Gothamist: Extra, Extra

January 15, 2008

Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a train derailment at 86th St. and 20th Ave. in Brooklyn, an overturned crane at 100th St. and Rockaway Beach Blvd. in Queens, and an amputation on Hylan Blvd. on Staten Island.
A guy who jumps off buildings for fun says that security guards caused him "severe emotional distress" when they prevented him from leaping off the Empire State Building, so he's suing the ESB's owners for $30 million.
When an unknown food critic stupidly leaves notes at a restaurant, a gossip column is sure to notice it, except for the fact that the notes might be from the food critic of the same newspaper.
A city bus driver says that he was fired from his job because he had to go to the bathroom. William Torres told a supervisor along his route that he had to go, the supervisor said no, and Torres went into a NYC Transit building anyway.
Over 4 years after the Staten Island Ferry crash, the city and victims are still wrangling over settlements.
Bloomberg supporters have begun their 50-state petition drive that would enable the mayor to run for President as a third party candidate. Bloomberg still says he is not running for President.
A geodesic dome biosophere made out of Legos.
Something for NYC building owners to keep in mind: Banksy mural on the outside wall of a London building was sold on eBay for $407,000. That doesn't include the cost of removing and replacing the wall.