November 27, 2007
Extra, Extra
- Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a person fatally injured under a train at 77th St. in Manhattan, a shooting at Neptune Ave and West 35th St. in Brooklyn, and a shooting on 133rd Ave. in Queens.
- A 24-year-old man killed his mother and brother and then dumped them in the Harlem River.
- Young teenagers are clamoring to learn about sex.
- Mayor Bloomberg feels that city parking placards are being abused and will start cracking down on their gratuitous use.
- A case 20 years in the making––the so-called "Pizza Connection"––was derailed and dismissed after decades of work. The prosecution of the $1.5 billion case was ruined when the defense revealed that all of the taped audio and video evidence was wiped clean.
- An investment group from Abu Dhabi has become the largest shareholder in Citigroup, following a large transaction approved by federal regulators. The middle eastern group replaces another individual as the largest stakeholder in the banking-investment firm: Prince Walid bin Talal of Saudi Arabia.
- They negotiated all night for 13 hours, but the union and producers could not come to an agreement. The Broadway strike continues. "Boo, Hiss!"
- Brooklyn goes Hollywood and Brownstoner.com has video.
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