Photo via coolstein's flickr.

• From the Gothamist Newsmap: A DOA floater near W 17th St & 11th Ave in Manhattan, a hazmat situation on Logan St and Pitkin Ave in Brooklyn, and an overturned auto at Union Turnpike at Hollis Hills in Queens.
• The water board hike goes into effect today--the 14.5% rate increase means about $100/year more for a household.
• The Department of Buildings got a complaint about potentially dangerous conditions outside newly elected City Council member Anthony Como's house.
• A former layout man and editorial cartoonist for The Brooklyn Paper, JG Jones, made the leap from B&W ink to color when he co-created a comic book which the new Angelina Jolie flick Wanted is based on.
• Forget action figures, cuddle up to collectible plush toys inspired by pop icons; The Ramones and Holly Golightly are two options you can choose from.
• After the horrible tragedy in Connecticut last year when two repeat offenders killed and assaulted a woman and her two daughters, as well as beat the husband and set fire to their house, new laws have been enacted.
• European architects are dueling--with grand designs for buildings--in Tribeca.
• A Staten Island man was attacked by two pit bulls--and the dogs are still on the loose.