This Is What You Get for Picking Up Another Dog's Poop?

Ann Stanczyk, 49, was walking her terrier Psotka (Polish for prankster) near her home in Rockaway Beach on the Friday after Thanksgiving when two NYPD officers took a special interest in her dog's business. She claims that two cops approached her and ordered her to scoop poop that wasn't Psotka's, and after she begrudgingly complied, they violently arrested her for talking back. "They saw my dog and they said I didn't clean up," Stanczyk, a Polish immigrant, tells the Daily News. "I said, 'No, she only pee.' They, of course, not agree with me and I say, 'Show me. Where is it?' " [MORE]

Brooklyn Street Artist Sure Killed in Action in Afghanistan

Sure and Faust (via Sparky Luck's flickr stream). BSA brings the sad news that Brooklyn street artist "Sure" recently was killed in Afghanistan where he was stationed as an Intelligence Officer in the Marine Corps. Writes his friend "Faust": "Sure was born and bred in Brooklyn and recognized for... [ MORE ]

[UPDATE] Driver Issued Summonses After Fatally Hitting Pedestrian

[UPDATE BELOW] Yesterday, 21-year-old Jason King was fatally hit by a Mack truck backing up through an intersection on the Upper East Side. Driver Anthony Regisford was issued one summons for failing to secure a load and another one for not having a medical card, and police say that... [ MORE ]

Will Koch Bridge Catch On Like The RFK Bridge Didn't?

Flickr user -Ruben- Some bridges don't get no respect. No mayor in his right mind would ever dream of naming the Brooklyn Bridge after a former politician, but when it comes to bridges with modern, ugly metalwork it's all RFK and... Ed Koch? The Bloomberg administration will reportedly announce... [ MORE ]

New Study: NYC's Not Very Smart

New York City, our brainpower index is only 0.771. We don't even know what that number means, but according to this Portfolio study, someone in Boulder, Colorado may be able to enlighten us—their brainpower index is 3.941! Basically, Portfolio made up some silly list and put it into a... [ MORE ]

New Neighborhood Name: CanDo!

While it's not as ridiculous as Dowisetrepla (short for: Downwind of the sewage treatment plant), the latest neighborhood name is a close second... and as opposed to its competition it's real. According to the Daily News, a city marketing group is trying to make CanDo happen. The name is... [ MORE ]

$100 Ticket for Throwing Out Newspaper in City Trash Can?

EssG's Flickr NYC Department of Sanitation Commissioner John J. Doherty runs a tight trash heap, and his team of dedicated sanitation artisans are truly New York's strongest. But has he gone too far in his zeal to enforce the city's numerous sanitation rules [pdf]? One elderly Inwood resident named... [ MORE ]

Bloomberg Loves Obama's Tax Compromise With GOP

From a May visit While President Obama is catching hell from his own party for his compromise with the GOP to extend the Bush tax cuts, there's one person who is happy: Independent billionaire Michael Bloomberg. The Mayor discussed the deal yesterday, and managed to tout his leadership (natch)... [ MORE ]

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