Extra, Extra
- Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: three missing children in Brooklyn, a large fight in Queens, and a bank robbery on the Upper East Side.
- From the Brooklyn Papers, official word that the Park Slope One-Way plan is dead.
- After seeing Jacob's Ladder, we think Tim Robbins is remarkably brave to consider living in Brooklyn Heights. You know? What, no one else saw that movie?
- Paul Cortez was sentenced today-- he got 25 years in the slammer for the brutal murder of Catherine Woods.
- The SDNY cop who was caught toting Naomi Campbell's bag has been transferred to Brooklyn until she's done with her community service.
- Historian Diane Ravitch calls bullshit on USA Today's story about mayors taking over school systems, with particular interest in the "numbers" cited for Mayor Bloomberg's record
- Apparently a plan for a Harlem skyscraper at Park and 125th has been resurrected - and it looks tremendously big
- While polygamy is outlawed, some immigrant communities still practice it, such as one of the Malian fathers in the Bronx fire
- Ah, newyorkshitty spots a classic Greenpoint-style welcome
- And we apologize for the site issues this afternoon - thanks for your patience
Deuce Seven on the Williamsburg Bridge, by Will Sherman. And more here.
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