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  • From the Gothamist Newsmap: An aircraft alert at JFK Airport, a hanging in a park on Burnett St in Brooklyn, and a perp search at Macdougal St & Bleecker St.
  • The U.S. Attorney's office accused two employees at the Administration for Children's Services and one at a non-profit foster care organization of embezzling over $1 million meant for needy children.
  • City Councilman John Liu has raised over $3 million for a political campaign in 2009; while he hasn't stated what position he's running for yet, it might be for Public Advocate (maybe he really likes that van!).
  • Arthur Weinstein, who "owned and operated some of the best clubs in history," died in Manhattan last week at the age of 60.
  • The Brooklyn Museum plans to exhibit fake art sometime next year. "The museum said that a third of the sculptures in its small Coptic art collection were fake."
  • Frankie and Johnny's on 45th Street, a former speakeasy turned steakhouse that opened in 1926 during the Coolidge administration, is closing.
  • A look back at the '60s, when you could do New York on 5 Dollars a Day; a single room at the Hotel Chelsea ran $3 per night back then, they're now up to $220.

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A(n) "hanging" in Brooklyn?! WTF?!!!

yeah I second that! Huh??

GerritsenBeach.net has a bit more information on the hanging but at this point there are conflicting reports, via comments:

http://www.gerritsenbeach.net/2008/07/16/breaking-hanging-burnett-and-whitney/

probably homeless, probably suicide.

New York on 5 Dollars a Day;

What a great conversation piece especially on board the subway - anyone have a copy?

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Yeah, that NY on $5/Day article is a neat little bit of history.

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