between the transportation-starved neighborhood of Red Hook and Brooklyn Bridge Park. Next, can we have the Dodgers back? [pic]

[Looks like someone isn't happy about Craigslist's "censorship" of its "adult services" section. A tipster writes: "Seen at Union Square [in New York City] on Sunday...this guy has to be one of the most honest protesters ever!" Indeed.]

The tony New York suburb of Rye has been dealing with two separate coyote attacks this weekend. Today, trappers tracked down and killed the coyote thought to be responsible—but not before it bit its pup's head off.

You have probably been thinking to yourself lately: "What are the best practices for selling Jell-O shots to drunk young men at bars?" What a coincidence! Because The Wall Street Journal can tell you exactly that.

Earlier this week, Michael and Carmen Ojeda were stopped by a uniformed official while rushing their asthmatic daughter Briana to the hospital. Briana died, and the city resisted the Ojedas' claim that a cop had stopped them—until now.

According to this chart from the Department of Health, 80% of 250 New York City restaurants they inspected under new sanitary guidelines received an "A" or "B" grade. The other 20%? You really don't want to know. [Gothamist]

Manhattan criminal judge James Gibbons resigned on Thursday after officials found porn on his work computer. But wait! What kind of porn?

Oh my god! The Prospect Park Zoo in Brooklyn has two baby baboons, and they are so cute. They also don't have names, and the zoo is holding a contest to name them. Do you want to watch them play?

Michael Enright, the drunk filmmaker accused of stabbing a cabdriver in Manhattan after asking "Are you Muslim?", worked well with both American soldiers and Muslims while in Afghanistan. So what happened? Was it his "intense experience" in the war-torn country?