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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.

sin will find you out, by insunlight at flickr

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By Dave Hogarty in Miscellaneous on October 25, 2007 6:15 PM

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Toby von Meistersinger

Newark's Prudential Center should be the new home for the New Jersey Nets.

Toby von Meistersinger

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.

toliveandshaveinbrooklyn

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.

cool

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.