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Photograph of a photo shoot by Jen Chung
- From the Gothamist Newsmap: A hazmat at Bay St and Hannah St in Staten Island, a serious trauma at W 181st St and Audubon Ave, and a firefighter struck at Beach 169th St in Queens.
- Four people operating a fake apartment listings scam--and made at least $900,000 from never-performed "background and credit checks"--were arrested.
- A former high school English teacher may be in line to replace outgoing NYC teachers union president Randi Weingarten, who was elected to lead the national union.
- Lawyer turned architect Paul Byard who worked on renovations of the renovations of Carnegie Hall, Cooper Union, and the Custom House died on Tuesday.
- Former Newark mayor Sharpe James, who was convicted on corruption charges, is asking for leniency with his sentencing, citing his age and accomplishments.
- The Fug Girls are optimistic about the new season of Project Runway--holla at your boy!
- And people protesting the Dalai Lama (they claim he "persecutes Buddhist Shugden practitioners") had water bottles and coins thrown at them by followers of the Dalai Lama.
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$900,000? Now that could be enticing in terms of crime, not like that silly $25,000 in the Chef Dan story earlier today.
how meta, a photo of a photoshoot.
you just bleeeew m miiiiind :D
Followers of the Dalai Lama threw bottles and coins at people? That sounds rather un-Lama-like of them.