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• This morning on the Gothamist Newsmap: pedestrian struck by car in Morningside Heights, escaped prisoner in Staten Island, and an overturned car on Houston and Broadway.
• King's County Hospital has agreed to fix its psychiatric unit, which had been described as "chamber of filth, decay, indifference and danger."
• All countries in economic recovery take a step forward. Not so fast, United States.
• There are "920 football fields of available office space in Manhattan." Who wants to start an indoor winter league?
• A surprisingly attractive grandma who was falsely arrested on a hooker charge will be paid $35,000 by the city.
• NYU has bought the Forbes building at the corner of 12th and 5th Avenue— and they apparently got a very good deal.
• 36 Hours in New York City: Metropolitan Opera, dinner at Boulud, breakfast at The Standard, a visit to the High Line, shopping on Smith Street, dinner at Marea, drinks at Little Branch, and a visit to LES.