Boy in Bushwick

As I listen to a segment on the Brian Lehrer Show about employment discrimination against transgender New Yorkers, news about a trans woman...

My story on how Ricky Martin's coming out could prove a watershed moment for LGBT Latinos has already received nearly 11,000 hits on the...

Putting to rest consistent rumors about his sexual orientation, Ricky Martin announced on his blog earlier today he is "a fortunate hom...

Two female suicide bombers killed at least 38 people and wounded more than 100 others earlier today when they detonated explosives on the Mo...

It has been more than 16 months since Ecuadorian immigrant José Sucuzhañay’s murder, but the case against the two men who allegedly beat him...

It’s rather ironic I continue to suffer from spring allergies in the wake of last night’s health care reform vote, but it was certainly a br...

The first trip back to Fire Island each year always proves exciting, and our trip today was certainly no different. Koitz and I were among t...

News of Lt. Dan Choi and Capt. Jim Pietrangelo’s arrest outside the White House yesterday afternoon spread quickly through the blogosphere a...

A late-night stream of consciousness from the Sixth Avenue subway station. Fourteen minutes until the Brooklyn-bound L train departs the Six...

He is not a good example for our children. Queens voter Pedro Duran provided one of the innumerable takeaways from former state Sen. Hiram M...

As voters in the 13th Senatorial District go to the polls today, the circus that continues to surround former state Sen. Hiram Monserrate...

As the world attention seems to remain focused on the massive earthquake that rattled Chile nearly two weeks ago, an editorial in today’s Ne...

A Cuban journalist who has been on a hunger strike for more than two weeks is reportedly unconscious in a hospital. Blogger Yoaní Sánchez t...

The New York Police Department's Hate Crimes Task Force continues to investigate an assault against a 22-year-old man in Carroll Gardens...

Embattled Gov. David Paterson did not step-down on Friday as this blogger and several others had speculated, and his schedule today clearly ...

The oft-maligned J train certainly doesn't garner the affection of those who take it into Manhattan every day, but this line does, howev...

Will (and when will) embattled Gov. David Paterson resign? Peter Kauffmann's resignation only heightened speculation the governor would...

With less than three weeks to go until voters in the 13th Senatorial District go to the polls in the special election, a Univision poll ind...

The plot suddenly thickens in the ongoing saga surrounding Gov. David Paterson. The New York Times reported earlier tonight he directed two...

Is today’s announcement the end of the Gov. David Paterson saga? Something tells me his decision to end his election campaign marks only the...