For an avowed non-presidential candidate, Mayor Bloomberg certainly gets more attention than some of the actual candidates. Newsweek devotes its cover story to "Mike" Bloomberg, "The Billion Dollar Wild Card," a reference to the billion dollars Mayor B has at his disposal, should be decide to run for president next year. That is so much more flattering than the "Lazy Like a Fox" cover Newsweek had of Fred Thompson! Newsweek editor-in-chief Jon Meacham got to......

Before the Beastie Boys’ concert at McCarren Park Pool last night, Gothamist attended a press conference with the 3 MC’s and verified an interesting bit of trivia: Despite having formed in Brooklyn, rehearsed often at Adam Yauch’s parent’s crib downtown, and associated themselves with the borough constantly over the decades, the band itself had not yet performed in Kings County. Mike D broke it down like so, “When we came up none of the......

The dust-up over Rudy Giuliani's waffling over abortion is small political beans in comparison to a liability he cannot possibly shrug off. Rudy Giuliani is an unapologetic Yankees fan, and people outside of NYC (and some within the confines of the city) HATE the Yankees. With a passion. There's a fabled Broadway musical called "Damn Yankees!" and it's not about Paul Revere or George Washington. To the hometown fan and natural supporter, Giuliani's support......

The 22nd Annual April Fools' Day Parade is today. Did you go? We hope not, because this is a long running joke itself. During its 15th year the press was fooled and showed up to find no parade. From the Museum of Hoaxes: In 2000 a news release was sent to the media stating that the 15th annual New York City April Fool's Day Parade was scheduled to begin at noon on 59th Street......

Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: Slashing on West 65th, fatal pedestrian stike in Bay Ridge, and a jumper down in Queens. See a car with a government-issued permit parking illegally? Send a picture to Uncivil Servants, a new website dedicated to exposing parking permit abuse The St. Patrick's Day Parade planner moves the FDNY from the front of the parade to the middle because he doesn't want drunk firefighters at the start The Voice......

Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: an amputation on the Van Wyck, a jumper down in Coney Island, and an off-duty Corrections officer shot in Bed-Stuy. The Lakers may be in town, but Kobe can't play! Bryant is suspended for hitting Manu Ginobili on Sunday, but we think the Knicks will choke. For the first time in 12 years, the city is going to be giving out new Section-8 housing vouchers to non-emergency applicants. The......

A look at some noteworthy programs this week: The Morning Show With Mike & Juliet (Monday, 10 a.m. WNYW 5) Fox takes another stab at a morning show. Just the thought of a Fox morning show brings back memories of the insipid Fox After Breakfast from the mid 90s that had Tom Bergeron and Viki Lawremce hosting from a faux Manhattan loft. The new entry is fronted by Mike Jerrick and Juliet Huddy of the......

Stabby special today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a stabbing on West Broadway and Canal, another on Broadway and 67th, and another in the Rockaways. Take a look at this huge Brooklyn panorama-- taken from somewhere in the vicinity of the Williamsburgh Savings Bank. MOMA is expanding again! In five years they'll have taken over all of midtown. F Trainer gets the prize for most extensive photo coverage of The Revere Sugar Factory-- be sure......

The iconic dome of Red Hook's Revere Sugar Refinery will probably disappear sometime in the next couple of weeks. To memorialize this grand and gritty vestige of the neighborhood's industrial past, we'd like to collect pictures of the inside and outside of the factory. Please add yours in the links. The ones above come to us via GC, who wrote in last night: I and another photographer visited the revere sugar refinery on sunday,......

Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: an unusual incident on the Queensboro Bridge ("NYPD HAVE 1 IN CUSTODY AFTER CONTROLLING A BICYCLE-CAB IN TRAFFIC" --BNN), two armed robberies in Brooklyn, and "scaffold incident" on 57th Street. Columbia students sure take detergent-stealing seriously: "...your mother should have had an abortion, you parasite. To whoever is touring Columbia's campus as a potential place for your son or daughter, do not come here. Your child's detergent is not......

Today is an all Brooklyn edition of the Gothamist Newsmap: a multiple murder suicide at the Walt Whitman Housing Project in Fort Greene, a bomb threat on Meserole Avenue in Brooklyn, and at fire on St. James Place in Park Slope. Most amusing Craigslist Missed Connection EVER: "I vomited in the bakery and you asked me if I was ok - m4w - 27 I answered that it must have been the tacos I......

Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a high-rise fire on West 143rd Street, a pedestrian struck and pinned by a car in Brooklyn, and a police car MVA in Central Park. The New York Times Magazine has put out their great "Year in Ideas" special-- it's worth checking out. For instance: The Diplomat-Parking-Violation Corruption Index. The state agency in charge of the Atlantic Yards project has issued its long-expected stamp of approval. Next up: lawsuits......

Some sad news for fans of New York industrial architecture: demolition permits have been issued for the Revere Sugar Refinery, located on a pier off Beard Street, and sandwiched between the site of the new Fairway and the soon-to-be-built Ikea. The property was recently purchased by Thor Equities, the same company that is working on the "redevelopment" of Coney Island. The site has long been a popular destination for photographers-- but it sounds like......