Monthly Archives: March 2011

New York Gritty gets results! Just not the ones we want. In my last blog, I seconded the MTA Board’s desire to get rid of food on the subways, as did most readers. Naturally, MTA chairman Jay Walder did an about … Continue reading →

After a recent video showing a subway rider throwing spaghetti at another passenger, the MTA is thinking about taking away everyone’s morning coffee. Because of one mutant nitwit teenager, food and drink of any kind may now be prohibited underground. … Continue reading →

The majority of New Yorkers (54%) are in favor of bike lanes, according to a poll released by Quinnipiac University, with younger people, Democrats and Manhattanites  strongly in favor and Republicans, seniors and those from Queens against. Those who don’t want the lanes say the … Continue reading →

If you don’t know it by now, war has broken out__between New York Times executive editor Bill Keller and Arianna Huffington of the Huffington Post web site. In Sunday’s  NY Times Magazine, Keller attacks “the American Idol-ization” of news and … Continue reading →

  Born and raised in Brooklyn, Anna’s borough heritage goes back three generations. Though she’s lived and traveled elsewhere, she is always happy to get back to the “borough with attitude”: 1)What do you like about Brooklyn compared to other … Continue reading →