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From the Gothamist Newsmap: A jumper up on John Street in Manhattan, a sexual assault on 168 Street & Hillside Ave in Queens, and a pedestrian struck at 38th St & 5th Ave in Brooklyn.
Governor Paterson nominated to an ex-lobbyist to the MTA Board.
City Council member Eric Gioia is asking supporters to chip in to buy a bus ticket for a beloved Democratic supporter and Special Olympian who wants to go to the DNC in Denver.
The BBG's Chile Pepper Fiesta just got a little bit sweeter with word of Pete Seeger performing at it this year.
Straight from Madison Avenue (or the train to Ossining): Don Draper's Twitter.
The NYPD's youth cricket league is not only popular but a way for some teens to become interested in the police force.
Film critic Manny Farber passed away at age 91 on Monday; David Edelstein remembers him, "At his most destitute, he crashed with James Agee."
Is it a good idea to build a strip club so close to a playground?