January 8, 2008
Extra, Extra
- Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a possible abduction on Warwick St. and Livonia Ave. in Brooklyn, a police involved shooting on West Kingsbridge Rd. in the Bronx, and an abduction on 33rd St. and 5th Ave. in Manhattan.
- A contestant on Deal or No Deal from Bayonne, NJ tells host Howie Mandel that the godawful smell around there is from the dump on Staten Island. Residents of Richmond County are not amused.
- Two pitbulls, one dead and the other severely injured, were found in a dumpster at a Yonkers gas station Sunday morning. Police say that it appears that the two animals were used as bait in a dog fighting session.
- BUSHWICKBK.com blames the violence in that section of Brooklyn on the insistence of pursuing a futile drug war that is criminogenic and encourages violent crime.
- The City Council is looking at enacting a law that would require private companies to get a permit before installing their own bomb- and chemical agent-detection equipment, because the City wants to avoid false alarms and public panics. Police Commissioner Ray Kelly feels that such things are best left to the government.
- On his 9th ballot, former Yankee Goose Gossage was finally voted for induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Gossage is only the fifth relief pitcher to gain a spot at Cooperstown.
- A permanent replacement has been named for Debbie Almontaser as principal of the Khalil Gibran International Academy. Holly Reichert taught one year of ESL in the city after mentoring other teachers for the DOE since 1996, and heading the English department of a school in Bahrain.
- Barbara Bruno, the wife of state senate majority leader Joseph Bruno, died Monday after suffering from Alzheimer's disease. The 77-year-old woman and her husband had been married for 57 years.
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My dad remembers when people bitched about the renovation of Bryant Park, and look where it is now? I remember, not too long ago, when people were bitching about the renovations to Madison Square park. Now it's done and it looks Great! Same goes for Union Square...
It's all called progress and it's good they're doing Washington Square now before it becomes of total shit hole (it hasn't been bad in years and I liked what was there, but it needed work...
In regards to revonating Washington Square, I hope they get rid of the unemployed ghetto weed dealers while they're at it.
Unemployed weed dealer is an oxymoron. If only every person I encountered in retail hustled as hard as the average drug dealer I've seen working his trade, shopping for anything would be a tolerable experience.
It all has to do with the going salaries offered by the different establishments. Plus the quality of clientele.
You would rather use the union weed dealers? You know, they use a surcharge.
I don't want to get off on the park thing again, but if they just left the damn fountain where it was this would actually be a good thing. edEx makes a point about Bryant Park, and WSP could go that way, or it could go the way of City Hall Park, which is pretty and well maintained and completely sterile and half-forbidden.
Now, onto more important matters... are the folks from Staten Island upset that their borough stinks of trash, or are they upset that someone pointed out on national TV?
Let's be fair:
The Fresh Kills landfill was forced onto Staten Island against the wishes of the borough's residents and representatives in the 1940s. The landfill ruined one of the nicest natural areas left within city limits and continues to pollute the air, land, and water around it with toxic chemicals.
By the way, Fresh Kills stinks because YOUR garbage stinks.
Also because Staten Island is full of wannabe mafia jerks.
It's not just MY garbage. EVERYBODY'S garbage stinks.
I think the park really needs a refurb no question, but moving the fountain seems a tad wasteful. Sure it would be nice to have it line of sight with the McKim Mead and White Arch (which is one of the most gorgeous pieces of architecture in the whole city by the by), but that isn't like moving a fence.
They're not weed dealers, they're FAKE weed dealers. I learned that when I was about 12.