Extra, Extra

- Cop killer is sentenced to life without parole
- New Jersey sues the Bush administration over the port deal; Pataki, get outta bed and work with your legal counsel!
- City inspectors busted a slumlord who had racked up 16,696 violations in Queens and the Bronx.
- The new Yankee Stadium was approved by the City Planning Commission
- According to the Crain's New York poll, 51% of people online-polled would not want to work at the proposed Freedom Tower
- Katie Holmes's dad is so cheap for someone getting a wacky millionaire Scientologist son-in-law! He wants his non-refundable deposit back from Columbia (but if she was scheduled to live in Carmen, we'd understand)
- Cabbies need special permits to drop fares off in Nassau County - $350 permits
- Gothamist doesn't understand why musicians who have nothing to do with the city or do not seem to be famous for real estate are singing at various condo markeitng parties - jeez, at least try to Lenny Kravitz who seems like a real estate whore

Photograph of Brooklyn from the Verrazano Narrows Bridge from bridgeportseasoning on Flickr