private industry retail founded 1996 headquarters new york new york usa products clothing footwear accessories . parent x treem vibe inc. website www.yellowratbastard.com yellow rat bastard on broadway yellow rat bastard is the flagship establishment in a chain of new york city retail clothing stores owned by henry ishay . it specializes in hip hop and alternative style clothing and shoes . contents 1 history 2 controversy 3 references 4 external links history edit yellow rat bastard yrb the word yrb was originally developed by marc ecko a former store manager and the space designer of the nyc store . the idea for the store came from a frank miller comic book called sin city ; it had an issue entitled that yellow bastard . controversy edit in 2008 the store the related chain and owner ishay were cited for labor law violations by new york attorney general andrew cuomo and entered into 1.4 million settlement paying back wages to more than a thousand employees . 1 2 references edit cornered yellow rat bastard must cough up green to workers thevillager.com greehouse steven . yellow rat and workers reach a settlement . new york times . external links edit yellow rat bastard coordinates 40 43 17.85 n 74 0 0.76 w 40.7216250 n 74.0002111 w 40.7216250 ; 74.0002111 this fashion related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this united states retail business article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title yellow rat bastard & oldid 678751051 categories companies based in new york cityshops in new york cityfashion stubsunited states retail company stubshidden categories coordinates not on wikidataall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 31 august 2015 at 11 54 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view