By Adrianne Jeffries 1/03/12 8:07pm

Inside Jobs

Mr. Greenberg. (Getty Images)

Cyber Schmucks: How the Manhattan DA’s Cyber Squad Did a Mitzvah for UJA

Back in February, Josiah Boatswain, a 26-year-old from Flatbush, Brooklyn, and a few friends were pampering themselves at Fontainbleau: a $600-per-night resort that bills itself as the most luxurious hotel on the strip, promising high-end shopping, celebrities at every table, “24-7 glamour,” and an “expansive poolscape” on the stretch of Miami Beach known as Millionaire’s Row. Mr. Boatswain spent his vacation sipping Champagne, nibbling tiny chocolate cakes, and buying armfuls of couture, which he arranged in tableaux in his hotel room and photographed for his Facebook page. Read More

By Michael M. Thomas 7/19/99 12:00am

Manhattan Has Gone to the Hicks: Us!

What’s in a word? Or, rather, Who?

“Curmudgeon,” for example.

My Random House Unabridged (Second Edition) defines the word as “a bad-tempered, difficult, cantankerous person,” and gives as synonyms, “grouch, crank, bear, sourpuss, crosspatch.” Not, in other words, the essence of jolly, “you leave it, I’ll take it” optimism. I bring this up because, Read More

By Kate Kelly 12:00am

Harvey Keitel Sells; Ira Rennert Buys

Upper East Side

HAMPTONS LAND GRABBER NABS THREE MORE APARTMENTS AT 625 PARK AVENUE. According to real estate sources, Ira Rennert, the Humvee magnate who is building a 25-bedroom waterfront monstrosity with a multistory garage in Sagaponack, has decided he needs a little elbow room in Manhattan as well. Mr. Rennert recently purchased three Read More