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On the Hood, by Ade in New York at flickr

Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a construction accident on East 53rd St. and Madison Ave. in Manhattan, a pedestrian struck by a bus on 42nd St. and 10th Ave. in Manhattan, and an abduction on Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn.
At the request of his son and daughter, a judge is allowing the remains of artist Mark Rothko to be exhumed from the South Fork of Long Island and re-interred in Valhalla, NY.
It's not just the torn-down NYC we'll never see again. It's also the NYC we'll never see to begin with.
Hedge fund manager John Paulson earned $3.7 billion in 2007. You have to feel for the guy, considering the hit he probably took on his taxes yesterday.
L&O: Road Trip. The State's highest court is taking a field trip from Albany to NYC for only the fourth time since the 1800s.
A Staten Island fat cat--an actual tubby kitty--got stuck in a shaftway and had to be rescued by construction workers and Emergency Service Unit Cops. Detective Tony Borowiec said that he felt pretty good about the rescue, but not "that good," as he he is allergic to cats.
If you haven't tired of the franchise yet, Bravo is extending its "The Real Wives of . . ." series to . . . New Jersey! Anticipate the Garden State highways and McMansions-plus.
Survival of the fittest: Southpaw will take over Galapagos' space in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.