By Steve Huff 1/25/12 11:22pm

The Rent

Jimmy McMillan

Jimmy McMillan Wants His “Damn” Back

Jimmy McMillan isn’t done with us yet. The man, the legend who electrified the political scene briefly in 2010 with his amazing debate performances and unnaturally epic facial hair is suing the NY State Board of Elections for leaving the word “damn” out of the name of his party, “The Rent Is 2 DAMN High Party.” In a complaint filed earlier this week McMillan said NY State Board of Elections officials have a “‘BIAS’ against the word DAMN in the Rent Is 2 DAMN High Party name.” Read More

By Matt Chaban 8/05/11 3:25pm

The Rent

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You want the rent? I'll give you the rent! (Getty)

Jimmy McMillan: ‘I Live in Brooklyn’ [Video]

Can you feel it? The wave of schadenfreude rippling through the dowdy real estate brokerages and glass-faced, wood-paneled developers’ suites of the city? Look no further than the comments on industry organ The Real Deal. The news that Jimmy McMillan might be evicted from a rent-controlled apartment in the East Village has shocked and delighted the real estate community. His landlord has taken him to court, but the evidence against him is littered across the Internet. Read More

By Tom Acitelli 11/04/10 4:41pm

The Lab

Is the Rent Too Damn High?

I was out of the country when Jimmy McMillan of the Rent Is Too Damn High Party put on his gubernatorial debate performance, and have only just now gotten around to subscribing to his newsletter. As best I can tell, Mr. McMillan’s platform is that New York City rents are too damn high and that’s Read More

By Meghan Keneally 11/01/10 4:51pm

What the Other Candidates are Doing

While Andrew Cuomo and Carl Paladino are keeping up a maddening pace criss-crossing the state, the five “other” candidates for governor are mostly taking it easy today and tomorrow.

Warren Redlich, Libertarian Party: No campaign events. “Our campaign has been heavily focused on the internet and we will continue working there,” Redlich said Read More

By Staff 11/08/05 10:15am

The Protest Vote


Now this should be the kind of election in which the protest vote thrives. A foregone conclusion, and none of the candidates even faintly representing youth and rebellion.

The protest candidate of choice is obvious too: Jimmy McMillan, aka Papa Smurf, candidate of the Rent Is Too Damn High Party. Slogan: “There Read More