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Photograph of Red Hook warehouse full of voting machines by wka on Flickr

• From the Gothamist Newsmap: An electric shock at 6th Avenue (between W 22nd & 23rd St) in Manhattan, a large brush fire at Hylan Blvd & Buffalo St on Staten Island, and a car vs. building on N Conduit Ave in Queens.
• Clifford Wrench of the Bronx is turning 103 tomorrow. According to the AP, "Ma Wrench" still "drives her car, shops with friends, dances and bakes!"
• Referring to a reported spat with Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelso, a Republican over Senate campaigning, Governor Paterson said he will "“work with everybody, but not be part of the old system where there is one party: the incumbency party.”
• Candidates for Vito Fossella's congressional seat had dueling words about the presidential candidates.
• A man's body was dumped in Westchester County; the victim's hands were tied behind his back and there was a gunshot wound in the neck.
• A wrinkle in Mayor Bloomberg's affordable housing plans: Its $240 million fund relies on Washington Mutual, Wachovia and Fannie Mae.
• The city's tourism arm is opening up an office in Mumbai, as tourism from India to the Big Apple has grown 47%
• NY Mag tours a rooftop penthouse in Little Italy that's "essentially an urban farm" and even has a lawn that needs mowing.