Extra, Extra

• Today on the Gothamist News Map: A hazmat situation in Brooklyn, and a fire at Essex and Broome in Manhattan
• Unusual sighting on the Metro North: A 7' tall drag queen
• A magistrate judge recommends dismissing the lawsuit that is blocking Atlantic Yards construction, but a district judge will have the final say
• The suburbs totally suck the smart out of you: One guy bought a CPR dummy to be able to commute on HOV lanes, only to be arrested by the police!
• City Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. thinks flashers should be considered sex offenders and face up to a year in jail; like most Vallone ideas, this is pretty extreme but unlike most Vallone ideas, we think there's some merit
• Okay, the story of why an off-duty police officer shot someone: An off-duty sergeant was asked intervene in a landlord-tenant dispute; the tenant hit the cop with a pipe, so the cop shot him in the leg.
• Wow, it looks like Senator Hillary Clinton's staff was given a mini "Vulnerabilities" Crib Sheet
• A woman was rescued from the East River when someone noticed her floating near East 72nd Street; it's unclear how she got in the water

Photograph of NY Comic Con visitors by Sacha Lecca