 | Three Bronx teens got into a car accident on the Bruckner Expressway early yesterday morning after an apparent evening of tagging. One of the trio, 16-year-old Shaadieq Hicks, is in a coma after he was thrown from the backseat and through the windshield when the van overturned; the driver may be facing manslaughter charges if Hicks dies. "They're saying my baby might not pull out. His heart stopped twice today. They said he won't be the same," Hicks' distraught mother, 31-year-old Shinkikwah Burke, told the News.... [ MORE ] |  | Today's end-of-day links: Comptroller DiNapoli deducts Girl Scout cookies, Rebecca Black is working on her new EP, a kid gets arrested over spilt milk, and more. Follow Gothamist on Twitter and like us on Facebook, but make sure you're not sitting down!... [ MORE ] |  | Despite the lawsuits, recordings of station meetings, leaked documents, threatened boycotts, and jury rulings, the NYPD higher-ups have continually denied the existence of ticket quotas. But now, even Westchester officers have admitted to the quotas. One White Plains cop gave some insights to LoHud into the problems with a system that embraces quotas: "There's definitely a quota. Because of the pressure, people are writing 'bad' tickets—for things like parking more than 12 inches from the curb or with a tire touching the line. Those are BS tickets that we normally wouldn't write. It's really just harassing the public."... [ MORE ] |  | Not only is smoking killing smokers and non-smokers, it's killing horses too! Six racehorses, one of which was owned by former New York Racing Association president Barry Schwartz, were killed after a flicked cigarette landed in their trailer while they were on the highway and set off a fire. The horses were trapped in the flames after a bale of hay set fire. ... [ MORE ] |  | An off-duty Triboro-Bridge and Tunnel Authority police officer was shot and wounded in a shootout with four would-be robbers in Brooklyn Saturday evening. The cop, Anthony Pressly, fired at them, injuring two. It was initially thought that one of the would-be robbers was dead; a witness said, "People said, 'Oh, s- -t! He's dead.' [His] body was on the other side and the police were flipping the body over." ... [ MORE ] |  | Yesterday, we heard the tale of Reikki healer Dorothy McGurk, an allegedly "disabled" divorcee who found spiritual healing and happiness through shaking her belly button lint. The Staten Island woman claimed that she was too injured to work again, but lost out on lifetime alimony when her ex-husband discovered her belly dancing blog, complete with glowing testimonials and pictures of her front rump in action. But McGurk told the News that everyone was just confused by the pics: "I wasn't really belly-dancing in them. I was posing. In some of them I was moving a veil around with my arms, but I wasn't belly-dancing."... [ MORE ] |  | We always listen to Canadian electrofunk outfits for culinary advice, so we were heartbroken to find that Montreal group Chromeo has some hometown allegiance when it comes to noshing. "Montreal bagels are full of finesse and sophistication," singer Dave 1 told Rolling Stone while at Coachella. Dammit, now we have to make the switch!... [ MORE ] | | |
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