http://gothamist.com/ Gothamist is a website about New York. MoreEditor: Jen ChungPublisher: Jake Dobkin en Copyright 2012 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:32:15 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=4.31-en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://gothamist.com/2012/02/13/extra_extra_2175.php http://gothamist.com/2012/02/13/extra_extra_2175.php http://gothamist.com/2012/02/13/extra_extra_2175.php#comments on Twitter and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here. [ more › ] ]]> News 2012-02-13T18:32:15-05:00 http://gothamist.com/2012/02/13/behold_the_hub_a_52-story_residenti.php http://gothamist.com/2012/02/13/behold_the_hub_a_52-story_residenti.php http://gothamist.com/2012/02/13/behold_the_hub_a_52-story_residenti.php#comments a successful film and TV production studio at the Brooklyn Navy Yards, today revealed the renderings for a massive residential tower planned for downtown Brooklyn. It will be called The Hub, and is to be built at 333 Schermerhorn Street, at the intersection of Third Avenue and Flatbush Avenue. Douglas Steiner paid $30 million for the property, and plans to break ground early next year. 80 percent of the rental units will go at market rates—a 1,000-square-foot apartment would rent for $3,333 to $4,166 a month—while 20 percent of the units (144 in all) will be rented as "affordable" units. [ more › ] ]]> News 2012-02-13T18:24:58-05:00 http://gothamist.com/2012/02/13/reminder_for_1_2_3_riders_fasttrack.php http://gothamist.com/2012/02/13/reminder_for_1_2_3_riders_fasttrack.php http://gothamist.com/2012/02/13/reminder_for_1_2_3_riders_fasttrack.php#comments We've mentioned it a few times already, but here's another warning: The MTA is shutting down the 1, 2, and 3 lines below 34th Street, Monday through Friday from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. While some of you might complain, the MTA will use the time to make needed repairs. [ more › ] ]]> News 2012-02-13T18:17:23-05:00 http://gothamist.com/2012/02/13/pepper-spraying_nypd_white-shirt_to.php http://gothamist.com/2012/02/13/pepper-spraying_nypd_white-shirt_to.php http://gothamist.com/2012/02/13/pepper-spraying_nypd_white-shirt_to.php#comments filmed pepper spraying a group of Occupy Wall Street protesters near Union Square in September, has been sued by two of the women who were injured in the incident. According to the Daily News, Chelsea Elliot and Jeanne Mansfield are suing Bologna and the city for damages for "physical pain and mental suffering." "I think he allowed his emotions to get the best of him," Mansfield said. [ more › ] ]]> News 2012-02-13T17:28:51-05:00 http://gothamist.com/2012/02/13/apple_asks_independent_group_to_aud.php http://gothamist.com/2012/02/13/apple_asks_independent_group_to_aud.php http://gothamist.com/2012/02/13/apple_asks_independent_group_to_aud.php#comments the Times' damning investigative series on the human costs of its cheap electronics and Mike Daisey's scathing one-man show, Apple has announced that they have asked the independent group to conduct audits of Apple's assembly suppliers in China. “We believe that workers everywhere have the right to a safe and fair work environment, which is why we’ve asked the FLA to independently assess the performance of our largest suppliers,” Apple CEO Tim Cook said in a statement. [ more › ] ]]> News 2012-02-13T17:05:58-05:00 http://gothamist.com/2012/02/13/tweeting_rapping_gangster_charged_w.php http://gothamist.com/2012/02/13/tweeting_rapping_gangster_charged_w.php http://gothamist.com/2012/02/13/tweeting_rapping_gangster_charged_w.php#comments prosecutors say he bragged about on Twitter. Herron's tweets include claims that he once had someone "shot from a hospital bed" and that his team of "niggas will kill for meee." Authorities also say he boasted online about how he "beat a body," allegedly referring to the murder of one Frederick Brooks. "His Tweets were premature," Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said today. [ more › ] ]]> News 2012-02-13T16:44:00-05:00 http://gothamist.com/2012/02/13/video_watch_this_guy_trap_and_box_u.php http://gothamist.com/2012/02/13/video_watch_this_guy_trap_and_box_u.php http://gothamist.com/2012/02/13/video_watch_this_guy_trap_and_box_u.php#comments to race, or have been cooked up, squirrel style by now... what do you think? [ more › ] ]]> News 2012-02-13T16:15:35-05:00 http://gothamist.com/2012/02/13/jeremy_lins_elaborate_handshake_bec.php http://gothamist.com/2012/02/13/jeremy_lins_elaborate_handshake_bec.php http://gothamist.com/2012/02/13/jeremy_lins_elaborate_handshake_bec.php#comments Jeremy Lin—aka, the Most Linportant Basketball Player EVER (in the past week)—has really taken the city and nation by storm as balm for a struggling team and a lockout-bruised league. But is his elaborate, six-step handshake really a meme in the vein of planking or Tebowing? [ more › ] ]]> News 2012-02-13T16:04:21-05:00 http://gothamist.com/2012/02/13/nypd_now_teaching_cops_to_use_find.php http://gothamist.com/2012/02/13/nypd_now_teaching_cops_to_use_find.php http://gothamist.com/2012/02/13/nypd_now_teaching_cops_to_use_find.php#comments had a few successes finding stolen iPhones using Apple's GPS-based "Find My iPhone" feature. So naturally the NYPD is now reportedly teaching cops to use the technology. [ more › ] ]]> News 2012-02-13T15:31:04-05:00 http://gothamist.com/2012/02/13/elk_hotel_relic_of_times_squares_se.php http://gothamist.com/2012/02/13/elk_hotel_relic_of_times_squares_se.php http://gothamist.com/2012/02/13/elk_hotel_relic_of_times_squares_se.php#comments Jeremiah's Vanishing New York acted on a tip and called to confirm: "We're closed. No more hotel no more. For good." We asked the man who answered the phone at the Elk what would replace it. "No idea, no clue. Have a nice day." [ more › ] ]]> News 2012-02-13T15:07:13-05:00 http://gothamist.com/2012/02/13/schumer_wants_airport_passenger_adv.php http://gothamist.com/2012/02/13/schumer_wants_airport_passenger_adv.php http://gothamist.com/2012/02/13/schumer_wants_airport_passenger_adv.php#comments embarrassing airport security incidents involving elderly women, Senator Chuck Schumer called on the TSA to implement "passenger advocates" at airports. These advocates would, in theory, be summoned by passengers "to hear their concerns" if they feel they’ve been inappropriately treated by transportation security officers. Schumer says the TSA ignored his request, so now he's kicking it up a notch by introducing legislation that would require the agency to provide passenger advocates. [ more › ] ]]> News 2012-02-13T14:53:42-05:00 http://gothamist.com/2012/02/13/valentines_day_vs_5_religions_shoul.php http://gothamist.com/2012/02/13/valentines_day_vs_5_religions_shoul.php http://gothamist.com/2012/02/13/valentines_day_vs_5_religions_shoul.php#comments Valentine's Day is a garish, corporate shill designed to trick you into substituting commerce for Love, but don't take our word for it: it also just happens to be the Word of God. We picked out a few religious takes on the holiday that have us pondering conversion. Hear that, deities? We'll accept cash, anatomically correct chocolate hearts, and massage hula-hoops for our soul. [ more › ] ]]> News 2012-02-13T14:24:15-05:00 http://gothamist.com/2012/02/13/gay_marriage_passes_24-16_in_new_je.php http://gothamist.com/2012/02/13/gay_marriage_passes_24-16_in_new_je.php http://gothamist.com/2012/02/13/gay_marriage_passes_24-16_in_new_je.php#comments voted 24-16 to legalize gay marriage in the Garden State and the bill is expected to pass again in the State Assembly on Thursday. But despite popular support for marriage equality in his state Christie, presumably eying future national elections, has vowed to veto the bill—meaning no gay nups on the Shore just yet. [ more › ] ]]> News 2012-02-13T13:59:52-05:00 http://gothamist.com/2012/02/13/teen_fatally_stabbed_in_brooklyn_pa.php http://gothamist.com/2012/02/13/teen_fatally_stabbed_in_brooklyn_pa.php http://gothamist.com/2012/02/13/teen_fatally_stabbed_in_brooklyn_pa.php#comments ended tragically for a Bronx teenager Saturday night. Edgar Soto, 17, was visiting the neighborhood with his mother to attend a friend's birthday party, and had joined some pals to toss a football around in the parking lot around 11:30 p.m. An NYPD spokesman tells us that he was fatally stabbed in the torso during a confrontation with another group who appeared in the parking lot, located on Grand Street between Lorimer and Leonard. Soto was pronounced dead on arrival at Woodhull hospital. [ more › ] ]]> News 2012-02-13T13:23:12-05:00 http://gothamist.com/2012/02/13/cold_is_gone_another_mild_week_ahea.php http://gothamist.com/2012/02/13/cold_is_gone_another_mild_week_ahea.php http://gothamist.com/2012/02/13/cold_is_gone_another_mild_week_ahea.php#comments under sunny skies this afternoon as the Arctic high that brought us the one day of cold weather is replaced by a milder air mass from the west. There's still a brisk wind so it won't feel like 40 however. Meanwhile, miserably cold weather continues to plague much of Europe. [ more › ] ]]> News 2012-02-13T12:54:47-05:00