Extra, Extra

• Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a "fall victim down a hole" on 2nd Ave at 65th Street, a "fall victim off a bridge" in Queens, and a riot at a D train station in Brooklyn.
• Paging Copyranter: "Quite possibly the best subway ad EVER!"
• Convicted child-murderer Joel Steinberg was ordered to pay $15 million to the birth-mother of his illegally adopted daughter Lisa. The city has already paid Michele Launders $985k for its failure to protect the little girl.
• Another great map from OnNYTurf: the NYC No-Freedom Zones mashup shows which City Council members support the NYPD's efforts to crack down on protests and marches.
• Here's a new idea in low-income housing: "courtyards and roof gardens that would be used for everything from harvesting rainwater to farming vegetables and fruit... an outdoor amphitheater, apartments designed for breezes, a fitness center, wiring for Internet access, “live-work units” for people who work at home, stoops with photovoltaic canopies, even a Christmas tree farm.
• Big Stink: 1, Local Environmental Officials: 0-- "We have done the extensive lab analysis, and there is nothing conclusive as to a particular chemical signature from the samples we took."
• Partying in NYC on $5: Gray's Papaya, a visit to the Met, and a ride on the PATH train to Hoboken. Fun!
• Insane neighbor in Astoria: a life in letters.
• New York has the nation's "strongest rental market," because renting in New York is still so much cheaper than buying: "there needs to be two to three years of solid rental growth, and then people will start saying that owning makes more sense."
• The Old King Cole painting at the St. Regis is getting its first makeover since the 1950s-- at a cost of $100,000.
• And finally, could Queens Councilman John Liu be considering a run for mayor? He's raised more than $1 million for an "undetermined race".

Barbed, by abmarfia.