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- From the Gothamist Newsmap: An escaped EDP from Long Island College Hospital in Brooklyn, a sick MOS (member of service) at E 112th St & Park Ave in Manhattan and an overturned auto on the eastbound BQE at the LIE in Queens.
- A 6.3 magnitude earthquake in Italy has killed at least 90 people—rescuers are still looking for survivors.
- Last week, in separate incidents, two special needs students were abandoned on their buses by the drivers.
- Former Congressman John Sweeney (who lost his seat to an upstart named Kirsten Gillibrand) was arrested for his second DWI in 18 months.
- Tribeca's new triangular park starts to emerge south of Canal—and it will feature a "faux Canal."
- New York magazine goes over the best banh mi sandwiches in town.
- A new charter airline will operate from MacArthur Airport.
- Tickets are on sale for the NJ Hall of Fame Ceremony; inductees include Shaquille O'Neal, Meryl Streep and Jon Bon Jovi. Last year, Bruce Springsteen, Toni Morrison and Danny DeVito were among the honorees who showed up.
- A grate collapsed outside Columbia University's Butler Library; luckily, it seems like no one was hurt or accidentally fell into the hole.
- And there's an open casting call for the revival of the Puppetry of the Penis.
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