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- From the Gothamist Newsmap: A pedestrian struck on Coney Island Ave in Brooklyn, a hanging on Lurting Ave in the Bronx and a hazmat at W 40 St in Manhattan.
- Police were fired upon when they responded to calls of a dispute in Queens. WABC 7 reports the "movie-style shootout between police and a half dozen suspects" in Cambria Heights ended with the suspects taken into custody.
- State Senator Hiram Monserrate has hired Joseph Tacopina to defend him against assault charges. Tacopina's previous clients include Lillo Brancato Jr., Foxy Brown and Bernard Kerik.
- The city is trying once again to convert Catholic schools to charter schools.
- Brooklyn Paper's headline about the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens' Cherry Blossom Festival: "Cherries are popping at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden."
- NJ officials are looking for remains of a dolphin in the Navesink River; it's unclear if the dolphin was part of the group that spent many months there.
- The NY State Lottery still has a fever for Powerball.
- Real estate marketing firm president says of the Financial District's prospects, "In my mind, this is still one of the largest concentrations of wealth in the world."
- A quiz to see just how Long Island you are. Sample questions (with multiple choice answers provided): " Which shopping mall does not have a movie theater in it?"
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