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- A 24 year-old mother from The Bronx was shot after leaving a Bronx nightclub. The suspects seem to have been involved in an arguement before the shooting.

Govenor Pataki and the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation announced plans for interim September 11 memorials. There are two memorials: One at 120 Liberty Street, where construction has already begun on the Tribute Center, which will be a storefront and basement with an information desk and exhibits; the other is a Story Corps oral history booth to be set up at the World Trade Center Path station. Victims' families and other groups are relieved at the announcement, given that the plans for rebuilding the WTC have moved at a snail's pace, mired in bureaucracy, turf wars, and security concerns (check out The New Yorker's Paul Goldberger on Ground Zero development). The memorials will be up until 2009, or whenever the planned permanent memorials are supposed to be completed.

A poll from the Siena College Research Institute says that it looks like Govenor Pataki won't be reelected. Given various matchups, Pataki would be defeated by either Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, who has announced he's running for Governor next year, and Senator Hillary Clinton who is actually being urged by many, including Congressman Charles Rangel, to run for President in 2008. Which means that Pataki seems like a terrible candidate to represent the Republican party. If Rudy Giuliani were to emerge as an alternative Republican candidate, he would be able to beat Spitzer, but not Clinton. Like Clinton, Giuliani is more interested in the Presidency, which makes the Clinton-Giuliani matchup numbers kind of fascinating. But they can hardly be called a national bellwhether, since outside of NY, Clinton is extremely polarizing and Giuliani may still be riding some of the September 11 sentiment in the heartland; oddly enough, Pataki's blandness is more suited for the national stage than either Clinton and Giuliani. Anyway, Gothamist is sort of relieved that the poll numbers bear out that Pataki won't be governor next year, because we've had more than enough.

Check out the State of the Subways Repord Card. A recent post about the MTA's budget issues. And for pure enjoyment of the subways, go to NYC Subway.

It looks like now that the New York State Legislature has overridden Govenor Pataki's veto of the budget and New York City aid, they have found some teeth on other issues. The Daily News reports today that two Brooklyn legislators have introduced bills to counteract the State's impending draconian smoking ban.