
Photograph of a cat lounging in the park by Tien Mao on Flickr
- From the Gothamist Newsmap: A found grenade on E 223 St in the Bronx, a jump from a party boat (Pier 17) in Manhattan, and a suspicious package on Woodhaven & Queens Blvd in Queens.
- A Long Island car dealerships are accused of helping "drug dealers, pimps and gang members buy luxury cars and keep their names off motor vehicle records."
- The city is spending $68 million on a new wireless water meter-reading system, in hopes of saving more money and water over time.
- A woman is suing the estate of Cory Lidle, the Yankees pitcher whose plane crashed into an Upper East Side apartment building in 2006. Janice Carrington, who lived a floor above the crash impact, says the estate denied her claim for over $200,000; the estate has already rejected $50 million in other claims.
- A NJ lawmaker is offering revised evacuation plans from the Jersey shore, in case of a storm.
- The dessert truck wars are on, near Trader Joe's in Manhattan: Waffles and Dinges truck guy is not pleased with the gourmet Van Leeuwen truck.
- amNew York devotes a lot of ink to why Williamsburg isn't just a hipster haven...complete with a list of hipster hangouts.





that's one beautiful cat.
"A federal safety panel attributed the accident to pilot error but never concluded whether it was Lidle or Stanger who allegedly misjudged a turn during their sightseeing trip."
So how the hell can you sue his estate if he may not be liable for the crash? Its impossible to know.
"rejected $50 million in other claims."
Wow. remind me never to crash my plane into any apartment on the upper east side.