Extra, Extra

- The man who killed his girlfriend and abandoned her young daughter on a Queens street got 32 years in jail
- MTA says no transit contract revote - what does this mean...what does this mean?
- Fashion designers want to prevent you from buying the knockoffs of their designs at H&M and Zara
- The National Magazine Award finalists are announced
- Third brush fire in Staten Island in four days
- The private cops at Co-Op City go on strike; check out this old Village Voice article about Co-Op City

And Gowanus is where Mr. Softee trucks go to sleep! Photograph by carolionroar