After posting about the mommy-tracking lawsuit against Goldman Sachs, we wondered where things stood with the Bloomberg LP discrimination suit, where a number of employees accused the media information services company of bias against employees who took maternity leave. Now we know: Three more plaintiffs have joined the class-action lawsuit. more ›

One of the city's efforts to add affordable housing is drawing jeers from residents in city housing. The city has reasoned that some of the areas surrounding public housing—including parking lots and greenspace—have been underutilized, and it's selling the land to developers who will build new affordable housing units. They say the profits will also go to fix up existing properties. But residents in the current buildings say the construction comes at the expense of some of their amenities, including cheap parking and nice views. And while the city's touting the new units as affordable, that might ring hollow to some of the current residents, since the new buildings will in some cases be open to families who make $150K. more ›

81-year-old mega-cougar Maria Cartagena was allegedly paranoid that the women in her building were after her much younger 60-year-old husband, Rafael. According to the Post the woman "shot a hat off the head" (!) of her neighbor, Grammy award-winning Eddie Palmieri's wife, and now remains under medical and psychological observation at Rikers. more ›

Convicted killer of Linda Stein, her former assistant Natavia Lowery, has been hoping for a new lawyer... and it looks like dreams do come true. After a number of outbursts and a threat to her old legal team, the Daily News reports that the judge let her have new representation. Lowery and her family were back in the courtroom today, where Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Richard Carruthers reprimanded them for disturbing two court proceedings and creating a "potentially dangerous situation." more ›

The white powder sent to Rep. Anthony Weiner's office appears to be a kind of antacid. The powder—which forced nine staffers at the Congressman' Kew Gardens office to be decontaminated yesterday—was harmless, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly told the Daily News. "That was the initial finding, and it'll be confirmed in a lab." more ›

On Wednesday, the Mayor's Office Tweeted the disappointing news that NYC was lagging in its 2010 census participation, with the city's participation at 6% while the country as a whole was at 16%. Now the Mayor's Office says, "Send in your #Census form so #NYC benefits! We're still behind the national rate: 16% of NYC forms sent back versus 29% across the country... We all can do a better job sending back the #Census! #Queens=15% #Brooklyn=13% #StatenIsland=24% #Bronx=13% #Manhattan=19%" You can see how well—or how badly—your neighborhood is doing with sending in census forms by checking out the more ›

A top city lead and asbestos inspector pleaded guilty today to filing false reports that several NYC buildings were toxic-free without actually conducting any tests. Saverio "Sam" Todaro, owner of SAF Environmental Corp. of Queens, admitted that he copied official documents and forged the signatures of lab employees for at least seven buildings between 2005 and 2008. According to the Post, some of the buildings were tied in to a city-run, affordable housing program. more ›

Yesterday (just in time for Easter!) the Prospect Park Zoo alerted potential visitors that their 3-year-old Flemish giant rabbit—Herbie, who weights in at 18 lbs—is available for petting! They note: "zoo-goers can greet Herbie and touch other animals at the Live Animal Encounters program held every Saturday and Sunday at 12:30, 1:00, 2:30, 3:00 p.m." Surprisingly, this big guy is a full 10 lbs lighter than some others of his kind! more ›

A reader just sent us these photos, saying "Look what I found on my M14!" Indeed, this is worthy of at least one exclamation point (and some SubChatters were equally enthused after spotting one earlier this week). If you've never found yourself short of change or MetroCard funds after getting on a bus, here is typically what happens. The driver gives you some time to rummage through your purse for change (because no bills are accepted), then suggests you ask everyone on board if they have change, and then you basically get booted off at the next stop after an unsuccessful attempt at panhandling. But things are about to change, straphangers... as long as you're holding plastic. more ›

It's not just the Democrats who supported health care reform who are running into trouble. Democrats who opposed the bill infuriated party officials and union supporters—and now liberal groups are trying to push them out of office. That's the case in Staten Island, where Rep. Mike McMahon has drawn the ire of influential Democrats and labor unions for voting against health care reform, even though the vote might have pleased his constituents. more ›

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The teachers union won a lawsuit today against the Dept. of Education, halting plans to close 19 under-performing schools in NYC. The United Federation of Teachers and the NAACP claimed in their lawsuit that the DOE plan violated state law because it failed to consider the impact of the school closings on the community, and the judge agreed. more ›

Last August Frank Coppola of Staten Island beat his girlfriend's chihuahua to death. A necropsy performed on the three-year-old dog, named Bella, showed severe trauma to its chest, internal bleeding, several broken ribs, a ruptured jugular vein and bruised lungs. Coppola beat the animal while his girlfriend, Melissa DePietro, was out, then called her to say there was "a problem with the dog." DePietro rushed home and took Bella—who had hemorrhaging in her eyes and blood coming from her mouth—to an animal hospital, where she was declared dead. Today, Coppola got a slap on the wrist. more ›

Months before the MTA implements widespread transit cuts, the cash-strapped agency has been staffing fewer back-up drivers and reducing bus service as a way to save money, according to union officials and bus drivers. For the past two months, the agency has been cutting costs by lowering the number of subs available when other drivers call in sick—meaning in some instances there aren't enough drivers to complete all of the scheduled bus trips, amNY reports. more ›

It's been one day since the fugitive coyote landed in the hands of The Man after a daring dodge down the West Side Highway's bike lane. Where is she now? (Yep, its a girl!) more ›