October 25, 2007
Extra, Extra
- 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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all state's closing is sad. it was one of those bars/restaurants that forms an instant connection with you as soon as you walk through the door the first time.
Best hilarious neon cross ever. The other side--"Get Right With God"--sets it up perfectly. They've evidently fixed it on both sides and added some white, so it's just a bit less creepy than it used to be.
Hoboken is actually a city with a mayor-city council municipal government, commonly called in New Jersey as a "Faulkner Act" government.
The term town in New Jersey refers to a specific municipal government structure which is not found in Hoboken. It is also not like a town in sense used in New York or New England which are totally different things.
Newark's Prudential Center should be the new home for the New Jersey Nets.