- From the Gothamist Newsmap: A "door pop" on the Bronx side of the Madison Ave Bridge, a barricaded EDP between Water & South St in Manhattan and an armed robbery at 202st & 34th Ave in Queens.
- Schools Chancellor Joel Klein wants principals to hire teachers from the "reserve" pool of 1,500 teachers already on payroll.
- A "suave-looking" white man slipped into an Upper East Side apartment building to steal jewelry from two units. Obviously it's the Springfield Cat Burglar.
- A Battery Park City condo conversion is on hold because there are talks with lenders about how low prices can go.
- Now there will be four openly gay City Council members—joining Speaker Christine Quinn and Rosie Mendez in January are Daniel Dromm and Jimmy Van Bramer.
- A 16-year-old Bloods gang member was indicted for a fatal shooting at a NJ skating rink.
- Wolf Blitzer really did a poor job on Celebrity Jeopardy.
- As expected: Phil Spector's jailhouse-penned letter shows that he ignores margins.
- And, yes, there's a Kanye t-shirt.





What's a "door pop" please?
I think ESU popped open the door at a car accident scene.
I noticed Malloy wore sneakers...for sneaking!
Nice car.
Definitely not a NY car.
Looks like Cali or Texas.
*kind of car
before the post police come after me.