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[WATCH] Mini-Documentary Shows Shocking Footage of the 1939 Nazi Rally in Madison Square Garden

2021-01-18T16:00:00-05:00

We've showed you photos of the horrible American Nazi Rally that took place in Madison Square Garden in 1939 before, but this new mini-documentary film from Marshall Curry of Field_of_Vision shows several minutes worth of vintage footage. The shocking footage shows both the rally, and the public backlash outside of the venue. Nearly 22,000 Nazi scumbags attended, while over 80,000 protested outside.

In 1939, New York's Madison Square Garden was host to an enormous—and shocking—gathering of 22,000 Americans that has largely been forgotten from our history.

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Subway Etiquette Tip #103: Don't Lay Across 3 Seats Like This A$$hole

2019-04-27T14:00:00-04:00

Subway Etiquette Tip #103: Please refrain from extending beyond the boundaries of your 1 (one) allotted seat while riding the New York City subway, regardless of how busy the train is. In other words, don't be like this asshole who decided he wanted to take up 3 (three!) seats while riding the train and (probably) watching some movie while cheering for the self-absorbed, narcissistic villain.

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Landlord Watchlist Names the 100 Worst Landlords in New York City for 2018

2018-12-21T11:00:00-05:00

Public Advocate Letitia James and her Landlord Watchlist have released their annual worst-of-the-worst New York City landlord list for 2018. This year's private landlord top spot goes to Eric Silverstein, owner of 4 buildings with 356 units that gathered a whopping 1449 Housing Department violations and 43 Buildings Department complaints.

However, the report's biggest surprise is the naming of New York City Housing Authority as the worst overall, with 174,488 units and 240,120 open work orders, and a funding shortage of $25 billion.

Is your landlord on the list?

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[VIDEO] Some Monster Left This Cute Pit Bull Tied Up to a Forest Tree in The Bronx

2018-09-28T17:00:00-04:00

Animal-lover's website The Dodo recently posted this crushing video of how some monster tied up a poor pitbull to a tree in the middle of a forest off of the Bronx Parkway. Luckily, a nearby jogger spotted the dog, called it in, and the pup was able to be rescued. Now she lives a happy life with her rescuer. Check out the video for the rest of the happy ending.

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Hidden Camera Captures Straphanger Reactions to Gross Personal Grooming on the NYC Subway

2018-06-27T16:30:00-04:00

One of the worst parts about commuting in New York City is how some people treat the subways like their own personal washrooms. These real straphangers were caught by our hidden cameras as we subjected them to the worst possible public grooming ever.

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Subway Etiquette Tip #125: Please Don't Throw Your Nuts On The Subway Floor

2018-02-25T11:00:00-05:00

Subway Etiquette Tip #125: When riding the New York City subway, please refrain from throwing your gross, saliva-covered pistachio shells onto the floor like this asshole here.

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Giant Digital Billboards Calling for Donald Trump's Resignation Are Now in Times Square

2017-11-22T10:30:00-05:00

New digital billboards have gone up in Times Square that are calling for Donald Trump's impeachment. Funded by philanthropist Tom Steyer, the ads will display in the square for ten minutes every hour until December 31st. The digital sign prompts people to visit needtoimpeach.com where you can sign the already-massive list of Americans who want to see Trump ousted from office.

Donald Trump has brought us to the brink of nuclear war, obstructed justice, and taken money from foreign governments. We need to impeach this dangerous president. Sign on now.

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Landlord Watchlist Names the 100 Worst Landlords in New York City for 2017

2017-11-15T15:30:00-05:00

Public Advocate Letitia James and her Landlord Watchlist have released their annual worst-of-the-worst New York City landlord list for 2017. This year's top spot goes to Jonathan Cohen-Silvershore Properties, owner of 19 buildings with 188 units that gathered 1090 Housing Department violations and 15 Buildings Department complaints.

Last year's worst landlord Harry D. Silverstein recently passed, but his son has cleaned up his father's behavior a little, slipping down #5 on the list.

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NYC Scams 101: Don't Get Fooled By Three Card Monte, the Oldest Trick in the Book

2017-10-26T11:30:00-04:00

Three-Card Monte is a street hustle that doesn't feel like a scam. The target often feels that they have an excellent chance at winning money from the gambling-type game, and because they overestimate their chances of winning, they generally lose big. Here is how it works.

A group consisting of the scammer dealer and a mob of shills who are in on the scam setup on the street, in the subway, in public areas and wait for a "mark" to pass by. Generally these will be tourists, or wealthy looking individuals.
As the mark nears, the shills play a simple game with the dealer in which they have to identify a card from a stack of three that are moving around quickly. The dealer always lets their shills win, and the resulting celebrations attract the mark to the table.
The skeptical mark will watch the game a little to see what the commotion and crowd is all about, and the dealer will continue to let the shills win. The mark sees everybody winning, and sometimes the shills will even engage the mark by telling them how easy it is to win, and how much money they have made, etc...
Once the mark decides to play, the dealer employs several tricks to ensure that the scammers will always win. They can hide cards, move much faster than previous iterations with the shills, and employ betting techniques with the shills to get maximum bets from the mark.
If the mark randomly guesses the right card, there are tricks the dealer can use to ensure that a shill actually wins instead of the mark.

This scam is one of the oldest in the book. It is so old that an artist named Hieronymus Bosch painted the scam 500 years ago.

This street hustle was commonplace in New York City in the 1970s and 1980s, but has mostly disappeared from City streets, or at least gone underground and unfortunately, there are some people who still get scammed by the Three-Card Monte today. Redditor kubbyrules saw this group on the subway just the other day, recounting:

My friend saw this guy on the uptown bound D line along with his friends who pretended to be bystanders. He invited people to bet $100 or up to guess which ball will appear under his three caps. His friends(pretend bystanders) put in their money and right away got their money back in the first couple of rounds when they guessed it right. Although other people quickly saw that it was a scam, there were others who failed to notice so. The lady you see in the back fell for it and handed over up to $200 bucks and lost it all. The man in the cap was aggressive -- once he realized he had lured someone in, he would instantly increased his bet to get more money out of people. There was another victim not in the video who also lost close to a similar amount. In merely 3 stops, he and his group of friends stole $500+ from the bystanders.

If you see this scam happening, please don't engage with the group, and instead, call the police. Nobody ever wins the Three-Card Monte game unless you are the dealer or a shill.

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Mini-Documentary Shows Shocking Footage of the 1939 Nazi Rally in Madison Square Garden

2017-10-16T15:30:00-04:00

In 1939, New York's Madison Square Garden was host to an enormous—and shocking—gathering of 22,000 Americans that has largely been forgotten from our history.

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