Photograph taken in Hudson River Park by marieray on Flickr

• From the Gothamist Newsmap: A body in the Hudson off West 42nd Street, a barricaded EDP on Nevins St in Brooklyn and a bank robbery on East Tremont Ave in the Bronx.
• A Staten Island woman managed to survive the under-siege Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai, India last week: "When the room filled with smoke and she couldn't open the window, she used a corkscrew to drill a hole in the window frame so she could breathe."
• Security issues are causing problems for a downtown helicopter to offer flights to passengers who want an 8-minute trips to airports.
• Three men who were busted for gun possession last year were busted again for gun possession.
• The female prison inmates who train service dogs through the Puppies Behind Bars feel good about their work.
• Williamsburg condo the Edge reveals its affordable housing rental prices; the deadline to enter the lottery for an apartment is December 3.
• Further proof that Madonna and A-Rod are totally involved: They were in Mexico City at the same time.
• Guess how many normal-sized sandwiches you can make out of one of those monstrous Carnegie Deli pastrami sandwiches!
• And Chicago police have arrested Jennifer Hudson's brother-in-law for the murders of her mother, brother, and nephew. Long regarded the main suspect, William Balfour had been in police custody for a parole violation.