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From the Gothamist Newsmap: A child in cardiac arrest at Livonia Ave & Sackman St in Brooklyn, a DOA jumper at W.23 Between 9th And 10th Aves in Manhattan and a foot pursuit at 56th Ave & 223rd St in Queens.
The state Department of Environmental Conservation issued an "amended solid waste permit" to a Bronx fertilizer company that the community says stinks up the neighborhood. A DEC official said, "We know more about the sludge pelletization process" now.
Public schools' parent councils are angry the Department of Education is taking money from their small budgets to fund employee benefits' increases, especially when the DOE spends a lot on consulting.
More Con Ed customers' power is being turned off for not paying their bills and with the bank collapses, some think it'll get worse.
PETA activists say they'd rather die than eat KFC, so they'll be dressing like zombies and staggering into the Colonel's Herald Square location tomorrow to protest.
With the bankruptcy of Scores, other strip clubs are looking to expand.
A basketball court, squash court, yoga studio, two pools--are amenities like that enough to get people to move to a luxury condo on at relat ively barren West End Avenue and 59th Street?
First Michelin, then Zagat, now Vice? The hipster authorities just finished their own guide to dining in New York. They say Peter Luger is "like Harvard-meets-Disneyland-meets-the-Vatican-meets-Lambeau-Field-meets-Tahiti, for people who love steak."

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By Jen Chung in News on October 10, 2008 6:44 PM

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Amelia Bedelia

How so Hugo? Is that not what they're doing? Why not protest Whole Foods or Food Emporium? They sell lots of meat. I'm just saying it's really not fair to pick on the budget eats- which I, too, have eaten- parading around in costume while families and individuals want to enjoy a hot meal at a reasonable price. Food is really expensive in the city and, to me, I would not want to go into a KFC looking for a cheap meal and feel as if I was being harassed.

Maybe before you call someone an idiot you should know a little something about them: I'm a City Harvest volunteer and have seen enough starving people that I strongly feel that harassing people for thier food choices is flat- out wrong.

HUGO_MEGO

Ameila, 'publicly shame people' for eating at KFC??? You are no better than the PETA idiots.

Sir Jimbob

Maybe someone should show PETA all the annihilated Chickens lining Bedford Ave. this week. :[

henricus

Oddly correct that the Petards would choose to dress up as brainless zombies...

Amelia Bedelia

PETA, from my perspective, is comprised of many middle class, educated and largley privileged people who may not understand why so many families turn to low budget food like KFC. Is is fair for them to publicily shame people who cannot afford better food?