May 30, 2007
Extra, Extra
- Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a power outage on Beach Channel Drive in Queens, a shooting on Hale Ave. in Brooklyn, and a shooting at East 157th St. and Cortland Ave. in the Bronx.
- The Gowanus Lounge has a post on the giant inflatable water slide that Thor Equities intends to erect at Coney Island. The slide manufacturer's web site advertises that when it comes to entertaining children "size does matter," so good luck explaining what the heck that means when you bring your kids.
- Seattle transplant Tricia Romano ends her run covering NYC's rhythm and flow for the Village Voice's "Fly Life" column. In a male-dominated scene, she was a rare distaff voice and we wish her luck on future endeavors, like writing features for the paper.
- Giuliani was heckled by activists at his birthday fundraiser, demanding to know more about his knowledge of the Twin Towers' collapse.
- A homeless panhandler has urged his court appointed lawyer to file a First Amendment suit after being arrested for begging in public and then reading about a similar case in the paper. The Times doesn't specify, but we suspect it might be the case of the panhandler who sued the city for $100,000 and won.
- Several Inwood, Manhattan high school students were injured when a car ran over a bottle of Drano, splashing them with its contents.
- It's getting down to brass tacks time in the wrongful death lawsuit centered around the killing of Malcolm Ferguson by a member of the NYPD seven years ago.
- Venerable talk show host Joe Franklin wants New Yorkers to help identify the cab that ran him down at 35th St. and 8th Ave. earlier this month.
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that drano article link says that the children were playing with firecrackers in the street. it never mentions a car.
Yeah the article blames the kids involved.
"Fire officials said that children were playing with firecrackers and Drano in the middle of the street. The Drano exploded and splashed on the children and two adults."