Alycia Lane, the anchorwoman from the CBS owned station KYW in Philadelphia , who was at one time linked to WCBS anchor Chris Wragge, sent bikini photos to a married man, and is frequently mentioned in the Post’s Page Six column got into some more hot water in Chelsea around 2 a..m. Sunday morning. The Long Island native, allegedly punched a female police officer from the 10th Precinct in the face at W. 17th Street and 9th Avenue. more ›

• Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: an unusual rescue on 68th St. and Central Park West in Manhattan, a confined space rescue at Lorimer and Meserole Sts. in Brooklyn, and a shooting on Carpenter Ave. and 221st St. in the Bronx.
• Columbia University is a-brimming with protests, against things like torture and apathy.
• A young man and his family are recovering from a freak accident involving a fallen tree branch in Riverside Park that put him in a coma.
• Billionaire Ron Perelman is suing his ex-wife Ellen Barkin and her brother for draining a company they founded together of a few hundred thousand dollars.
• The Long Island man with the "GETOSAMA" license plates filed a federal suit against the DMV to have them returned.
• Regulatory and zoning issues continue to hold up the construction of a Brooklyn Whole Foods grocery store, despite a groundbreaking that occurred a year ago.
• A 37-year veteran with the DOT was arrested after being accused of accepting bribes in relation to bridge construction.
• The application for a zoning change to the St. Saviour's property in Queens has apparently been withdrawn.

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• Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a bank robbery and arrest on 1st Ave. in Manhattan, an unstable building report on President St. in Brooklyn, and a tall truck met a low overpass bridge on West 231st St. in the Bronx.
• NJ Governor John Corzine remains on a ventilator and is heavily sedated, a day after he was involved in a car accident that left him severely injured. The severity and extent of the Governor's injuries––that necessitated the infusion of seven pints of blood––appear more serious than initially reported.
• Mathieu Eugene remains in the race for a contested City Council seat in Brooklyn. A judge rejected a lawsuit asking for his removal from the ballot because he was never officially sworn in after he couldn't prove residency at the time of his special election.
• Cops and bar owners are continuing a discreet affair that involves quiet meetings and promises of improved behavior, by both parties.
• Curbed looks at a Brooklyn's bad case of the Demolition Measles, which is almost as bad as the rash of gentrification that's been plaguing the borough.
• The NYPD is leaving everyone mystified about how someone could be arrested for trespassing at a non-existent address.
• Worried relatives sent firefighters to check on an elderly relative who was proving unreachable. They searched, found, and then rescued her from a home filled with garbage. The Long Island woman was buried beneath three feet of trash.

The Long Island Rail Road has been starting to fill in gaps at certain train platforms in the wake of various customer falls. Eighteen year old Natalie Smead, visiting from Minnesota and on her way to Manhattan for a concert, fell in the gap at the Woodside stop and was fatally hit by a train when she tried to get out of the tracks. Newsday found that the gaps at Woodside were as wide at 15 inches. Oddly enough, the Woodside station wasn't on the initial list of stations whose platform gaps needed to be closed (at this point, tracks at Shea Stadium, Jamaica, Southampton and Deer Park have been fixed). more ›

Either the Post is trying to rile people up even more or there really is a "Tourist Mugger" on the loose. A woman was assaulted while walking on West 93rd Street at 11AM Saturday morning. The Long Island woman was alone when her head was bashed, but it was 11AM. The attacker took $20 from her purse. The Post says police are determining whether there is any connection to last week's attempted mugging on a Canadian tourist. 11AM. Man... Gothamist hopes this is just another terrible random act and not a tourist mugger. Also, can visitors from Long Island (and New Jersey and Connecticut) really be called tourists? more ›

Sixteen of the thirty-five bands, including Radiohead and the Beastie Boys, in the Field Day Fest line up will perform at the new Giants Stadium on Saturday. more ›