 A Brooklyn man was brutally beaten by a gang of teenagers in Wiliamsburg last month because the teens thought he was gay. Barie Shortell was attacked by a group of six teens on N. Fourth Street on Feb. 22 around 10 pm. The group mocked and taunted him with anti-gay slurs, including, “Oh s-t, is that a guy or a girl?” before jumping and attacking him. Shortell told Brooklyn Paper, “I feel pretty confident they perceived me as a gay man and attacked me, but I can’t understand why they did what they did. I looked horrible. Blood was everywhere.” [MORE]  | We've heard plenty of stories about people using ATMs to skim money from unsuspecting customers, but it seems that banks have been taking note, and have decided to get in on the action: several banks are rolling out dastardly new charges that could increase ATM fees to $5! ... [ MORE ] |  | What a beautiful day for a parade! The skies are clear and the temperature is up and starting at 11 a.m. an estimated 200,000 marchers are expected to walk behind grand marshal Mary Higgins Clark, Mayor Mike Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Ray Kelly from 44th Street to 79th Street in the 250th annual St. Patrick's Day parade (it won't be going up to 86th because of budget cuts). Thanks to the warm weather millions of people are expected to watch the parade in person, on WNBC or streaming online here. ... [ MORE ] |  | Today's end-of-day links: The NYPD handed out thousands of $100 tickets for driving while using cell phones, is AOL trying to get around state employment laws with its hundreds of layoffs, Queens' only mainstream indie bookstore isn't moving after all, and more. And make your Hump Day better and follow Gothamist on Twitter and like us on Facebook!... [ MORE ] |  | In an attempt to soften declining revenue and profit, the NY Times is rolling out a new paywall system for NYTimes.com. According to its own article, "Beginning March 28, visitors to NYTimes.com will be able to read 20 articles a month without paying, a limit that company executives said was intended to draw in subscription revenue from the most loyal readers while not driving away the casual visitors who make up the vast majority of the site’s traffic."... [ MORE ] |  | Ray Kelly showed up at the City Council's Committee on Public Safety yesterday to talk NYPD and it wasn't all about that bullet proof boat. He was also there to talk about the department's budget for the rest of 2011 and for fiscal year 2012. And in order to bring the department into line with the city's expectations the NYPD may have lower its headcount a smidge, or at least not hire any new officers for awhile.... [ MORE ] |  | Another day, another report of a TSA screw-up. But just to shake it up, the latest lapse—in which a mother mistakenly took a steak knife aboard a flight—was at Newark, instead of JFK. ... [ MORE ] | | |
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