Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: an abduction on Atlantic Ave. in Brooklyn, a double shooting at West 151st St. and Walton Ave. in the Bronx, and a pursuit/crash/bailout on 95th St. and the West Side Highway in Manhattan. The disbarred lawyer accused of murdering his wife and blaming it on a random carjacking admitted to cops that he'd sent flowers to his girlfriend that day and had various small affairs and used escorts outside......

Separate incidents on Christmas Eve leading into Christmas Day across the city have resulted in five murders and six injuries. Early Monday morning at 1AM, a man was fatally shot in the back outside of a Sweet 16 party in the Bronx another 17-year-old man was also injured in the shooting. In the evening, another killing occurred in the Bronx, with a man being shot in his car after pulling into a neighbor's driveway. Around......

The uncle of Lee Coleman, the man that stole several knives and slashed two people on 2nd Ave. last Saturday before being shot by an off-duty officer, says that he called the police hours before the attack and that they refused to help. Alexander Flowers said that on 4 a.m. Saturday morning he saw his nephew, who was clearly disturbed. He called Co-op City security and then the police around 7 a.m. According to the......

Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a pedestrian struck on Pennsylvania Ave. and Fulton St. in Brooklyn, a bank robbery on Co-Op City Blvd. in the Bronx, and a commercial high-rise fire on Broadway in Manhattan. An actor who once played a police lieutenant on L&O: SVU turned himself in to NJ cops today on suspicion of possession of child pornography. YouTube wants to subpeona comedians Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert in a lawsuit charging......

With the mercury rising to high for the city's liking, Mayor Bloomberg held a press conference at the Office of Emergency Operations in Brooklyn to emphasize what the city is doing during the heat wave. We suspect he's trying to be extra visible and genially authoritative (check out the plaid shirt!) in order to salvage public opinion after the Queens blackout, but his words are important:“The heat wave affects New Yorkers in all five boroughs,......

Parts of Co-Op City, the Bronx development with 55,000 residents, have lost power this morning at 2:30AM. And before you can blame it on Con Ed, Co-Op City produces its own power. CBS 2 reported that residents are "without electricity, heat or hot water," which is no good on this cold work morning. City agencies and utilities are working on the problem this morning. Wikipedia Co-Op City, which was built on the former grounds of......

- The man who killed his girlfriend and abandoned her young daughter on a Queens street got 32 years in jail - MTA says no transit contract revote - what does this mean...what does this mean? - Fashion designers want to prevent you from buying the knockoffs of their designs at H&M and Zara - The National Magazine Award finalists are announced - Third brush fire in Staten Island in four days - The......