
- Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: an officer shot on Vandalia Ave & Ardlsey Loop in Brooklyn, a gas leak at Dongan Pl. off Broadway in Manhattan, and an aircraft emergency at JFK in Queens.
- The City's investigating whether its artificial turf fields are poisonous.
- The Brooklyn Paper finds Obama did get votes in many Brooklyn districts (here's the congressional district breakdown for all of NYC).
- Blogging by athletes at the summer Olympics in China will be allowed. Blogging about the summer Olympics by athletes will be highly restricted.
- The father of the three children murdered by their mother is suing Nassau County for $60 million.
- Rupert Murdoch's ownership of Dow Jones is practically unnoticeable, unless one is longtime Wall Street Journal First Amendement lawyer Stuart Karle. He's fired.
- St. Saviour's demolition was halted by the Department of Environmental Protection.
- This time arguing over a grade worked: The City will revise public school report cards issued last year, after feedback from pretty much everyone.




drunkie the snowman sums up every reason why I love my hometown.
Same here, KatyG!
The publisher thought I was getting too moody with my photo selections and suggested going lighter, for example animals or snowmen. If nothing else, I am a man eager to please.