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Bloomberg Aide Still in Coma After Brooklyn Hit-and-Run

04072010 bloomberg aide.jpg Erinn Phelan, a 22-year-old aide to Mayor Bloomberg, is still in a coma after being struck by a car while crossing Flatbush Avenue February 21st. The Brown University grad reportedly pushed her friend out of the way, subjecting herself to the impact. The driver, 28-year-old Frances Jasmin of the Bronx, was arrested after police found her car abandoned on Pacific Street shortly after the crash. Bloomberg called Phelan "a fighter," and according to NBC said, "All of us here at City Hall [...] are pulling and praying for her." The Daily News reports that Jasmin is sticking to the claim that she was unaware she had mowed down the two women. "She thought something hit her car," her lawyer claims.

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  • JenChungsBaby

    Is she pregnant yet?

  • JenChungsNewBra

    Unless you're a politician. My bad.

  • JenChungsNewBra

    CXB, you need to get laid brother. Enought with your polical views. Bloomberg is the man you wish you were.

  • cxb

    Is it just me or did someone just IGNORE THE TOPIC AT HAND to instead take junior high shots at me?



    ARe you people secretly in love with me or what? WHY can't you just discuss the topic at hand? If I post something you disagree with, disagree with my POINTS.



    You post about the MESSENGER b/c your goal is to help City Hall cover its tracks.

  • cxb

    PS: I don't need to get laid.



    (I slept with Emma Bloomberg and Giuliani's daughter and it wasn't all that.)

    (But Judy Nathan gives head like a pro!)



    (It's like she's trying to suck the paycheck out of your dick!)

  • FelixtheCat & Christine Quinn'

    Judy is a pro but not even she can raise the dead and Rudy's little stick is down for the count.

  • FelixtheCat & Christine Quinn'

    LOL, Blloomberg is a Queen. Bloomberg's time card system fails, homelessness plan fails, affordable housing fails, building and cranes are falling and he honor system bus fare fails. This Queens needs to come out of the closet and stop screwing with this city

  • Papercutninja

    Before that, it was Giuliani that was bunching up his panties and awesome sideburns.

  • cxb

    True. Unlike you, mass-murdering criminals who destroyed NYC really get my goat.



    The REAL question is why it doesn't piss the rest of you off as much as it does me?



    Where were YOU when Rudy was lying to the 9/11 commission?



    Being a selfish coward?



    Giuliani destroyed millions of lives and you dead-inside humans act flippant about it.

  • etypical

    Please. Bloomberg isn't even the shit I wish I took. He's the most useless person in office aside from Paterson. It's embarrassing.

  • drewo

    Jasmin is sticking to the claim that she was unaware she had mowed down the two women.

    "unaware" is the only part of this lame defense that applies to this driver.

  • FelixtheCat & Christine Quinn'

    Praying for her? Bloomberg can do more if he wanted too but he is too busy playing with dicks to care.

  • cxb

    Bloomberg and the police commish and pols ALL TRAVEL BY FREE AUTOMOBILE. They won't even walk a full block!

    Their loyalty lies with... AUTOMOBILES.



    FUN FACT: almost every pedestrian hit in NYC was hit the same way: by a moron driver TURNING at an intersection.

    My point is that there's no mystery here, except WHY the mayor won't lift a finger to solve ANY of these easy-to-solve problems.

  • NYCbrades

    what?

  • cxb

    I'm saying that most hit and runs and most pedestrians-getting-hit-by-autos is PREVENTABLE.

    I'm also saying that no one will hold the man "in charge" responsible.

    In fact, Bloombag lets the NYPD almost always give a free pass to drivers who hit pedestrians and cyclists.



    And I think that's scandalous but I know the media will never report it.



    Read a book called "The Emperor's New Clothes" from 1853. Thanks!

  • theevilone

    You are psychotic. The fault lies with the driver of the car who left the scene of the accident, dumbass.

  • jnguy

    cxb is right.

    I'm pretty sure global warming, world poverty/hunger and domestic violence is all caused by Bloomberg. That guy really sucks!

    (fee free to include any other problems not explicitly listed here)

  • Manitoba

    I've never understood the argument: "I thought something hit my car, so I kept driving."

    I've had stuff hit my car before (e.g, rock falling off of construction truck), and my response has always been to pull over to make sure everything is okay. Even if you hit a large pothole, a reasonable thing to do would be to pull over at the nearest corner and check to make sure you don't have a bulging tire or lost hubcap...

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