City Council member Gale Brewer criticized the Taxi and Limousine Commission's disorganized lost and found process and urged the TLC to make some changes. Brewer said, "A New Yorker misfortunate enough to lose her property in a taxi is more likely to find overwhelmed hotlines and contradictory instructions than she is to recover her missing possession. The TLC procedure is rarely followed and is hopeless without a receipt. The TLC’s system does not work, if......

Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a construction accident on West 29th St. and 6th Ave. in Manhattan, a bank robbery on Atlantic St. in Brooklyn, and a shooting on Holland Ave. in the Bronx. The awards aren't for another two and a half weeks, but an informal poll has produced a shortlist of possible Emmy award-winning shows. A New Yorker who is heir to the Romanian castle of Vlad the Impaler, i.e. Count Dracula,......

Even though a formal investigation into the death of East Village resident, Jodie Lane, is in the works, most believe she was killed Friday night by electocution from exposed wires on East 11th Street. Her death, while walking her dogs, shocked not only the city and other dog walkers, but also fellow East Villagers who recognized her around the neighborhood. Most reports give detail to Lane's life: A New Yorker for the past ten years,......