Blizzard in Brooklyn, by RGP

• Today on The Gothamist Newsmap: electric shock on Broadway in Midtown, 10-75 on Hoe(!) Avenue in the Bronx, train vs. auto on Metro-North in Riverdale.
• David Weprin, the candidate for City Council who sent out a mailing last week labeling his opponent a Nazi, won his special election with 62% of the vote.
• Gawker asks: does Harold Ford pay New York State taxes? Would anyone be dumb enough to try to run for office here if he still filed in Tennessee?
• Remember that Seinfeld episode, where Kramer is an actor at a hospital and his dwarf friend gives him gonorrhea? This is just like that, except with rabbis.
• Here's a bittersweet story of a woman who falls in love with one of the alcoholic regulars at Mars Bar.
• Speaking of alcohol, if you want to brave the cold tonight for some drinky camaraderie, here's a list of places with snowday specials.