Extra, Extra

• Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: A crime scene at the East 69th Street and 2nd Avenue Eckerd Pharmacy in Manhattan, a building facade collapse on Myrtle Avenue in Brooklyn, and a hazmat situation at Cornell Medical at York and East 69th
• The city wants to do repair work to buildings that need it - and charge the landlords - in legislation proposed by the City Council and supported by the Mayor and other housing groups
• City Comptroller William Thompson thinks Wal-Mart is spying on its shareholders - is that better, worse, or the same as keeping employees locked up?
• Found during a drug bust: Over 50 chickens and roosters meant for cockfighting (the pot lab was behind a secret wall)
• New Coney Island means new construction trailer for the project office
• We love that Katie Couric is a dating younger man because it means the Post will run different Photoshop images of Couric's head on a cougar's body
• After buying the NY Times building on West 43rd for $175 million in 2004, Tishman-Speyer hopes to sell it for $500 million - buying Stuyvesant Town/Peter Cooper Village did cost $5.4 billion, after all
• And speaking of Couric: The Today show website lets people submit "coolest cat" pictures and "silly dog" photos - not that we're complaining
• There are lots of websites monitoring red tailed hawks around the city - and expect lots of baby hawks!

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