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- Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a child struck by a school bus on 102nd St. and 2nd Ave. in Manhattan, a serious trauma on 41st Ave. and Northern Blvd. in Queens, and a missing child on Wilson St. in Brooklyn.
- 4,000 respondents to a survey of service on the L train gave the line a grade of C, which is passing we suppose. The second line to be graded by riders improved on the C-minus that the 7 train earned and grades for the J, Z, 4, and 5 lines are expected next week.
- A Brooklyn woman's outdoor cats––Clyde, Inky and Blinky––were trapped by a neighbor tired of finding dead birds in her yard, and driven to a Queens park where they were discarded.
- Sen. Clinton proposed giving every child born in the U.S. $5,000 that they can let grow and cash in for a college education when they are 18. The Daily News reports that about four million children are born in the U.S. annually.
- The Teamsters are accusing FreshDirect of union-busting among warehouse workers. The grocery delivery company denies the allegation and points out that it has yet to turn a profit.
- West 57th St. between 7th Ave. and Broadway was closed this morning due to a transformer fire.
- A judge declined to help cab drivers fighting the installation of GPS devices in their cabs. The lawsuit was filed after a strike proved unsuccessful.
- It could be curtains for Broadway shows if stagehands and producers can't agree on a new contract.
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Sen. Clinton proposed giving every child born in the U.S. $5,000 that they can let grow and cash in for a college education when they are 18.
Yes, that should help the illegal immigration problem.
She could use the money to get the fat sucked out of her ass.
I just have to say, this photog must have some huge balls to point anything at these guys. They look . . . prepared.
Oh my God, that's a ridiculous idea from Hillary. Don't worry that people think Dems are profligate with tax dollars - let's take money from people who don't have children (or are done having them) and use it to give $5K grants out to everyone else. It's not even necessarily for college (she also mentions they might use it to put down a payment on a home.)
I was just starting to think that Obama was a weenie and resign myself to Hil, and this is what she comes up with.
Mmm, I agree it's a bad idea. But I'm still with Hil. We just need to let her know it's a horrible idea. :)
#3 I think the photog might have been smart enough not to use a flash. Anyways, it's probably more dangerous to "shoot" kids in NYC with their moms in tow...
It is 9:58 friday. What is going on in brooklyn?
what are the sounds in the air? something NOISY is happening!!!
they were fireworks, Happy Sukkot!
dude! thanks!
I thought the taliban had invaded the shores of NYC...
Happy Sukkot? Boy, those Puerto Ricans always have something to celebrate...
@bklynd:
What can we do now, but offer people some money? Back in the day, our fathers and grandfathers went to college on the GI Bill; we could count on Social Security if a money-earner died; perhaps not everyone has the luxury of cynicism, but the Republicans since Wilson have not done a whore's damn for us, and even if the Democrats have to stoop to cash, at least we benefit from it.
What else is the answer? We all need a helping hand, don't we? Growing up in the 70's taught me that even believing that someone cares makes a difference. Do you think Bloomberg or the Bushes or Reagan actually f***ing cares? I thought Ford and Carter cared, and my parents thought Roosevelt and Kennedy cared. Silly as it seems, it did kind of raise morale. Perhaps we Americans are beyond that now, which will be our downfall -- you wait and see.
matukonyc: Yeah, yeah, it's the republican's fault. The democrats really DO care. What a stupid ass thing to say. It's unbelievable that people still think in these juvenile black and white terms. Apparently your morale was raised just a bit too much.
And I've never seen any damns built by whores. Where can I find one of those?
Yea, those big, bad Republicans. How dare they expect us to things all on our own, like go to school or get a job. The bastards....
matuko - "What can we do now, but offer people some money?"
Of course there are other things we can do besides give away chunks of money to every newborn.
- more funding for primary education
- universal health care
- transit
- job programs
I don't mind if Dems create govt programs paid for by taxes - it's just that this idea is moronic.
friggin Long Island was paid for by WW2 benefits after the war, almost all the homes had some help from the VA. in fact, some towns were strictly white military men who came back from the War.
and there the trouble all began.
I don't see how they're going to be able to get their rifles clear of the window frame in time if there's an attack. Shouldn't they switch to handguns when they're in a space with limited mobility?
- LBNG