Filthy rich racist emailer Carl Paladino, who is running for governor of New York with Tea Party backing, says he would like to house welfare recipients in converted prison dorms, where "we'll teach them personal hygiene."

Shocker: The company set to run the Aqueduct racino in Queens may have ties to the mob.

Sorry, we're trying to be more copacetic about bedbugs. But, they've invaded the Empire State Building! Towering symbol of modernity? New York icon? Bed bugs don't give a bed bug fuck. They're taking it down, from the bottom up.

America's most stressful city is Las Vegas, followed by L.A. and Houston, according to Forbes. Long thought to be the capital of neurotic hair-tearing, New York City finished in eighth place. You softies make me sick. [Image via Shutterstock]

Yesterday, we told you about the 12-year-old girl from Queens who was arrested for selling drugs. She turned 13 yesterday. Nothing like celebrating your first year as a teen in jail on charges of selling crack. Happy Birthday, young one!

[A picture taken last night on the sidewalk in front of the proposed Park51 Islamic Cultural Center in lower Manhattan. Meanwhile, the New York Post is trying to link the building to "Iranian nuke nut" Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Image: Derek Rose]

First they invaded where you sleep. Then they invaded where you work. Now they are invading where you go to forget the miseries of the world for a few hours. Bedbugs have been found in a New York movie theater.

NY Gov. David Paterson may be fined $96,375 for accepting free World Series tickets last year.

According to a Daily News poll, 12 percent of New York Democrats have bedbugs, while only 2 percent of Republicans do. Whoever can come up with the most completely insane theory about this gets a late-afternoon show on Fox News!

Ice Cream War! Watch as a brawl erupts between two ice cream truck drivers—one of the famous Mister Softee franchise and the other a NO NAME LOSER—over a parking dispute near Columbus Circle. Or, just another NYC afternoon.

New York City transportation planners have released the findings of a study focused on pedestrian accidents on city streets and two shocking things were learned: women don't be gettin' in accidents and taxis aren't that dangerous after all.

Police in Buffalo yesterday arrested 35-year-old Keith Johnson in connection with the shooting on Saturday of eight people, four of whom died, outside of a wedding anniversary party. But after reviewing video from the scene they've released him. Oops. [NYDN]

No doubt you've heard about Jay Valentine, the New York homeless man who unbelievably isn't a thief or a drug addict! He returned a lady's credit card after she loaned it to him. Now he's getting job offers.

A Harlem man who dresses up in Times Square as the Tin Man from The Wizard of Oz yesterday stabbed a tour bus ticket seller with a screwdriver in what police described to the Daily News as "a turf beef."

New York Governor David Paterson's aide David Johnson was arrested and charged with assault and five other offenses yesterday.

Various huddled masses, yearning to breathe however they so choose, have been journeying in droves across the border to buy cheap smokes at Indian reservations. New NY state taxes have made cigarettes cost upwards of $13/pack in New York City.

An ex-New York mayor flipped off a protester today at Charlie Rangel's birthday party. Alas, it wasn't Giuliani. It was David Dinkins. Remember him?

This month's Out magazine features an interview with Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe, a pocket-sized heartthrob who is essentially the ideal heterosexual man. And girls, he's single and ready to mingle. Why is he so wonderful? Let's take a look.

The MSNBC pundit for the lamestream media recently purchased this Jane St. apartment, which is actually two combined apartments, from fellow queer weirdo Michael Stipe. She paid a modest $1.25M for the 2ish bedroom condo, which features Hudson River views.

An upstate New York cat named Navarro was rescued Sunday night from the trunk of a car at a traffic stop, where he was marinating in oil and spices and on his way to becoming his owner's next meal.