Gotham

Your Tax Dollars at Work: Councilmen Contrive To Officially Nickname Us 'Gotham City'

New York City does not have a nickname (in the official sense) and the latest Batman installment The Dark Night is coming to movie theaters this summer. What does one have to do with the other you ask?

A trio of City Councilmen thinks New York should capitalize on the blockbuster-generated publicity wave coming soon so they have introduced a resolution designating New York City’s new nickname “Gotham City," just in time for the caped crusader to grace cinema screens across the country.  read more »