New York mayor Bill De Blasio says JPMorgan Chase's request for $1 billion in public subsidies for its new Manhattan headquarters is "a nonstarter." He said nothing about arresting Jamie Dimon for having the temerity to even ask. De Blasio's revolutionary credentials remain an undecided topic.

By law, the heat should be turned on in New York City apartments by now. Is the heat on in your apartment yet? Ha.

Fort Greene is one of the loveliest, and most expensive, neighborhoods in Brooklyn. It's the neighborhood that inspired Spike Lee's anti-gentrification rant earlier this year. Wealthy Fort Greene dog owners will not put up with homeless people, in the park.

JPMorgan Chase asking for lavish public subsidies to build its new high rise towers in Manhattan just goes to show why such subsidies should be banned, and also why JPMorgan Chase is not all that popular, in general.

Alice Walton, an heir to the Walmart fortune, is worth $35 billion. Today, a lot of poor people stood outside her house and yelled at her.

New York City is a place where a distinct lack of affordable housing meets a huge supply of luxury housing—much of which is not even used as a primary residence. The city's very richest are aghast at a proposal that their pied-a-terres be taxed.

Two people who recently travelled to West Africa have been quarantined in Manhattan's Bellevue Hospital, according to the New York Daily News.

Home prices in Brooklyn rose to record levels this quarter, making it the only NYC borough where real estate is more expensive than it was before the recession. The next next next affordable Brooklyn neighborhood is The Bronx.

The quarterfinals of Gawker's America's Ugliest Accent tournament continue today, right here. Who's worse: Scranton or Tallahassee? Which is uglier, New York or Providence? Vote here!

Spotted on FDR Drive heading southbound from 110th Street, the meme that never dies found its final resting place in gorgeous New York City on a pleasant and temperate fall day meant for apple-picking and brisk walks. Fuck her ight in the usy indeed! (sic)

NYC's premier bike sharing operation, Citi Bike, has apparently been on the receiving end of an unwarranted smear campaign. While New York City's casual bike-riders rested sweetly in their beds on Friday, an unnamed perpetrator walked around a Midtown Citi Bike stand and wiped feces all over everything.

The long-awaited day of reckoning has finally arrived: Round One of America's Ugliest Accent comes to a triumphant close in. We are one step closer to democratically determining whom among us speaks with the most disgusting accent.

A decade from now, you will look back on the crowded, expensive, unforgiving urban landscape of New York City today and wish that life was still so cheap and spacious.

There is a new Most Expensive Apartment For Sale in NYC: a Park Avenue triplex for $130 million. Good luck selling that $110 million piece of shit now.

Observer food critic Joshua David Stein goes undercover to review a New York City public school lunch and declares the Texas Chicken Chili "Not bad at all."

Animal NY reports that the NYPD's Internal Affairs department is investigating this video of a large group of New York City cops slamming several bystanders to the ground in Sunset Park, Brooklyn last weekend.

Robert Deniro —a humble thespian, a man of art and letters—has rented a rental apartment in the city of New York for the price of one hundred and twenty five thousand dollars—per month! Robert, what do you even think life is—a dream?

At this point, no one should be surprised by the news that Manhattan is full of cavernous, bejeweled palaces, outfitted with fine linens and many pairs of fancy jeans, left to languish, empty, as their princely owners cavort overseas. Borrrrring. Tell me something I don't already know!

The resale value of Manhattan condos rose to a record high last month, which is of no concern to the sort of people who might consider purchasing a Manhattan condo in the first place.

In Brooklyn, America's Coolest Land Area, the "name of the game" is staying one step ahead of the tidal wave of gentrification that wants to swallow you and price you out of your own neighborhood. Bad news: it's time to find the "next" Brooklyn neighborhood.