January 24, 2008
Extra, Extra

- Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a shooting on 120th St. and 3rd Ave. in Manhattan, a stabbing on West 31st St. in Brooklyn, and a fall victim at MoMA in Manhattan.
- The New York Yankees took first place in franchise spending, with a total payroll of $218.3 million last year. The World Series-winning Boston Red Sox payroll totalled $155.4 million to finish a distant second.
- The New York Water Taxi is terminating its South Brooklyn service between Sunset Park, Red Hook, and Wall St. at the end of this month.
- Someone stole a replica of the Dukes of Hazzard '69 Dodge Charger, the General Lee, from a Long Island auto body shop, only to abandon it hours later.
- Say it ain't so! "Egg Raid on Mojo" by the Beastie Boys is based on lies. Those eggs never cracked on Mojo's back.
- Broadway stage directions are driving Clay Aiken even more crazy than before.
- Two Crips gang members were arrested in yesterday's shooting of an 18-year-old in front his Queens high school.
- Now even the average man or woman on the Web can view the progress of construction of Andre Balazs' Standard Hotel on the High Line in 15 minute increments.




Why would you not link to the much more complete version of the New York Water Taxi story that is in The Brooklyn Paper? Why give your readers less news than they deserve?
The story is here: http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/31/4/31_04ferrybadnewsanothe.html
Thanks.
GERSH KUNTZMAN
Editor
The Brooklyn Paper
http://www.brooklynpaper.com
take a chill pill pal.