Results tagged “suspension”

After the Giants dominated the Seattle Seahawks yesterday, wide receiver Plaxico Burress told reporters he wasn't bothered by his two-week (but really one-game suspension, since the Giants had a bye for one week). Newsday reports Burress, who was punished for missing team meetings, said, "I didn't lose any sleep over it. I got me some rest. I was able to get away for a little while, chill out and relax. Things like that happen." He also added that his absence from the meetings was due to issues around taking his son to school, "Maybe I would have put a phone call in, but as far as things like that, I'm always going to put [things like his son] first. That's one thing people have to understand. I don't have any regrets over it."

The WNBC.com headline says it all: "Man Critical After Being Suspended From Ceiling At S&M Club." And before he was taken to St. Vincent's, he was found "bound and suspended from a ceiling while wearing women's high heels and a neck choker." The Post now says he may have suffered brain damage due to the lack of oxygen!

New Yorkers still trying to swallow the fare hike that's been approved by the MTA board can at least take heart that entire swaths of services aren't being eliminated. New York Water Taxi commuters are facing the elimination of large parts of that company's East River service from the beginning of 2008 at least until May of next year.

New York Water Taxi regretfully announces the suspension of commuter service on the East River from 1/1/08 to 5/1/08. As you may know, NYWT took over the service in 2003, on short notice, when it was abandoned by another operator. We have added new stops and worked tirelessly to make the run economically viable.

The company is citing a doubling in fuel prices since last year and a drop in ridership that just makes winter and early-spring operations economically nonviable. We have to imagine this is upsetting to residents and developers of spots like the Schaeffer Landing complex, that was touting its new Water Taxi stop right outside its buildings as an antidote to its relative remoteness from any subway stops. At least new residents of Dumbo can still get to the F train comparatively easily.