Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a person under a train at East Fordham Rd. and Jerome Ave. in the Bronx, a shooting on Henry and West 9th Sts. in Brooklyn, and a homicide on Roosevelt Ave. in Queens. New Yorkers found guilty of repeated incidents of ignoring recycling laws may be required to throw out their trash in see-through bags for easy inspection. Ads soliciting the perfect ass might not make it onto city......

Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a pediatric arrest on 5th Ave. near 117th St. in Manhattan, a person fatally struck by a train at 39th Ave. and 111th St. in Queens, and a submerged barge at the south end of the train tressel for the A line in Queens. Mayor Bloomberg doesn't just take the subway to work; he likes the Subway sandwich chain. "I love Subway sandwiches. I think they're a great deal,......

Last night Barack Obama came to Brooklyn to join supporters and community members at The Marriott Hotel on Adams Street. The event was set to begin at 7pm, and for hours prior to that (even after doors opened at 5:30) crowds filled the streets around the hotel - many waiting to get a glimpse of the candidate and many just waiting to get in! It turns out the event was oversold, a reader tells us......

It's Oscar Night and Gothamist is here. Tonight, it'll be a joint effort, from our resident film guru Karen Wilson and our resident Oscar freak Jen Chung. We hope you weigh in with what you think! KW: I have my popcorn, my diet coke -- I am ready for the spectacle and the excess. JC: ALL RIGHT! I just took extra Vitamin C - I'm waiting for some food delivery. 6:36PM Isaac Mizrahi has NOT......

Okay, red-blooded male Gothamist readers who are seeking girls who laugh, like the snark, and are interested in the direction this country is going in: It seems the part of the code has been cracked on how to meet lovely ladies in a place that isn't a bar or a comedy club. You need to go to events where Jon Stewart is present. Eric at State of the Art went to Stewart's book signing and......

Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry came to New York yesterday, for a last wooing session before the Republican National Convention next week. One his agenda: Hanging out with little kids at the Statue of Liberty, damning President Bush's 'fear and smear' tactics, yucking it up with Jon Stewart. The Daily Show bit was amusing, but John Stewart did not ask the hardest question of all: Will Kerry accept a role in the Wayans brothers' remake......