The News | 8.4.10
The Newtown Creek is New York's equivalent to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, according to the New York Times. “The impact is more subtle than in the gulf,” a lawyer with Riverkeeper told the paper. “The spill is unseen, and it’s in an area that was industrialized and already polluted. But the waterway is severely stressed, and it’s not a functioning ecosystem anymore.” But soon the creek could join the Gowanus Canal as a Superfund site and get cleaned up for good.
The New York Post reported that an untenured Canarsie high-school teacher threw herself down a school stairwell in an attempt to avoid a classroom observation by her supervisor. Staffers at the high school told investigators that the first year teacher was terrified of the scheduled observation, which caused administrators to be suspicious of her injury because in coincided with the review.
Another, more famous, woman suffered an injury, too. Aretha Franklin called off two free shows scheduled for Marty Markowitz's concert series in Brighton Beach due to an unspecified injury. The Borough President told the Daily News, "For the more than 30 years that I have been presenting free concerts here, Ms. Franklin has been at the top of my wish list, and that dream was about to come true."
Yesterday morning city officials broke ground on WNYC Transmitter Park in Greenpoint. The Brooklyn Paper says that the 18 month process will result in a new park complete with a 300-foot pier at the foot of Kent Street, a waterfront esplanade and a children’s water park.
A deputy mayor under Mayor Michael Bloomberg owns stock in Forest City Enterprises, whose subsidiary is involved in the Atlantic Yards project in Brooklyn. Howard Wolfson joined Bloomberg’s administration this year and his first financial disclosure report revealed stock in Forest City Enterprises worth $5,000 to $39,999, according to the Brooklyn Eagle.
