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- From the Gothamist Newsmap: A pedestrian struck at S Conduit Ave & Rockaway Blvd in Queens, a confined space rescue at Kingsland Ave And Greenpoint Ave in Brooklyn and a collapse at 6th Ave near 36th St in Manhattan.
- The police union has approved the contract with gives them 17% raise over the next four years, plus bumps rookie pay from $36,000 to over $40,000.
- Not only is WaMu CEO (for the past three weeks) Alan Fishman the former head of Brooklyn-based Independence Community Bank, he's eligible for an over $11 million cash severance package and to keep his $7.5 million signing bonus.
- Think twice about speeding on Long Island--legislators backed a $50 surcharge on tickets.
- Brooklyn parents experiment with baby-sitting each other's kids (you accrue points for watching a certain number of kids, etc).
- Police are looking for a serial bank robber in Manhattan; the suspect has hit eight banks and demands money verbally or by note.
- In a different robbery, a teller asking a bank robber if he was serious apparently thwarted the attempt.
- Signs from the landmark Lundys seem to have disappeared. Gerritsen Beach points out since it is a landmark, "nothing can be done without specific permission from the Landmarks Preservation Commision."
- And Maria the crocodile, who had been living at the Bronx Zoo, is retiring to Mami.





i took a girl to lundy's once, it was expensive, but she spent the night, so it was worth it.
"And Maria the crocodile, who had been living at the Bronx Zoo, is retiring to Mami."
Gave me a chuckle!
bank robber hits 8 banks in manhattan, wow. he better quit while he's ahead!