Yesterday’s Mega Millions lottery had a big winner, but nobody has come forward with their ticket to claim the $133 million. The ticket was sold in Queens, but we don't know who will be going home with lots of old-timey bags of money with dollar bill signs on them.
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Something’s fishy about New York’s fish—but that won’t stop desperate locals from bringing home a free dinner. The “fresh” fish that people have been catching is laden with toxins and cancer causing PCBs; levels of mercury make it especially dangerous for children and women of child-bearing age.
The Daily News tested fish in three different locations, and the highest levels of mercury and PCBs were seen in a striped bass found off of Gantry Plaza. Although Hunts Point in the Bronx had a winter flounder that was a bit cleaner, tests of bluefish from the Gowanus Harbor off Red Hook also had dangerous levels of toxins.
Although the studies appear to demonstrate that the fish caught near NYC's coast aren't safe, many of New York’s shanty fishermen have yet to accept this fact. Gabriel Gomez—a married father with two sons aged 12 and 15—is sited in the Daily News story as the typical example of a New York fisherman. He was spotted wearing a garbage bag to protect himself from the rain, while using his makeshift fishing rod constructed of discarded water bottle and string. He said that, “This week, I only work one day. Yesterday, fish. Today, fish. Not working too much, you see.”
Recreational anglers at Gantry Plaza State Park in Queens say that even beggars are hungry for the fish. Instead of asking for spare change, they ask for spare fish from whomever is willing to share. Yet some fishermen weren’t even aware of the dangers of mercury and PCBs. To spread the warning, state officials say that they have already handed out thousands of brochures in English and Spanish, and signs have been put up at fishing spots throughout the city. [via nydailynews]
New York City’s a wild ride—especially when trapped in an illegal pickup van for a seven-mile car chase.
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In a historical game, the Manhattan Mayhem beat the Queens of Pain for the first time in last Saturday’s bout. It looks like it might be Manhattan’s year for roller derby. Not only did they win last month’s game against the Brooklyn Bombshells, but they have a kinetic flow in their teamwork, which clearly shows when they play.
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It's being reported that St. David's School on Manhattan's Upper East Side has closed after 10-20 percent of students reported flu-like symptoms. They join the 11 public schools who have decided to close, bringing the number of schools closed to 12 so far. Usually there's a domino-effect amongst the privates, so we wonder if this means the rest of the privileged private schools will be following suit—just to be safe.
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The horrific crisis of the MTA's budget deficits (estimated at $1.2 billion, which is the approximate GDP of Bhutan) turned another ugly cheek as agency chief Elliot Sander doesn't deny that the MTA would consider cutting overnight service.
There's almost no way that this can happen—overnight service carts around many late-night revelers and houses many a homeless folk. There's also no known way that they're going to change the slogan to "The city that never sleeps, except for the subways, which go to sleep and leaving you stranded on the wrong side of the river."
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For some reason, the news of the Swine Flu threat makes me think of a South Park episode. Shouldn't there be a some chicken-pig-Mexican hybrid that is freaking out the population and causing folks to shoot up anyone who looks or sounds foreign? I've already heard people talk about being scared of folks on the N line who are reading something in Spanish. Could they be Mexican? Could they have Swine Flu?
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For the first time that I can discern, federal stimulus money will be used to repair and prevent the inevitable destruction of actually tangible things: The Brooklyn Bridge (and 16 other bridges along with the Staten Island Ferry terminal).
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Sweet, dude! Firefighter/sanitation dude Matthew Cody and his super chill bro have been indicted, or some shit, for growing pot out of a Queens home.
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