• Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: an abduction on Marmion Ave. in the Bronx., a pedestrian struck at Driggs Ave. and South 8th in Brooklyn, and a scaffolding collapse at 35th St. and 6th Ave in Manhattan.
  
• An up-and-coming rapper was shot dead in the lobby of his building.
  
• Is waving the state Attorney General past airport security a career-saving or career-ending move? That's up in the air.
  
• A bigger power plant for Roosevelt Island based on underwater turbines, some of which are already placed in the East River.
  
• Choosing the streets over a crappy apartment.
  
• A Brooklyn man, who is completely naked, or scantily clad with a paper bag over his head with two eyeholes poked out, is being sought for appearing outside women's windows and masturbating.
  
• A school bus accident in upper Manhattan sent 16 disabled kids to the hospital.
  
• Head of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff was in Brooklyn saying that NYC needs to worry about hurricanes..
  

Banksy-style piece in Williamsburg, by F. Trainer.