November 24, 2007
Extra, Extra
- Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a truck stuck underneath a train platform at 237th St. in the Bronx, an armed robbery on 4th Ave. in Brooklyn, and a burn victim at McKeever Pl. in Brooklyn.
- The husband who was strangled to death, allegedly by his wife in their new $1 million Long Island home, had a criminal record that included serving several years upstate for rape, robbery, and burglary.
- A fire at a homeless encampment near Hillside Ave. and 178th St. in Queens spread to the encampment's shanties. One man was unable to escape in time and died in the fire.
- The controversial federal case against a woman accused of smuggling monkey meat into the U.S. for use in religious ceremonies continues.
- New York is turning into a clown town during the holiday season. There are currently six separate circuses operating in the city.
- Police are investigating a string of robberies in Brooklyn's 84th Precinct that appears to be targeting Asian people.
- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission wants the Indian Point power plant to pick up the pace on the repair of emergency sump pumps.
- The city's started to ticket ($100 to $300) businesses in Cobble Hill and Park Slope for placing a-frame signs advertising everything from manicure prices to happy hour specials. The signs supposedly are obstructing the sidewalk.
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Seven if you count the Knicks.
Why would anyone pick on Asians? They are so quiet and mostly keep to themselves.
Those A-frame signs are so irritating. I've started moving them if they impede foot traffic, especially in the busy financial district.
Fantastic, this picture speak for itself.
Excuse me my poor english, I'm brazilian.