Extra, Extra

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• From the Gothamist Newsmap: A car vs. building at Kissena Blvd & 72nd Ave in Queens, a fire at John Street @ Innis Street on Staten Island and a suspicious package at 53 St & 5 Ave in Manhattan.
• The NYC Housing Authority may sell off air rights in order to plug a budget gap.
• A federal appeals courts is letting Cablevision use their DVR--one that stores programs on Cablevision's computer servers versus on customers' cable boxes--so now the cable company can roll out the service.
• The NYPD says the fatal police shooting of an allegedly armed Brooklyn man was justified, but his family wants a full investigation.
• The president of Rutgers University returned his $100,000 bonus to be used for a student scholarship fund.
• New York magazine profiles a farmer who has a devoted fan base at the Park Slope Food Coop.
• A potential new East Village synagogue would be in a six-story residential building.
• And the creator of Hair takes New Yorker on nostalgia trip through Central Park.