Flatiron Hot! Pundit
Flatiron Hot! Pundit: One Week Later: Reflecting on the Experience and Meaning of Millions March NYC
December 20, 2014 | Eric ShapiroBy Eric Shapiro Edited By The Flatiron Hot! News Editorial Staff
There’s something to be said for waiting a few days to write about an experience so profound and emotionally overwhelming as participating in Millions March NYC. It needs time … Read More
Flatiron BID Hosts Holiday Food Drive With Food Bank of New York City
December 16, 2014 | Eric ShapiroBy Eric Shapiro and the Flatiron Hot! News Editorial Staff
For the third year in a row, the Flatiron/23rd Street Business Investment District (or Flatiron Partnership) has organized a food drive as a part of its 23 Days of Flatiron Cheer … Read More
Girl Aids Parkinson’s Research With Taylor Swift-Themed Viral Campaign
December 15, 2014 | Eric ShapiroZoe Butchen, a 14-year-old girl from Ridgefield Connecticut, could have surrendered to despair when her father Jeff was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease on April 20, 2013 at the age of 51. Instead, she combined her philanthropic interests with her passion for dance and … Read More
New Look for Grand Central and Vanderbilt Ave? CBs 5 & 6 Hold Hearings on Vanderbilt Corridor Proposals at NYPL
November 19, 2014 | Eric ShapiroBy Eric Shapiro and the Flatiron Hot! News Editorial Staff
The Flatiron District and Chelsea abound with commuters and visitors who make their way to our friendly environs by way of Grand Central Station. So, it was with great interest … Read More
New Republic Editors Foer, Hertzberg and Publisher Hughes Discuss 100 Years at NY Public Library Panel Discussion
October 28, 2014 | Tod ShapiroBy Tod Shapiro, with reporting and research by Eric Shapiro. Copy edited by the Flatiron Hot! News Editorial Staff
The New Republic, one of the leading progressive opinion journals of this age, or any other, celebrated its long and storied … Read More
#O22: New Yorkers March on Times Square NYPD Station to Protest Police Brutality, Institutional Racism
October 24, 2014 | Eric ShapiroBy Eric Shapiro and the Flatiron Hot! News Editorial Staff
Yesterday, Americans across the nation marched in the 19th annual National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality, Repression and the Criminalization of a Generation. The protest, called #O22 (October … Read More
It’s a Bird – It’s a Plane – No, It’s Lego Superman in Mad Square Park!
October 10, 2014 | Tod ShapiroBy Tod Shapiro and the Flatiron Hot! News Editorial Staff
This Friday morning, during a peaceful walk to work via Madison Square Park en route to NYCSCC’s offices, I saw a delightful menagerie of colorful characters surrounding the fountain at … Read More
People’s Climate March Mobilizes Massive Crowd to Fight Climate Change
September 22, 2014 | Eric ShapiroBy Eric Shapiro and the Flatiron Hot! News Editorial Staff
The conventional wisdom was that 100,000 people would participate in the People’s Climate March. The conventional wisdom was wrong. 400,000 people showed up to march in the largest ever event … Read More
In Critiques of Obama, John McCain Reveals Willful Ignorance on Iraq
August 10, 2014 | Eric ShapiroWhen Obama announced limited air strikes against ISIS, his goals were very specific. The first was to protect U.S. facilities and personnel at Erbill, the “capital” of a semi-autonomous Kurdish region. The second goal was to prevent a “potential act … Read More
Todd Akin Returns, Shines New Spotlight on GOP War on Women
July 21, 2014 | Eric ShapiroTodd Akin is back with a vengeance. In 2012, the Missouri Republican lost a winnable Senate seat for the GOP to vulnerable Democratic incumbent Claire McCaskill when he let slip: “If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways … Read More