New York City
Opinion

Tagging someone’s property doesn’t actually make it yours

In January, Jason Williams, a Los Angeles-based artist whose tag is Revok, sent a cease-and-desist letter to clothing retailer H&M, complaining that the company had shot a commercial in front of a mural Williams had painted at a Brooklyn playground. In February, a group of spray can artists who had painted pieces on the famous 5Pointz building in Long Island City won a $6.7 million award owner Jerry Wolkoff ripped down his own building.Graffiti writers who sue anyone for using or destroying their work are ultimately damaging the future of their own art form.

  • By Ben Adler

Andrew Cuomo
Policy

Which party would really benefit from Cuomo’s voting reforms?

So if Republicans block Cuomo’s election reform proposals making it easier to vote, they may be protecting their party but losing an opportunity to make politics less divisive.

  • By Ben Adler

New York City
Policy

U.S. Attorney Berman sues MTA for disability violation

U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Geoff Berman, a Trump appointee, joins an existing suit by disability rights advocates.

  • By Ben Adler

Opinion

Has Andrew Sullivan ever been to Brooklyn?

For someone who clearly knows nothing about Brooklyn, New York magazine’s Andrew Sullivan sure likes to throw shade at New York City’s largest borough.

  • By Ben Adler
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