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• Commented on Broadway to be Closed to Motor Vehicles For Seven Blocks
  32nd to 35th + 42nd to 47th = eight blocks, not seven....
• Commented on Park Slope Food Co-op May Ban Israeli Products
  The Brooklyn Paper is reporting that this is a stray rumor and is incorrect. "The Food Co-op is NOT — repeat not — considering a ban on Israeli products" -Gersh Kuntzman http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/32/8/32_8_gk_coop.html...
• Commented on IBO Suggests Cutting New Budgetary Trees in City's Forest
  "...maybe the recent drug bust at FIT is enough bad press to make the Department of Education take the IBO's advice and end its role as school's financial sponsor...." What does one have to do with the other? FIT is...
• Commented on Roosevelt Islanders About to Get Zapped by High Con Ed Bills
  I looked at an apartment on the northwest end of RI about 5 years ago (can't remember the name of the complex); we ended up taking a place elsewhere because we read online that the energy bill due to electric...
• Commented on Subway Robberies Up, Murders Down, CSI Actor Mugged
  I've never seen this actor before (don't watch CSI), but he looks like a young David Letterman....
• Commented on No _____ on the Subway!
  I think it is "no spitting"...I saw this on an E train home tonight, and walked through to a second car and saw the same signs there, in the same spots--pretty sure these are legit MTA-issued signs. The old E...
• Commented on Department Stores Giving Away Makeup
  Please stop spreading misinformation. This is not a "giveaway". The items are being distributed to members of the class, which is defined in the class action settlement as current US residents who purchased specific brands of department store cosmetics during...
• Commented on Circuit City Begins to Brown Out
  >>Today began the wind down in the liquidation process for local Circuit City stores after the electronics chain announced yesterday that it would be filing for bankruptcy. Circuit City ALREADY filed for bankruptcy--in the Eastern District of Virginia, Case No....
• Commented on Peter Luger Steakhouse Backlash: Brooklyn Paper Piles On!
  Well said, mrguy....
• Favorited Mike Doughty, Musician on Gothamist
• Commented on Mele Painted as a Monster as Garza Search Continues
  According to the Post, he is an employee of the Quiznos, not a manager....
• Commented on NYC Foreclosures Declined in November But...
  It is worth noting that Queens and SI, with the largest number of foreclosures, also have significantly higher rates of owner-occupied housing than the other boroughs....
• Commented on NYU is <i>Not</i> Suggesting CUNY to Students
  As a CUNY alumna (BA and MS), I agree with the above comments concerning the quality of education available at CUNY. However, I'm annoyed that such "In and Of the City" transfer students may receive a significant portion of their...
• Commented on Early Addition
  According to an episode of Lock Up that was filmed at Rikers and http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/26/nyregion/26rikers.html?_r=1&adxnnl;=1&partner;=rssuserland&emc;=rss&adxnnlx;=1228238593-ls18upSBJIILYXj1z3YHEA, those canvas sneakers are known as Air Giulianis....
• Commented on Did Liz Lemon Leave a Misleading Trail of Cupcake Crumbs?
  @NannyState, that would be muffin tops at the fictional "Top of the Muffin to You!"...
• Commented on Rockefeller Christmas Tree Arrives
  Also, the brothers claim that a bluebird that visited the tree was their mother guarding it: http://www.nbcnewyork.com/around_town/the_scene/Rockefeller-Center-Christmas-Tree.html...
• Commented on <i>Finally</i>: Election Day 2008 is Here
  I voted in East Midtown at Cathedral High School this morning--the line snaked from 1st Avenue to 2nd Avenue and around the corner, but it moved pretty quickly. Took about an hour....
• Commented on Lehman Sells Off Assets... to Pay Lawyers First?
  For an audience that is likely unfamiliar with the ins-and-outs of corporate bankruptcy, this post, like the Daily News article, is carelessly written by an ignorant writer. Many important details are missing. Bankruptcy is quite different than other areas of...
• Commented on Lugo Menswear Expands Into Edibles with Lugo Caffe
  More specifically, this restaurant is located on the ground floor of 1 Penn Plaza. It tends to draw a lot of businesspeople from the building....
• Commented on Dead Man's Autopsy Finds 50 Heroin Packets
  Was his leg severed or still attached?...
• Commented on Elderly Tax Lawyer Told He Can't Write Off Hookers
  Not a "Halby" ending for this guy. PS, the pic in the Post is scary!...
• Commented on BurritoVille Out of Business?
  No Burritoville bankruptcy filing (yet)--I just did a search on the court's website....
• Commented on Burglar Gets Jumped By Female Sales Manager
  The fact that she's employed as a sales manager doesn't add anything to the story; why is it mentioned?...
• Commented on Hasids Say Cyclists Too Sexy for Bike Lanes
  Please fix the title--"Hasidim" is the plural of "Hasid", not "Hasids"....
• Commented on First Sarah Palin Interview Goes to ABC News
  I was really disappointed to hear that the first interview is being given to Charlie Gibson, considering the mess that he and George Stephanopoulos made of the Democratic debate back in the spring. As much as I'd like to see...
• Commented on Early Addition
  The crane thing is "Sky Watch," a “mobile platform for surveillance, assessment, and response”. More info is at http://www.icxnewheights.com/products/skywatch/...
• Commented on Frozen Yogurt Mania Goes to the Dogs
  This doesn't sound much different than Frosty Paws, which is available at most supermarkets....
• Commented on Reminder from Transit Officials: the Bus Isn't Free
  @jackdonaghy The fine is $100, not $1,000....
• Commented on Skyrise Dwellers Oppressed by Sun
  I particularly like the fact that the woman with the $20k sofas and $12k blinds is a 23 yr. old grad student....
• Commented on Two Artists Battle Over a "Warhol"
  Malanga is more than just an assistant; didn't he co-found Interview?...