Results tagged “anewyorker”

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 it could even be called a system."

• 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, is putting up the mountain-top fortress for sale.
• Get down on your knees and pray for approval on a $900/month 1 BR apt. in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Parental Guarantors accepted, but "Reverences required."
• Some ardent recyclers are jumping the gun and skipping the step when New Yorkers read their newspapers, by just grabbing them in bulk off the sidewalk before they can be delivered.
• A doctor who has treated many sick first responders answers questions about former EPA head Christie Todd Whitman's recent Congressional testimony.
• Perhaps just snacking while waiting for The Wall St. Journal, News Corp. recently gobbled up two NYC weeklies––The Bronx Times and The Bronx Times Reporter.
• If you're going to be outside all day tomorrow, don't forget your sunscreen. Be careful if/when fooling around with fireworks. And otherwise have a happy and safe 4th of July!

Con Ed calls the incident, "tragic and highly unusual;" the Post reports that utility boxes's wires have 118 to 120 volts, and 0 to 500 amperes running through them, with one worker estimating 200 to 300 amperes shockng Lane.