It's a nightmare scenario that haunts subway riders: A dirty bomb is detonated on a crowded train, killing thousands and injuring even more in the ensuing panic.
Most security experts describe the city's subway system as one of the most likely terrorist targets and stress that its sheer size and openness make it particularly vulnerable to Read MoreThe start of January, with New Year's resolutions not yet fading into memory and hangovers from the long, sad tedium of 2004 still lingering, seems like an appropriate time to take stock of a few things.
The credit-card debt towering over our heads. The friend we refused to bail out of a small-town lockup. The sheer Read MoreIt's a cliché: the tough guy with the gentle touch. One of New York's recurring characters, a man's man who knows how to be sensitive with the ladies. But that was Jerry Orbach-or Lennie Briscoe, or Billy Flynn, or Mack the Knife, or any one of the dozens of memorable characters he played off and Read More
During the opening night of the Republican National Convention on Aug. 30, Rudy Giuliani was midway through his speech, recounting yet again his experiences on Sept. 11, when he uttered the line that raised plenty of eyebrows. "As I stood watching the towers fall," he said, "I turned to Bernie, and I said, 'Thank God Read More
Peter Kalikow's legacy is about to take another left turn.
The white-haired, dapper-suited chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority has long dreamed of expanding the transit system through high-profile projects such as the Second Avenue Subway and the East Side Access plan connecting the Long Island Rail Road and Grand Central Terminal. Those schemes would have Read More
PRECIS: You can’t say you weren’t warned: A year ago, The Observer’s Marcus Baram sat down with Peter Kalikow, chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. While a strike seemed hard to imagine in December 2004, Mr. Kalikow’s comments were a warning of hard times for city straphangers. Peter Kalikow’s legacy is about to take another Read More
Two inches of rain shuts down parts of the subway system. Track fires cause a panic among commuters, who rush for the exits. Over 160 token booths are to be eliminated. And they’re talking about raising fares twice in the next few years? What’s going on? Add a little graffiti to the trains and a Read More
The men’s room of the New York Hilton was thick with cheap men’s cologne. Standing at a urinal was a tiny old man in a big suit, who seemed to disappear into the depths of the porcelain, a wisp of white hair flowing off his little head. Mickey Freeman, who played Private Zimmerman on Sergeant Read More
Fashion Week hasn't even started yet and the claws are already out.
In yet the latest example of the fierce competition for Brazilian beauties, Men/Women N.Y. Model Management ("Women Management") is suing Next Model Management, among others, for over $2 million in New York State Supreme Court. In a case filed on Sept. 2, 2004, the Read MoreThe invitation came addressed to Bruce Willis at the Century City offices of his publicist at Rogers & Cowan, who forwarded it on to the Die Hard actor's home a few weeks ago. The return address on the thick white envelope listed the Republican National Committee, inviting Mr. Willis to attend the convention in New Read More
Hand on the hip of her Alberta Ferretti gown, her proud chin jutting out from that pixie face, Reese Witherspoon stares out from the cover of the September issue of Vanity Fair, the cursive headline announcing the actress as "Regally Blonde." The caption continues, "Reese Witherspoon brings home a $15 million paycheck, makes time for Read More
