April 17, 2007
Extra, Extra
- Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a large sinkhole at University Ave. in the Bronx, a carjacking on Foch Blvd. in Queens, and a hanging on Park Ave. in Manhattan.
- Not only was Gov. Corzine not wearing his seatbelt, his state trooper driver was doing 91 m.p.h.(!) right before the crash. The speed limit on the Garden State Parkway is 65 m.p.h.
- Nine people were injured this afternoon when the Staten Island Ferry made a "heavy landing" at the St. George terminal. Neither the boat nor dock was damaged and the incident is being attributed to the weather and currents.
- Mayor Bloomberg's appointment as head of the Word Trade Center Memorial Foundation last October is proving very profitable. Fundraising had stalled before his appointment, but the organization's fund has more than doubled since Bloomberg came aboard, to more than $300 million.
- A 16-year-old was fatally shot in the neck yesterday afternoon in Brooklyn. Police are searching for another teenager, but there is no known motivation for the killling.
- Site onNYTurf has a map titled "Pedicouncil or Pettycouncil" that shows where City Council members stand on a law restricting pedicabs in the city.
- The Brooklyn bookstore owner who plead guilty to helping fund terrorist organizations was sentenced to 13 years in prison.
- Brownstoner salivates at real estate porn involving a limestone mansion in Fort Greene.
- Curbed reports on the Chinatown apartment on Grand St. that suffered an impromptu demolition party as a hipster describes [we] "Tore the place down." There's also a crazy video of the incident taken by a passerby wondering why glass was flying out the window.
- Authorities are wondering how an off-duty parole officer staying late after a party in Asbury Park, NJ managed to accidentally discharge his weapon and shoot three restaurant workers with a single shot.
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a HANGING? WHAT? like suicide-by-hanging?
The newsfeed that drives the Gothamist Newsmap just says "Hanging" and then specifies 850 Park Ave. and the time 1:47 p.m., so I imagine it was a hanging (suicide) that occurred at that address. 850 Park is on the corner of East 77th St.
Awesome photo.
Let's see.
Millionaire governor critically injured in 91 MPH crash, no reason for flashing lights, no seat restraint.
I hope the cost for his care is not coming out of Comp, No-Fault or Govt benefits.
NOT dissing the trooper (he should be covered).
Just any idiot in that situation should be responsible for his own costs at market rates.
Docs & hospital should be paid (from HIS funds) full market rate for his care, and HE should pick up the tab for his staff.
Think he's gonna file for a NJ State disablity pension based on injuries sustained in the "commision of his duties" (i.e., being in a rush to get to the Imus get-together)?
Bofug
kick ass shot Raymond!
Perhaps now, this will be modified to 'weigh the worst risk.'
Bofug, I certainly hope that you never need medical attention for injuries suffered in an accident that might be due to your own fault. Get drunk and fall down stairs, cut yourself with a kitchen knife, etc. Or are you one to sue the bartender or knife manufacturer instead of taking responsibility?
Sorry to say this to you, but that's what medical insurance, as part of his state benefits, are for, whether or not his behavior was reckless. And why should the trooper be covered if Corzine isn't? (I think they both should be, that's why insurance exists)
Hey! The bookstore-owner sentencing story has the same URL as the pedicouncil item. Come on! Where's the story?
I think the point here is that we have someone who routinely refused to wear his seatbelt. No one "deserves" to be injured and I'm NOT saying that (and personally I don't have an opinion on the $$-costs aspect), but I do hope this story will lower the number of people who do something as idiotic as saying "I don't wear seatbelts."
Carjacking on Foch ? Them Foch Boys don't play !!!! I wonder where that happened on Foch Blvd. ?