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From the Gothamist Newsmap: A jumper up at Graham Ave & Montrose in Brooklyn, a large fight at Grand Concourse & Field Pl in the Bronx, and a hazmat at E 86th St & 3rd Ave in Manhattan.
A triple shooting in Bedford-Stuyvesant has left one person dead; WABC 7 says, it's possible "a high-powered automatic weapon was involved in the shooting."
The trial over whether Anthony Marshall stole his mother Brooke Astor's fortune was postponed again because of Marshall's medical issues.
The NY Times found that advocacy groups paid for some of Department of Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan's trips to discuss transportation issues. The Citizens Union says, "There is a clear public benefit to these travels...Where we start to get concerned is when public officials go on junkets for which there is little public interest, such as a beach vacation."
Prices of Brooklyn apartments and homes fell during the second quarter, but the number of sales actually rose 8%.
This G.I. Joe promotional stunt was either cool or frightening to beachgoers on Coney Island.
The Islander's fourth round draft pick Casey Cizikas was sentenced to probation for killing a teenager in Canada. According to Newsday, Cizikas, at age 16, had lifted "Manny Castillo...off the ground and drove him down headfirst," for revenge because Castillo put him in a headlock during a youth rugby match.
NY1 anchor Pat Kiernan wants more fake news.
The Daily News has a "Where Are They Now?" gallery of the Do The Right Thing cast.
Ooh and ahh over this video of a new cat mama and her six babies—anyone interested in sheltering them?

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By Jen Chung in Miscellaneous on July 7, 2009 12:21 PM

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thefacts

And some of prefer to Walk on the Wild Side.

Liam

Oh I bet you do..

thefacts

Thanks to DOT Diktator Sadik-Khan, Times Square, the former Crossroads of the World, now resembles Wolfie's parking lot in Miami Beach during the 4:00-5:00 Senior Half-Price Blue Plate Special Hour.

You think this bureaucrat cares, as long as she get her free travel(see 4th story)?

Of course, Citizens Union has no problem with her junkets!

Like her, this is a goo-goo group formed primarily of Establishment elitists, trust funders, real-estate developers, debutantes and large campaign-contributors to both the Dems and Republicans who think they know what's best for us plebes. In other words, it is the kind of people Sadik-Khan grew up with.

In the NYT story, Sadik-Khan claims to be an "avid cyclist". Yeah, whenever there is a photo-op!

The rest of the time she is being driven around in a government-paid-for town car, with free reserved parking in front of her offices on Worth Street, while she tells The Masses to use shank's mare or take crowded subways. When her limo is not parked there, it is getting ticketed for speeding on the Thruway.

Even her Establishment buddies at the Times think this is a most un-New York idea: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/01/nyregion/01bigcity.htm

longacre

As a plebe who has to walk through Times Square fairly often, I think it is a vast improvement and fully support whatever bourgeoisie conspiracy you think is behind it.

chuzzlewit

my god! look at that horrible old transplant loafing in that hideous chair! what are things coming to! fetch me my stick! submit! ENTER dammit! stupid thing...

chuzzlewit

my god! look at that horrible old transplant loafing in that hideous chair! what are things coming to! fetch me my stick! submit! ENTER dammit! stupid thing...