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Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a shooting on Flatbush Ave. in Brooklyn, a high-angle rescue on West 18th St., in Manhattan, and a multi-vehicle accident on Farmers Blvd. and the South Conduit in Queens.
Hoboken mayor David Roberts was apparently prescient to ask how many stops his SWAT team made on the trip back north--fearing more embarrassing photos of his police force as they returned from relief efforts after hurricane Katrina. Additional pictures of misbehavior have surfaced, this time featuring the town's police chief cavorting in Louisiana.
Brooklyn native and former heavyweight boxing champ Mike Tyson was sentenced in an Arizona court to 24 hours in jail and three years probation for drug possession and DUI.
The 2nd Ave. subway got a boost from $1.7 billion in federal funding earmarked for the project over the next seven years.
New Yorkers aren't just cooler and better looking than the rest of the country, they make a lot more money. The average Manhattanite made more than $2,800 a week in the first quarter of this year.
Former mayor Rudy Giuliani recommended securing the U.S.-Mexico border via a "virtual" system that would alert authorities of crossings.
The Washington Post has a guide on how to get to NYC that includes more than "practice, practice, practice." It could be valuable for people wanting to get back to NYC.
A very helpful guide to long- and short-distance runs in Brooklyn from the Brooklyn Road Runners Club.

Untitled photo of site at Greenwood Cemetery in Brooklyn, by AMARTI02 at flickr

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By Dave Hogarty in News on November 19, 2007 6:15 PM

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bklynd

"It's because it doesn't mention the expense of living in Manhattan. It doesn't matter if you make five times as much as a Brooklynite if your rent and expenses are also five times as much."

Right, poor Manhattanites! If only there were something they could do about that. (High Manhattan rents are a luxury expense. What you gain from living in the a Tribeca loft is a kind of income.)

freddyhere

Some of you obviously have never tried dog stew, or even mouse embryos dipped in soy sauce.....

babyhitler

hey everybody, Notice the new blatantly racist busted tees advertisement with "WHERE MY DOGS AT?" and a chinese food container? that's from Busted Tees a subsidiary of IAC and IAC owns VIMEO where sellout patrick Moberg works and they advertise on GOTHAMiST and Jen Chung is chinese. FUNNY HUH?

slappy

Giulilani would be worse than Bush. Much worse.

"Securing" the border. "Virtual" system. What a pandering dumb-ass waste of breath he is every time he opens his mouth.

Kevin Walsh

The Feds could come up with A Rod's contract times 1000. The 2nd Avenue Subway will never be built. The next recession, it goes back on the deferred list.

www.forgotten-ny.com

Spirit of 76

Actually, the $2800/week income is meaningless not because it's not the median. It's because it doesn't mention the expense of living in Manhattan. It doesn't matter if you make five times as much as a Brooklynite if your rent and expenses are also five times as much.

ptwnbkr

$2,800/wk AVERAGE is meaningless. the real statistic to look at is MEDIAN. that tells you a lot more about what's going on among the population.

but, hey, this is manhattan, not the other important boroughs, so who is surprised and cares?!