Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: falling debris on W 47th St. and 8th Ave. in Manhattan, a shooting on Broadway on Staten Island, and a suspicious boat at the Verrazano Bridge near Brooklyn. For a reason unrelated to terrorism, the U.S. Parks Dept. is going to keep the crown of the Statue of Liberty closed because it's a fire death-trap. Iranian President Mahmoud Amahdinejad's wish to visit Ground Zero was blocked due to security......

- Whoa, WTC developer Larry Silverstein delivers a new proposal to the Port Authority - will they be working on this through the weekend? - The woman, "Sister Ping," behind one of the biggest immigrant smuggling operations gets 35 years in prison, and makes the judge angry during sentencing - Mediators think the MTA and Transport Workers Union contract dispute should go into binding arbitration - Awesome Queens real estate marketing campaign that takes......