Photograph by Richard Greene Photography on Flickr
From the Gothamist Newsmap: An armed robbery at Broome St in Manhattan, a perp search at 31st St & Astoria Blvd in Queens and a pedestrian struck at Nelson Ave & Amboy Rd in [...]
Photograph from 1010WINS Around 11:30 a.m. this morning, a worker was trapped in a cesspool in East Hills, Long Island—and it took four hours of rescue efforts from numerous emergency responders to get him out. WCBS 2 reports, "Assistant Roslyn Fire" [...]
Photograph by Mary Altaffer/AP
Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau will stand against former Giant Plaxico Burress' request to take part in a work release program that would allow him to spend several nights a week at home, the Daily News reports.
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Surprisingly none of the views from your windows had people in them, but photographer Yasmine Chatila's new exhibit is all about voyeuristic views. The NY Post's Justin Rocket Silverman reports on her saucy Stolen Moments series, now on sale at the Upper [...]
Photograph of Bruno with his son by Mike Groll Former Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno, who was found guilty on two of eight charges in a federal corruption trial, http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/08/nyregion/08bruno.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss “I am very, very disappointed in the verdict. The legal process [...]
Photograph by ryan muir on Flickr In Albany, someone needs to take remedial accounting: Apparently the state miscalculated how much the MTA would get from a payroll tax associated with the bailout and it turns out the transit agency is getting [...]
Photograph of people heading to the NJ Statehouse to hear debate about same sex marriage by Mel Evans/AP
Last night at 10:06 p.m., the NJ Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill to legalize same-sex marriage in a 7 to 6 vote. The [...]
Photograph of Nate Robinson, benched, and Eddy Curry, injured, by Kathy Willens/AP Knicks 93, Trail Blazers 84: For the first time this season, the Knicks have won three games in a row. Less is more for the Knicks, who are playing fewer [...]
Photograph of a Nets fan last week by Bill Kostroun/AP
Pity the Nets, they play for our sins. They started the season a record-breaking 0-18, finally won a game last week under new head coach/GM Kiki Vandeweghe, then dropped a stinker [...]
Photograph by dietrich on Flickr A Treasury report suggests that the government will, as the NY Times reports, "recover all but $42 billion of the $370 billion it has lent to ailing companies since the financial crisis began last year, with" [...]
Photograph of Derek Hagan celebrating as as wide receiver Domenik Hixon, right, completes a 79-yard punt return for a touchdown by Kathy Willens/AP
Photograph of a conductor on a Coney Island bound Nostalgia Train last year by j.reed on Flickr
Nostalgia Train fans, this is your month! NYC Transit is running the 1930s-era Nostalgia Shoppers' Special on the V line between Long Island City' [...]
Photograph by Sion Fullana (an iPhoneographer in NYC) on Flickr
Photograph by Glark on Flickr
Fine, the snow didn't stick, but snowflakes did come down starting yesterday afternoon, after a rather miserable rainy wet morning. One person told NY1, "It's like winter, might as well feel like winter." Indeed! But in' [...]
Photograph of Chris Drury at the Sabres' goal by Don Heupel/AP Rangers 2, Sabres 1: Henrik Lundqvist sat less than a minute away from a shutout before giving up a goal. The Rangers don't care. They're just happy to get a win.' [...]
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Photograph of S. Epatha Merkerson and Benjamin Bratt from NBC
The Law & Order episode featuring the return—for one episode—of Detective Rey Curtis, played by Benjamin Bratt, has been bumped from tonight till next Friday, December 11. Instead, NBC will air A [...]
Photograph by Daniella Zalcman on Flickr
With a state appeals court's 3-2 decision to call NY State's seizure of West Harlem land by way of eminent domain "unconstitutional," the land owners who sued are thrilled. Nick Sprayregen, a storage business owner, [...]
Photograph of Monserrate arriving to court today from the AP State Senator Hiram Monserrate, who was convicted of misdemeanor assault, was sentenced to 250 hours of community service. 52 weeks of domestic abuse counseling and three years of probation. The assault conviction [...]
Photograph from reader jlocke
A reader tip in Gothamist Contribute said, "2 cabs into scaffolding at nyu (719 broadway)." And then another reader, jlocke, sent us a photograph of the aftermath, writing, "Picture of what was reported in the anonymous tips to" [...]
