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From the Gothamist Newsmap: a shooting on Flatbush Ave in Brooklyn, a boat fire on Hylan Blvd on Staten Island and an animal condition on Corneila St in Queens.
Police released footage of a man suspected of groping women's behinds in Crown Heights.
The $4.6 million Fire Island ferry terminal in Patchogue will open next year. Newsday reports it's "twice the size of the old station and include more restrooms, a community multipurpose room, informational displays and an indoor waiting area."
When buying cocaine in Washington Heights, look for the green teens; 17 Trinitario gangsters were busted this week for selling blow in green "uniforms."
According to new polls, Mark Green is beginning to pull away in the race he's hoping will return him to the role of Public Advocate.
Pass the Tums: Midtown Lunch has crowned a new street meat champion after diligently trying many kinds.
A new Farmer's Market has opened in the Mount Hope section of the Bronx, accepting food stamps and market coupons.
North Korean hackers are suspected to be behind cyber-attacks over the July 4 holiday that downed the Web sites of several South Korean and U.S. government agencies.
Ryan Phillippe and Val Kilmer are in negotiations for roles in an upcoming movie based on SNL's MacGruber sketches.
Just a year after Tina Fey probably couldn't have guaranteed that 30 Rock would still be on NBC's schedule come this fall, now the sitcom is on its way to cable where reruns will be airing five nights a week.
And a 22-year-old New Jersey man died this morning after falling into a vat of chocolate.

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By Billy Parker in Miscellaneous on July 8, 2009 12:10 PM

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NannyState

It's getting harder and harder, what with all those filthy Batmen lurking around.

inoyourider

Augustus Gloop! Augustus Gloop!

The great big greedy nincompoop!

Augustus Gloop! So Big and Vile!

So greedy, foul, and infantile

drewo

Mark Green is beginning to pull away in the race he's hoping will return him to the role of Public Advocate.

In these strapped financial times, certain public positions that really accomplish nothing, serving only as a forum for grandstanding public officials, and are a drain on precious tax money, can be eliminated. One such position is Public Advocate. New Yorkers would be better served by eliminating the position, and its accompanying staff, as an effective cost-cutting measure that will have minimial impact on the majority of citizens.