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- Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: an injured firefighter on Myrtle Ave. in Queens, a robbery/mobilization on Broadway in Manhattan, and a suspicious death on Sheffield Ave. in Brooklyn.
- Five Hoboken police officers filed a federal lawsuit claiming discrimination by the town's police department. Their commander allegedly used the "N" word frequently and said "the white race was destined to rule and dominate others."
- You know you're screwed when you call your City Council representative to complain about your landlord and they know your address before you even tell them.
- Talk about bad dental care - an unlicensed dentist performed oral surgery on a 71-year old patient, who suffered brain and heart damage and is likely to die.
- Newark's new Prudential Center is a diamond in a rough neighborhood.
- New York City will be sending a team of delegates from its Office of Emergency Management to California to assist in coping with that state's wildfires and displaced populations.
- The city's medical examiner concluded that police officer James Zadroga died from a lung disease condition by grinding up medications and injecting them into his bloodstream. Zadroga's family strongly objects to the ME's conclusion.
- How well do you know your north Brooklyn history? Take the Brooklyn Paper's quiz and find out.
- A Manhattan bar with a long history and where everyone knew your name closes its doors on the West Side.
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