
- Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a wall collapse in Park Slope, a suspicious package in midtown, and a jumper down in the Meat Packing District.
- Sentenced to death, Ronell Wilson doesn't want his attorneys to appeal, saying he doesn't want to put his family through another trial
- The school-bus fiasco continues today, with Betsy Gotbaum announcing an official investigation, and the Post revealing that the consulting firm of Alvarez & Marshall got a $16 million dollar no-bid contract with the city to reorganize the routes. The lead consultant there was paid a breathtaking $450/hr to produce a system that resulted in more than 13,000 complaints on Monday. Nice work!
- South Carolina police nabbed the ex-cop who allegedly shot his ex-wife in a Staten Island parking lot earlier in the week. Apparently the two were involved in a very acrimonious divorce.
- Forgotten-NY has a nice piece on the Flower District, a run-down part of lower-Midtown.
- The Daily News gets the award for most disturbing headline of the week: "Dad killed tot, Mom held chute"
- Two things you probably didn't know about the Hells Angels: they've received more than $800,000 from the city in the last seven years as a result of various botched Police raids, and they're sticklers for punctuation.
- Most! Embarrassing! News! Assignment! Ever!
- Streetsblog reports on traffic calming in Chinatown: look at the size of those bollards!
- Have you ever wanted to have public sex without all the hassles of getting arrested for public indecency? Well, your day has finally come.
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business consultants are half-a-step below investment bankers on the "useless to society"-o-meter.
Nice work on those bus routes, douchebags.
"What?!?"
"Umm, Ms. Gotbaum, it's time to wake up from your nap, ma'am..."
(Light knocking on door.)
(Knocking, slightly harder.)
(Pounding on door.)
"What?!?"
"Umm, Ms. Gotbaum, it's time to wake up from your nap..."
(Sound of heavy object being hurled at closed door; footsteps down hall as aide runs away.)
Why,thank you gridskipper- here I was thinking it was only gum,spit,dogshit and snot that I skated along on as I went to and fro.
Not to mention that the Hell's Angels are a non profit, tax exempt religious organization.