
- Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: an attempted bank robbery on East 23rd St. in Manhattan, a pedestrian struck on 82nd St. and Central Park West in Manhattan, and a homicide on Grand Ave. in Brooklyn.
- The politics of succession in the world of Masters of the Universe. Changing places, changing times, unsurpassable ambition.
- Sometimes the old is new: when a garbage hauling-controlling family tells you to do something, you do it, or they'll burn your company down.
- Mayor Bloomberg is displeased with an audit that criticizes his predecessor for a golf course construction deal that led to millions being paid to a mobbed-up company moving dirt from one place to another.
- New York State is joining a multi-state lawsuit against the federal government over global warming issues.
- Stop-and-frisks by the NYPD were down 11% in the latest quarter that it reported to the City Council.
- A suit has been brought against New York State with the shocking allegation that perhaps indigent people aren't provided adequate legal defense.
- The 71-year-old woman dumped unconscious on the sidewalk in front of a bogus dentist's office died.





Bloomberg on the golf course contract:
"Was it a great contract? It turns out it's a terrible contract, but that doesn't mean you go criticize the guys that did it."
So there's no accountability????
"Hungry Chef"??? Uh... I don't think that what he's getting ready to put in his mouth will exactly satisfy that kind of hunger. Maybe he's the sixth member of the Village People?
What's the link on the "global warming issues" story?
The chef looks like he's going to eat a loaf of baked cock.