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- Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a shooting at Edwards Ave. in the Bronx, a disorderly crowd at Bay St. and Richmond Ave. on Staten Island, and a bank robbery near Bowling Green (that's why the 4/5 is passing Bowling Green).
- The New York Sun thinks the Live Earth concerts over the weekend were pompous, middle-aged and lame.
- Real estate group Pinnacle is accused of racketeering for siccing lawyers with eviction notices on thousands of tenants.
- Toys 'R' Us is being sued for $400 million by two women who were asked to show their sales receipts before leaving one of the chain's stores. They allege it is because they are black.
- Tenants sue their landlord for racketeering and corporate slumlording!
- The new bike racks at North 7th and Bedford have been installed by the Department of Transportation...
- ...and bike lanes on Tillary and Henry Sts. in Brooklyn have been painted green by the Dept. of Transportation in an effort to increase driver awareness.
- Getting struck by lightning is bad, but is even worse when one is struck by lightning while listening to an iPod.
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The Live Earth concerts did have lame lineups. But as Eddie Vedder told us at the 1998 Tibet Freedom Concert in DC, "Fuck you. We have your money now."
*Toys 'R' Us is being sued for $400 million by two women who were asked to show their sales receipts before leaving one of the chain's stores. They allege it is because they are black.*
They alledge? or maybe they're just fukcin ignorant assholes wasting tax payer money? A lot of stores ask to see sales receipts regardless of skin olor... to name a few:
Best Buy
Home Depot
Comp USA
Blockbuster
H&M
Virgin
Century 21
maybe we, as educated citizens, should counter suit them for wasting the air we breath.
They're definitely profiling when they ask for your receipt. It's happened to me a lot less since I was struck by "lightening."
funny thing, most of the people checking receipts, are black
Real estate group Pinnacle is accused of racketeering for siccing lawyers with eviction notices on thousands of tenants.
Tenants sue their landlord for racketeering and corporate slumlording!
the same thing is posted twice?
nobody is legally required to show a receipt upon leaving a store. so how can they sue if they weren't even legally required to show their receipts?
nobody is legally required to show a receipt upon leaving a store. so how can they sue if they weren't even legally required to show their receipts?
That doesn't make any sense. A store can do whatever it wants.
Although I should add that when I say whatever they want I mean as long as they don't discriminate on the basis of race, gender, or religion. They can make everyone show a receipt and this white male has always been required to show a receipt at both Manhattan CompUSAs.
let me guess again, pinnacle = Jewish.
Toys r us never asked me for a receipt, the only big box store that stops everyone is Best Buy.
I've never been asked to show receipt and open bag at the other stores. And, only at J and R when you pick up from their pick up area.
It's racial profiling. Nunca Mas.
What about Circuit City making me check my backpack??
^constitionally, you do not have to check your bag either.
The NEW YORK SUN is accusing someone ELSE of being pompous, middle aged, and lame? As they would say: "Oy. What chutzpah."
^constitionally, you do not have to check your bag either.
Please tell me you are kidding.
Stores are private property. The enumerated rights of the amendments to the Constitution do not apply to private action. Statutes may, the Constitution does not.
as an aside, people who shoplift:
i) Teenagers
ii) Poor people - who in urban areas are disproportionately black
iii)Winona Rider
Perhaps they have a basis for their claim (other than they were stopped and are black), but either way, isn't 400 million a tad excessive?
Graying guests is a bit annoying and ineffective. The "guest" handle is clear enough. Besides, the "member" handles are no less annonymous after all. "Accountability" in this case is just a choice for folks to build a clear identity, which should be a choice, not a requirement. Most readers of Gothamist got past 8th grade and can tell at a glance if we want to fully read a post or not. How can the the cutting edge of NYC blogs be so internet retro?
Does anyone know when the Rock Center Farmers' Market is open? I've found conflicting info online and can't seem to find an "official" website.
Thanks!