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- Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: an industrial accident on Hylan Blvd. and Heinz Ave. on Staten Island, a pedestrian struck on Broadway and W103rd St. in Manhattan, and a shooting on 91st Ave. and Lefferts Blvd. in Queens.
- More than a thousand rookie cops filled the Apollo Theater in Harlem to attend a four-day diversity lesson taught by some of the NYPD's most outspoken critics.
- A bill before the State Assembly could require mega-stores like Costco and Sam's Club to host reverse vending machines, where customers could unload their recyclables.
- A staffer for an NBC News contractor that published news of Tim Russert's death on Wikipedia before the network had a chance to notify his family was fired.
- It's not a done deal yet, but an MTA official admitted that capital improvements would probably be delayed and fares would increase due to budget concerns.
- "Hot enough to fry an egg" may soon be replaced with "Hot enough to enjoy a therapeutic massage" on the sidewalks of NYC.
- No nice public art gestures go unmolested. The Greenpoint facsimile of a girlfriend exiled to Connecticut was grey-washed by a grinch who wants her to stay there.
- There are the skinny jeans that hipsters wear; and there are the skinny jeans that make wearers appear more slim.
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