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$15 Million "No Fatties" Restaurant Lawsuit Will Go To A Jury

Wed, 23 May 2012 18:04:00 +0000

Back in 2006 two former waitresses at the Sutton Place Bar & Restaurant sued their former employers for $15 million claiming they’d been fired for complaining about a policy there that essentially came down to “no fatties allowed.” Now, after years of legal wrangling, the pair’s suit has been given the go-ahead to go before a jury. [ more › ]

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Best Subway Commute Ever: Spotting Sam Waterston On 1 Train

Wed, 23 May 2012 17:53:00 +0000

Being underground on a steamy subway platform can be sweaty and soul-crushing. Which is why spotting Sam Waterston this morning—waiting for a train with a crowd of commuters—was like a mirage. When he entered the crowded 1 train, he took out his glasses and studied the subway map—perhaps he was trying to figure out what station would be his best bet to check out some of these spots . [ more › ]

Teen Honor Student Tackled By NYPD Sues City For $5.5 Million

Wed, 23 May 2012 17:42:00 +0000

The family of a 15-year-old honor student is suing the city after she was tackled by plainclothes police officers after matching the profile of a shoplifter. Last Friday afternoon, police in the 78th Precinct received a description of shoplifters as “two female black teens, dark hair,” one with a ponytail. Brittany Rowley was walking down Prospect Park West with a friend; the two were on the way to the library. Suddenly an unmarked police car appeared. “I thought we were being abducted,” Rowley tells the Daily News. The girls ran, but two officers tackled them. “Why did you fucking run? I should punch you,” Rowley says one officer told her. [ more › ]

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Early Addition: Snooki Is Having A Male Meatball

Wed, 23 May 2012 17:30:00 +0000

Because a man was drunk driving with a baby zebra and parrot, check out today’s mid-day links: a TV auteur discussion, Zach Galifianakis is a “Dunce,” scissor stabbing, and Christopher Guest coming to TV. Don’t forget to follow Gothamist on Twitter and like us on Facebook . You can also get the top stories mailed to you— sign up here . [ more › ]

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Great GoogaMooga Offering FULL REFUND To Extra Mooga VIPs

Wed, 23 May 2012 17:17:00 +0000

Superfly is offering Extra Mooga customers a 100% refund, including those $17.71 handling fees. “We promised you a terrific Extra Mooga experience this past weekend and we didn’t deliver,” the organizers write on their website. “We’re very sorry if we disappointed you.” Roughly 4,000 people paid for the Extra Mooga experience over the weekend, so at $267.21 per ticket, they’ll be paying over $1 million in refunds. No word on whether Superfly will pump the stomachs of David Chang, Aziz Ansari, James Murphy, and Ruth Reichl, and let us all watch. [ more › ]

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Generational "Icon" Justin Bieber Is Next Big Name Announced For Barclays Center Concert

Cole Perkins — Wed, 23 May 2012 17:04:00 +0000

Is Jay-Z bringing all the big names to Brooklyn? Barclays Center has been announcing some major concert headliners ( Leonard Cohen , Babs ), with the latest being Justin Bieber , who will be performing his first big Brooklyn concert there in November. Better watch your back, Madison Square Garden. [ more › ]

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NJ Mom Arrested After She Left Babies In Car—And Left Car In Neutral

Cole Perkins — Wed, 23 May 2012 16:54:00 +0000

A woman who was arrested after leaving her six-month-old twins in her minivan while she ducked into a NJ CVS—only for the minivan to roll away—is insisting that it was just a ” momentary lapse in judgment .” Natalie Akselrod was arrested for endangering the welfare of a child, and told the Bergen Record that the eight hours in processing was the longest she had been away from her children. Akselrod added, “They’re my life. I would never put them in danger.” [ more › ]

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Fun Buns, Taiwanese-Style Bao, Spices Up Food Trucks

Wed, 23 May 2012 16:43:19 +0000

Okay, Fun Buns is technically run out of a cart, but the offshoot from the Bian Dang folks has been up and running for the past month . Fun Buns serves Taiwanese-style bao—yes, the open-faced bougie kind . [ more › ]

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Alleged Brooklyn Blowgun "Dart Boy" Insists He’s Just A Patsy

Wed, 23 May 2012 16:30:00 +0000

Three people were randomly hit by three-inch long darts on Sunday evening in Bensonhurst, in a sniper attack that brought to mind the dreaded ” Dart Man” attacks of 1990 . Police quickly apprehended a suspect, a 15-year-old boy, who allegedly fired the darts from his roof using a blowgun. An NYPD source told the Post on Monday that Vasquez “basically copped to it,” but now the teen is insisting he was just along for the ride. [ more › ]

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Humid Weather Expected Through Memorial Day

Cole Perkins — Wed, 23 May 2012 16:17:00 +0000

If you like humidity today is your special day! Thanks to some tropical air the dew point is in the mid 60s this morning. That’s just a couple degrees less than the temperature, making for an uncomfortable day. A zombie-like cold front to the west of the city may provide just enough energy to produce scattered showers or a thunderstorm this afternoon. Some of that rain could be heavy given the amount of moisture in the air. Given all the cloud cover today’s high should stay in the lower 70s, but the mid 70s is not out of the question. [ more › ]

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