Month: November 2008

Clearing the Way in NYC

Scenes from the marathon:
> Of all the neighborhoods we raced through, Green Point [sic] and Williamsburg, both in Brooklyn, kept us escorts the busiest. Here, residents seemed to be under the false impression that the roads had been closed for their convenience, and walked into the middle of the road without as much as a glance to check for traffic.
Yep, that sounds like us.

DEC Agreement on Newtown Creek Sewage Plant

The City and the State Department of Environmental Conservation have reached an agreement on upgrading the Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant (funny, I thought it *was* in mid-upgrade). The agreement provides $10 million for “community environmental benefit projects”, and includes an agreement to ensure environmental compliance at all 14 city treatment plants.
The agreement is settlement for $27.5 million in fines that have been levied against the Newtown Creek plant for past environmental violations.
Fun fact: the Newtown Creek plant is the largest sewage treatment plant in the state. Go Greenpoint!

Bedford Avenue Rapist Sought

Via NY1, a woman was raped on Bedford Avenue at 4 a.m. Wednesday morning. The report doesn’t say where on Bedford.
**UPDATE:** Gothamist reports that the rape occurred in Crown Heights’ 71st precinct (though their slug is still titled “rapist_at_large_in_williamsburg”).

Obama!

> As the returns became known, and Mr. Obama passed milestone after milestone — Ohio, Florida, Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Iowa and New Mexico — people rolled spontaneously into the streets to celebrate…
Bush was right after all – he *is* a uniter, not a divider.
And now the grown-ups are in charge again. Someone has to clean up this mess.