The Daily News has been taking advantage of City Comptroller John Liu's checkbooknyc.com, which tracks city spending online. And this time, they've found government workers spaying up to $263.25 to get their cars washed. The city has spent about $280,000 so far this year on car washes, $177,000 of which was spent by the NYPD on their 3,000 vehicle fleet. But Stephen Goldsmith, who is trying to save the city $500 million, said he'll let this one slide. He told the tabloid, "There are important reasons why having police cars look good is really important. They're a symbol of the city." more ›

Yesterday afternoon, three people were shot at a Brooklyn car wash, the Magic Car Wash and Lube on Bushwick Avenue. According to the Post, "A gunman unleashed a fusillade of bullets, hitting an employee and two men waiting for their car." more ›

The 13-year-old boy who was fatally shot just after getting out of school on Friday was an innocent bystander caught in the crossfire. Kevin Miller, a freshman at Campus Magnet Humanities and the Arts High School, was using extra allowance he had received for doing chores and good grades to go to McDonald's with a friend when he ended up the victim of a stray bullet that came flying when another group of teenagers got into a fight at a nearby car wash and someone began shooting. Last night police took a teenage suspect into custody for the shootings of Miller and a 17-year-old worker at the car wash who was shot in the leg and is in stable condition. The suspect is undergoing questioning and awaiting charges. more ›

Not even an hour after the Friday school bell rang at a Queens high school, a freshman was killed during an after-school fight. Soon after school was let out at Campus Magnet Humanities and the Arts High School (aka Andrew Jackson) in Cambria Heights, a fight broke out among a group of teenagers, ending when one of the broke out a gun and fatally shot 13-year-old Kevin Miller in the head. more ›

A Queens car wash was the scene of a fatal incident that left one employee dead. Two workers who had been drying a vehicle were hit by another worker who drove into them with an SUV. more ›

A Queens resident was arrested after driving his car into a car wash controller repeatedly at the Mr. Hand Car wash in Elmont, Long Island. more ›