By Rex Reed 6/26/12 4:44pm

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Hall and Hendrix in 7th Monarch.

7th Monarch Is Lost in Space: Wonky Psycho Thriller Fails To Launch

What a mess. 7th Monarch is the title of a confusing new play by Jim Henry, a writer from Chicago who got lucky, at the Acorn on West 42nd Street’s Theatre Row, a show that manages to seduce the audience into thinking something of import is going to happen at any minute. When two hours pass and it becomes obvious that nothing has happened yet, and nothing ever will, you wonder who to turn to in order to complain about it, but by that time the box office is closed and even the ushers are scratching their heads.

This is what I know. Read More

By William Alden 6/11/10 9:32pm

Council Bill Asks Congress to Restore ACORN Funding

City Councilman Jumaane Williams has a message for the federal government.

Last week, the Brooklyn Democrat introduced a resolution in the Council that calls on Congress to restore federal funding to ACORN, the beleaguered housing advocacy group that shuttered most of its organization after the House passed a resolution blocking federal funds last year.

Williams Read More

By Eliot Brown 7/16/09 8:45pm

Talk in No Short Supply as Coney Island Vote Potentially Days Away

The debate over the Bloomberg administration’s plans to remake Coney Island is dashing toward a close, as the City Council is just days away from an expected vote (a subcommittee is tentatively scheduled to vote Monday, though these things often change at the last minute). And, with potentially just days left, city officials are still Read More

By Azi Paybarah 6/12/09 6:38pm

Bloomberg Hopes Albany Will Function ‘Someday’

Yesterday, Michael Bloomberg joined a conference call hosted by the U.S. Conference of Mayors and ACORN, which urged a number of state legislatures to require laws forcing lenders and borrowers into re-negotiations before a home is foreclosed on.
Bloomberg actually said he was hopeful a law like that could get passed in New York, Read More

By Azi Paybarah 6/11/09 8:51pm

Bloomberg Hopes Albany Will Function ‘Someday’

Yesterday, Michael Bloomberg joined a conference call hosted by the U.S. Conference of Mayors and ACORN, which urged a number of state legislatures to require laws forcing lenders and borrowers into re-negotiations before a home is foreclosed on.

Bloomberg actually said he was hopeful a law like that could get passed in New York, despite Read More

By Azi Paybarah 1/15/09 10:07pm

ACORN Boosts De Blasio’s Ground Operation

In non-plane-crash news, public advocate candidate Bill de Blasio was endorsed today by ACORN, the campaign announced.

“Bill has been at the forefront of our fights to increase affordable housing, combat rental discrimination, and ensure the provision of quality child care,” said the chairman of ACORN’s political action committee, Val Holder-Luke.

“While Read More