Extra Extra: The founder of Pirate's Booty declared himself the mayor of a Long Island village
March 14, 2025, 2:36 p.m.
Because he already conquered the snack world, here are your afternoon links: Frat bros of the West Village, Prohibition-era whiskey found in Jersey Shore sand, Xanax warning and more.
Good Friday afternoon in New York City, where we're in for a rainy, gusty weekend.
Here's what else is happening:
- Police said a 13-year-old boy is in critical condition after a subway-surfing accident on a 7 train in Queens this morning.
- Robert Ehrlich, founder of the puffed snack Pirate's Booty, has invoked an obscure state law to declare himself mayor of a new "village" within the jurisdiction of Sea Cliff, which is part of Oyster Bay on Long Island.
- Speaking of booty, a New Jersey man walking along the beach near Margate Pier last month stumbled on a stash of Prohibition-era whiskey bottles buried in the sand.
- Has "the West Village been overrun by young frat bros with too much family money and no culture?" Graydon Carter says not yet.
- A class-action lawsuit is in the works among angry Tool fans who were promised "two unique sets" at Tool's Punta Cana festival but instead saw the band play some of the same songs two nights in a row.
- The sauna scene in Minnesota sounds next level.
- Doctors are reminding people interested in benzos because of HBO's "The White Lotus" that they can be really dangerous.
- Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is reminding people that cooking french fries in beef tallow is better for you.