- From the Gothamist Newsmap: a fourth alarm collapse on E Broadway in Manhattan, a child struck at Sheridan Ave and 165th St in The Bronx and a stolen box truck at Pulse to Jewel on Staten Island.
- While playing on her Brooklyn school's rooftop garden, a girl fell through a skylight—luckily, she survived the 30 foot fall.
- Rep. Steve Israel has decided not to run against Senator Kirsten Gillibrand in the Democratic primary next year; PolitickerNY suggests that Chuck Schumer's warnings have paid off.
- The Montauk Monster sequel might be a raccoon. Or not.
- The NYPD has found more of that bizarre Nazi runic graffiti in Brooklyn.
- The NY Building Congress says that the recession has cost the construction industry almost 20,000 jobs.
- The NY Times Company has asked the staff of the International Herald Tribune to donate their unused vacation days or 5% of their salary to the company. You know, to avoid layoffs.
- A NY Times economics reporter has penned an article for the Times Magazine about how he went into foreclosure.
- And after a busy day being called the oldest person tweeting by a British paper, 104-year-old Ivy Bean told the world that she needed a little rest.





There's a typo in the "Montauk Monster" link, a quotation mark at the end.
But I had read his post about the original one last year, so I'm glad he tackled it again.
link is fixed, thanks!
Link works in the full version of the story, but the shortened front page Extra,Extra still has the quotation mark. I mean... I'm just sayin'. Thanks
"Rep. Steve Israel has decided not to run against Senator Kirsten Gillibrand in the Democratic primary next year; PolitickerNY suggests that Chuck Schumer's warnings have paid off."
Is there something going on between Chuck and Kirsten that we don't know about?