According to the Post, conductor Thomas Christopher, 35, allegedly got into a verbal argument with the 18-year-old boy aboard the southbound R train as it traveled near the 36th Street station in Astoria around 3:50 a.m. today (DNAInfo claims the incident occurred around 11 p.m. last night). The conductor lost his cool and allegedly punched the teen. Christopher, an MTA employee since March 2007, was arrested on misdemeanor assault charges. more ›

A 22-year old Manhattan deli clerk that took the late shift on New Year's Eve lucked out when he bought himself a winning scratch-off ticket. While everyone else was welcoming 2008 with friends and family, the Yemen native's wife and baby were still living a world away, so Waleed Alsaidi bought himself a little present at his family's deli in Harlem to pass time on the lonely shift. more ›

Page Six has reports of some nasty antisemitism that went down at the Hotel Gansevoort’s regrettably named G-Spa lounge. A witness tells the Post that a Jewish guest – who had paid for a ticket to the festivities – was insulted by the club’s staff for wearing a yarmulke. more ›

For some people, celebrating New Year's didn't mean drinking champagne and wearing whimsical hats: It meant trying to deliver a baby! New York City's first 2008 newborns are from Queens: Kamiyah Alina Barrow was born at midnight at New York Hospital Medical Center in Queens while Isabella Sophia Sears was born about a minute later at Elmhurst Hospital Center. more ›

• Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a person struck by a train at 14th St. and 8th Ave. in Manhattan, a shooting on Flatbush Ave. in Brooklyn, and a shooting on Houston St. in Manhattan.
• Yet another reason to celebrate: today is the 110th anniversary of Richmond County joining us as the 5th borough of NYC. The Staten Island Advance features a picture of a general store with a wooden Indian in front of it to remind readers what the county was like at the time.
• Queens Crap hands out its annual overdevelopment award. Crappy New Year Councilman John Liu!

• Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a bank robbery on 7th Ave. in Brooklyn, a child shot on 224th St. in Queens, and a pedestrian struck on Park Ave. and 39th St. in Manhattan.
• Through the miracle of digital image manipulation, even one's mug shot can become a glamour shot.
• After a gameday prohibition on selling beer at the stadium failed to dissuade scores of men gathering at Gate D and yelling for women to bare their breasts, the Jets organization figures it may as well make some money and will resume beer sales next season.

Happy New Year's Eve everyone! Are you at work today, or lucky enough to have the day off? There's only about half a day left in 2007, how will you be ringing in 2008 tonight? Here are some ideas if you're still looking for a place to toast champagne at midnight. more ›

Reader Douglas sent us this photograph of a 14th Street vendor unable to vend various 2008 and New Year's Eve tchotchkes. We've seen these vendors are on many corners, so one probably doesn't need to go too far to find one. And we have to admit that the wacky metallic top hat with LED "Happy New Year" (with a blinking and constant modes) are pretty hilarious. So hilarious that we bought one, along with 2008 sunglasses and a Happy New Year tiara. more ›

Happy New Year, by Pixietart. If you're going out tonight, send us pix of your revelry: photos (at) goth dot com. more ›

- Nicolette Sheridan does not look over-Botoxed with fish lips! more ›

It’s a new year, which means resolutions. Gothamist aimed low with our resolutions this year, seeing as we always break them by oh, today. (Nails bitten? Check. Too much beer imbibed? Yes. Zero regard for finances? You betcha.) We do have one more resolution which is to see more live shows and we think that’s something everyone should do. Even though we love DVR. We think going out is important. Resolve to see shows you haven’t seen before and realize that some of the people performing in New York right now might be famous soon! A few suggestions for this week…. more ›

Last year was Central Park's wettest year since… 2003. Okay, not too exciting. We did have the wettest October ever, so that's something to tell the grandkids about. On the temperature side of things 2005 was the warmest year since 2002! Okay, also not too exciting. What's remarkable about last year's temperature is the stretch of almost continuously above average temperatures from early June until the first of December. The new year is starting slow for Gothamist but we'll throw a couple of graphs recapping 2005 onto the Flickr group later in the week. more ›

Let’s face it, we all expected great things when Stephon Marbury joined the Knicks. The local boy was coming home and perhaps that is why we were blinded to his faults. We forgot how he demanded out of Minnesota even with Kevin Garnett to pass to. We ignored the fact that Jason Kidd took his place on the Nets and instantly made them title contenders. There were a lot of warning signs we simply missed. more ›

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