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Josh Benson: A.G. candidate Sean Coffey pitches You, pledges to work very, very closely with Cuomo
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Jonathan Liu: Antony Hegarty and the gender-jammers of 2010
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A.G. candidate Sean Coffey pitches You, pledges to work very, very closely with Cuomo

The conventional wisdom in the New York attorney general's race is that it is a contest between Kathleen Rice, a substantively vague Democratic district attorney from Nassau County who has profited from the perception that she is the preferred candidate of Attorney General and presumptive governor Andrew Cuomo, and Eric Schneiderman, a state senator from the Upper West Side who Cuomo dislikes, but who has the support of unions and The New York Times editorial board. More

By Josh Benson

September 1, 2010 1:29 pm

 

New York soccer's bar mitzvah season

Unlike every other major sports team in the New York area, the Red Bulls have two thresholds to reach. One is a league championship. The other is more abstract, and arguably tougher to achieve: a collective recognition that the team and its fan base are here to stay. More

By Howard Megdal

September 1, 2010 7:35 am

 

Antony Hegarty and the gender-jammers of 2010

The world’s caught up to Antony Hegarty, we might say, or he’s become obsolete, or both. Five years ago, when men were men and women were breathy, desperate coquettes—2005’s second-bestselling LP was 50 Cents’ Massacre; its bestselling was Mariah Carey’s The Emancipation of Mimi—the remarkable second album from Hegarty’s band Antony and the Johnsons, I Am a Bird Now, was something like the most subversive thing to be found on a second-generation iPod Mini (pink). Featuring original Superstar Candy Darling on its cover, posed in full kabuki pallor and laid up dying of cancer, Bird imbued drag signification with the liberating majesty and ennobling tragedy that had rarely, if ever, filtered through so unalloyed to a mainstream audience. More

By Jonathan Liu

August 31, 2010 11:20 am

 

In a changed city, Soho bike mecca Bicycle Habitat grows up

“Back in ’69, I’d get spit on twice a week,” Charlie McCorkell said, sitting on a stool in the middle of his Soho bike emporium with tape stretched over the seat to keep the stuffing from bulging out. He’s a large, gregarious figure with gray-white hair, deep-set blue eyes and Bicycle Habitat socks, emblazoned with the shop’s sunny rainbow logo, crumpled into his gray New Balance sneakers. “In the old days, it was more like the Wild West. You were out there by yourself. Nobody was looking after you. Everybody used to think bike riders were invisible, just because they didn’t pop up on anybody’s radar.” More

By Gillian Reagan

August 31, 2010 10:05 am

 

Kathleen Rice, Cuomo's A.G. candidate, wants you to know she's different

As a candidate for state attorney general, Kathleen Rice has a lot going for her.

She’s the Nassau County district attorney in real life, and she looks as if she ought to play a D.A. on TV: she is 45 years old, tall and attractive with shoulder-length red hair. As the only female Democrat running for any statewide office exact year, she checks an important demographic box for ticket-balancing purposes (as presumptive governor Andrew Cuomo, who is quietly supporting her, has noticed). She is an engaging, efficient stump-speaker. More

By Eliza Shapiro

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August 30, 2010 9:10 am

 

Mets ace R.A. Dickey explains his unmiraculous success

The fact that R.A. Dickey has been the Mets’ best pitcher in 2010—and pretty much the only bright spot in another disappointing season—seems to be a shock to everyone but him.

His success borders on nonsensical: he’s almost 36 years old, and he was never particularly good before this year. More

By Howard Megdal

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August 27, 2010 7:17 am

 

'Centurion': Blood and designer sandals

Centurion is a high-resolution photocopy of every Ancient Rome epic and every pursuit adventure film ever Netflixed, from The Last of the Mohicans to Apocalypto. But that's not the problem. More

By Steven Boone

August 26, 2010 7:56 am

 

A plan to spare the village from N.Y.U.'s next monster-dorm

Seven people testified at the City Planning Commission’s public hearing on a proposed rezoning of an area being called the “Third Avenue Corridor,” and not one of them was against it. All but one were representing someone else, which may have been because this particular issue was taken up two-and-a-half hours into the session, after an incredibly passionate debate about a proposed halfway house somewhere in Brooklyn, or because some of the bosses felt the issue was not controversial enough to require them to make an appearance. More

By Katharine Jose

August 25, 2010 6:58 pm

 

FAQ: Is Feisal Abdul Rauf the Suha Arafat of 2010?

 

Steve: I just saw Lazio on "Hardball" talking about this. It was pretty brutal, as you might expect—and Matthews even threw up the clip of him invading Hillary's space in 2000. It made me wonder (again) why G.O.P. candidates do that show.

Josh: A knock is a plug!

Josh: Well the funny thing about Lazio is how familiar this all looks. It's 2000 again. He sort of fell into a nomination because bigger players passed (Rudy 2010) or fell through (Rudy 2000).

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By Josh Benson

August 25, 2010 3:17 pm

 

Basil Smikle and the war in Harlem

The 126th Street block party was the last event on the day’s schedule for Basil Smikle, the 38-year-old political operative  who is challenging incumbent Harlem state senator Bill Perkins in a Democratic primary.

He’d shaken hands with and handed literature to just about every resident on the block, and he and his entourage were about to head back to their cars when they ran into Lisa Sledge. More

By Colby Hamilton

August 25, 2010 9:03 am

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