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Photo taken on Elizabeth Street by Josie B. on Flickr
- From the Gothamist Newsmap: a pregnant EDP in the Dreisler Loop in the Bronx, a water rescue at the Seagate Lighthouse in Coney Island in Brooklyn and a fatality under a train at West Broadway and Canal St in Manhattan.
- Giants linebacker Antonio Pierce finally met with police yesterday to discuss his involvement in the Plaxico Burress shooting last week. Details were limited.
- An off-duty cop alerted a homeowner her house was on fire--and he helped (along with firefighters) save her pets!
- A prosecution witness says that accused cop killer Lillo Brancato knew his accomplice had a gun.
- A Queens man admitted to making fake confession tapes that helped free another man from prison.
- Interesting revenue-generating idea: The NJ town of Wildwood charges people money for their auto accidents: "The fees vary from $750 for a fender-bender in which fluids spill onto the road to as much as $2,500 for accidents in which victims have to be pulled out of their cars."
- VP-elect Joe Biden's first order of business: cutting back his job responsibilities.
- NBC.com will begin posting webisodes for a test run of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon starting Monday.
- And did the Times website accidentally put up an obituary for Sunny von Bulow written by a member of Eminem's posse?
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I use to go down to Wildwood, actually Wildwood Crest with my kids all the time in the summer. And it seems like it's a great idea to charge those that are using city services above and beyond the normal what is to be expected.
I remember a retired fire fighter here in the city that told me that after they put out a small kitchen fire in Spanish Harlem the woman offered them money. Great idea. Just don't let Bloomberg find out about it. He will put meters in squad cars, albeit that wont raise any money because they never show. But meters on fire apparatus that is something he will think about.
At first I was annoyed because I thought everyone would have to pay, which makes no sense. Accordins to the article they only charge tourists (or its usually tourists who end up having to pay). This makes a bit more sense, but still, when tourists come there they are usually going to psend a lot of money in the town, and for a lot of town tourism might be their only real industry. Also, what happens if I am a tourist and i get hit by a drunk driving local, or even another tourist? The article doesnt seem to mention how the costs are divided between parties.
From September 15th thru May 15th you could shoot a canon off down the street and no one would be around to hear it. So they make their money from July 4th until August 15th.