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Citing the unsightly damage that pigeon poop does to the city, City Council Member Simcha Felder announced a bill proposal to fine people $1000 for feeding pigeons. Some of Felder's key remarks and findings: "Stop feeding pigeons!" "If people like pigeons... feed [them] in your house and let them crap all over the place in your living room." A pigeon creates about 25 pounds of poop annually. "[The pigeons] may go elsewhere. Let them...

• Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a confined space rescue at The Beverly Hotel on 50th St. in Manhattan, a pedestrian struck on West 145th St. and 7th Ave. in Manhattan, and a fall victim on West 24th St. in Manhattan.
• Former NY State chief judge Sol Wachtler got his law license back, 14 years after pleading guilty to being a stalker.
• Some Jewish leaders are angry that Mayor Bloomberg met with London mayor Ken Livingstone, who Councilman Dov Hikind calls an anti-Semite racist. If it's any comfort to critics, it looks like taking a public bus ride with a mayor nicknamed "Red Ken" was Bloomberg just being a gracious guest.
• Herbert Muschamp, the architecture critic for The New York Times between 1992 and 2004, passed away yesterday
• Two Brooklyn parents were killed in a car accident upstate when the driver overcorrected after losing control and he crossed into oncoming traffic on a highway near Goshen, NY. Their four-month-old child and two friends survived the crash.
• Fishing for sport or fishing for dinner? Some argue that eating reel-caught fish is fine, which worries some lawmakers.
• Brooklyn Heights Blog features a report (with pictures) of George Clooney shooting a film on Middagh St. today.
• The two cops injured in a shootout in the Bronx this morning had to go undergo alcohol testing––the first time it's happened since the department's new policy was implemented. A union official said that giving a "Breathalyzer" to shot cops was demoralizing and degrading.

Pedestrian Memorial Stencil, by Times-Up at flickr

Mayor Bloomberg continued his Transatlantic trip, heading from Paris to a couple stops in Britain. And if you believe the billionaire isn't running for President, well, get a load of what he said while speaking to Britain's conservative party:

“The Conservative Party in the U.K. is much more fiscally conservative than many American politicians who call themselves conservative. Too many of our conservatives in the United States want to run up enormous deficits and hope that some way, somehow, someone else will pay for it. That’s not conservatism, that’s alchemy at best, or if you like, lunacy.”

Meow! The NY Times pointed out how the Mayor also pointedly said President Bush, “I think, never vetoed a budget... On the other hand, Congress has passed a lot of very big budgets that we can’t afford.” Which prompted the White House to say that the President hasn't had to veto budgets with a Republican Congress and that "the deficit has declined $200 billion and we’re on a path to balance the budget within five years."

Mayors from around are in the middle of the three-day Climate Summit being held at the Essex House. And Mayor Bloomberg took the time to explain why mayors must lead the effort to address environmental issues. The NY Times reports that Bloomberg strayed from his prepared remarks and said:

The world really is looking to these cities for leadership. You’re not going to get this from other government bodies. You’re going to get it from the mayors of the world and the cities of the world, where they have to make decisions, and the consequences of their decisions are visible within hours or days. We are the ones that can take this world ahead.

Bloomberg also took time to toot the PlaNYC initiative. Mayor Ken Livingstone, who implemented congestion pricing in London, told him, Can I just give you one word of warning?" Mr. Livingstone said during a news conference in Central Park. "There may be one or two people who will predict doom and gloom. Ignore them."