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• From the Gothamist Newsmap: Indecent exposure at 57th St & 6th Ave in Brooklyn, a car vs. house on Chandler Ave on Staten Island and a suspicious package at 1st Ave & E 17th St in Manhattan.
• Two people on Long Island have died from West Nile virus. Here are some tips from the NYC Department of Health about taking care of standing water (which mosquitoes love) and monitoring dead birds.
• Philomena Gotti, "the obscure matriarch of a family that became synonymous with American organized crime," has died at the age of 96, Newsday reports.
• At a City Planning Commission hearing about the planned building for Department of Sanitation trucks, it was revealed the green building will have "an exterior of movable aluminum fins that can reorient itself in the winter and summer to reduce energy consumption."
• That kid who can see dead people, Haley Joel Osment, is now 20 and will be appearing in the revival of David Mamet's American Buffalo with John Leguizamo and Cedric the Entertainer.
• Gossip Girl's "Chuck Bass" entices journalists with...cherry pie?.
• These renderings provide a sneak peek at the new Williamsburg bowling alley, Brooklyn Bowl.
• And whether or not you care about the new 90210 show on The CW, you don't have to watch to get the free ice cream that the network is giving away in ice cream trucks this weekend.