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Christine Quinn Launches ‘Online Testimonials’ Touting Her Record

As City Council Speaker Christine Quinn’s record is being pummeled by an ad campaign that urges voters to support “Anyone

By Jill Colvin

A Small Small-Business PAC Goes to War Against Nydia Velázquez

Innovation PAC, a committee dedicated to fighting for small business investment research, seems to have made Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez’s defeat this

By Colin Campbell

Clay Shirky and Jay Rosen: Teabugger James O’Keefe’s Latest Targets

Clay Shirky and Jay Rosen—respectively, the bestselling author on technological innovation (and Observer profilee) and the revered head of NYU’s

By Foster Kamer

Jason Alexander and the Netflix Relief Fund

By Ben Popper

Whiny Brooklynites Discover a New Way to Kvetch

By Observer Staff

The Cubicle Queue

By Gillian Reagan

Stereogum to Spawn Video-centric Blog

By Gillian Reagan

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