August 1, 2007
Extra, Extra

- Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a possible abduction at 39th St. and 4th Ave. in Brooklyn, falling debris from 820 Columbus Ave. in Manhattan, and a stabbing on East 214th St. in the Bronx.
- Queens Councilman James Gennaro was fined $2,000 after admitting to the Conflict of Interest Board that he asked a staffer to volunteer on his campaign, although he says he has no recollection of the 2003 incident
- MTA CEO Elliot Sander has instructed his division heads to only cut costs by 1.5% next year, after concluding that there is no more fat to trim or inefficiencies to reduce at the agency.
- Madonna spent two hours at Bill Clinton's Harlem offices yesterday, possibly discussing an endorsement of his wife's run for President. She has yet to visit Hillary Clinton's offices.
- A GoogleMaps mashup illustrating the geography of Seinfeld.
- Free alt-weekly New York Press changes ownership hands again. It was sold by Avalon Equity Partners to Manhattan Media for an undisclosed sum.
- Whoopi Goldberg was chosen as Rosie O'Donnell's replacement on the female chat-show The View.
- The New York Times looks at bad behavior at four star restaurants, when well-heeled diners can't wait until they get home to vomit, get naked, or have sex.




That Google Seinfeld map...are they gonna do one for Law and Order? Someone told me, that show has a habit of listing addresses that are actually somewhere in the middle of the East River. True?
nice photo!
British people shouldn't get involved in American Presidential races.
that's a stunning picture.