Did you know that it's legal to videotape police in action? Yes, it is. Although you may have a police officer threaten to take you to jail, where inmates will "rape you," as in this video. Fair warning.

"For-profit" colleges have come under fire for saddling students with big debts in exchange for dim job prospects. But what about "real" colleges? They're pushing huge debts on students, too. We crunched the numbers to find the worst (NYU).

Here's to Williamsburg: from gritty industrial backwater to artist haven to fauxhemian playground to yuppie Disneyland, in only a few short years. There's no use fighting it any more, rebel kids. The "boutique hotel with rooftop pool" is coming.

Ice Cream War! Watch as a brawl erupts between two ice cream truck drivers—one of the famous Mister Softee franchise and the other a NO NAME LOSER—over a parking dispute near Columbus Circle. Or, just another NYC afternoon.

The NYC war on smoking's latest front: construction sites. What about workers' right to danger?

One of the three innocent bystanders injured when NYPD officers fired 46 shots at a man with a gun last weekend plans to sue the city, claiming cops engaged in "contagious shooting." Which is dangerous, you know?

There was a time, historians say, when Manhattan's Lower East Side was home to a thriving community of wretched poor people. Now, their former tenements host only idle young yuppie layabouts such as yourself. Where shall the L.E.S.'s poor-helpers go?

A "whistleblowing cop" in Brooklyn's 81st precinct is planning to file a $50 million suit against the NYPD today, claiming the city put him in a padded cell so he couldn't blow the lid off his unit's crime stat corruption.

Luis Soto was shot to death after fighting with another man in Harlem early Sunday morning. Now, police say Soto was killed not by his attacker, but by a police bullet. Remember Sean Bell? Everyone will, like it or not.

Flushing, Queens is home to a wonderful international tableau of residents, representing the entire Asian diaspora. So you can imagine how much it sucks for the white people, right? You ever go to one of those Asian grocery stores? Weirdo!

Just when you thought it was safe to go to Central Park with a basket of cheese and things like that, whoa, stop. Crime in Central Park is skyrocketing more than anywhere else. Are you in terrible danger? (Probably).

This NYT story about Hunter High's diversity controversies has everything: famous alumni! Halls of power! The petty intrigues of academic politicking! Black people, or lack thereof! If only it were a private high school, Times editors could have died happy.

St. Vincent's Hospital in Greenwich Village officially shut down last April. They even boarded up the ER. Yet a tipster took this photo of the St. Vincent's windows just a week ago. Scooby-Doo: where are you?

We come to you with a heavy heart to report that our long municipal nightmare of messy legal incidents involving women riding the subway with their tiny dogs still persists. Will New York ever be safe, for subway dogs?

Planes, trains, and automobiles? If only! Planes are for the rich. So are automobiles. We're left with trains. Which are getting more expensive, less punctual, and more annoying.

Last week, a house on Staten Island burned to the ground, killing the entire Jones family—four children and a mother. Most had their throats cut. Police blamed C.J., the allegedly murderous 14 year-old son. Now, they've cleared him. Whoops?

The New York City school system has banned former teacher Nathan Turner for taking five students on an unauthorized field trip to Cuba in 2007. Turner resigned in 2008, so whatever, and besides, he had a good reason.

Are you average? New Yorkers—egomaniacs, every one—like to think of themselves as above average. If you have an apartment in NYC, here's another way to think of yourself: well below average. Unless you are a millionaire.

"Wahh, I live in a Northeastern city and am unaccustomed to weather suitable for human life. Therefore I will complain about this alleged 'heat wave' we've been having." That's what I hear all the time. Hey: it's not that hot.

New York City has long been refreshingly free of elderly people, thanks to a "go-go" pace that guarantees they will be mugged at least twice per year. Now, however, NYC olds are demanding preposterous concessions from the rest of us.