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State Assemblyman Adam Clayton Powell 4th, Democrat and son of the trailblazing Harlem politician Adam Clayton Powell Jr., was arrested for drunk driving on the upper West Side at 2:30 a.m. this morning. According to the Daily News, an unidentified woman passed out in the back of the car was so intoxicated she had to be taken to a local hospital. Powell failed a breath test at the scene by a small margin and, while at the station house, refused to take a chemical sobriety test. He faces charges punishable by up to a year in jail.

Today the NY Times introduces us to the man behind some of the city’s most boring buildings.

Seems that Donald Trump is heading into some real community problems with his attempt to build his 45-story Trump International Hotel & Tower on Spring Street. Though Trump claims he's got proper zoning to build his newest behemoth (the project will be overseen by Trump spawn Don Jr. and Ivanka along with winner Sean Yazbeck) local activists say "nuh-uh."

New York takes 6th in the world after Sydney, Rome, Florence, Bangkok and Cape Town. Gothamist does enjoy the graphic from Travel & Leisure for their whole World's Best section.