May 24, 2011 Weather: Thunderstorms in the afternoon, High of 81 degrees.
News:
Taxi slams into a bus on Central Park West and 86th Street. Three were injured and listed in serious condition. (Gothamist)
PS 9 is closing its gifted and talented program, supposedly to make room for more local kids to go to the school. P.S. 166, P.S. 163 and P.S. 165 will hold the district’s gifted schools now. Is this the Department of Education’s way of tackling overcrowding at certain schools in the district? (DNAinfo)
Tenants at 30 Lincoln Plaza at 30 West 63rd Street are suing the building owner Milstein Properties for allegedly selling condo units in the building at discounted rates to outside buyers but refusing to give them the same deals. (The Real Deal)
The bike path under the Henry Hudson Parkway in Riverside Park will eventually get lights. (DNAinfo)
A smell like “cat urine” spread through a Trump Place building (not managed by Trump) on Riverside Boulevard around 2:30 Monday. It freaked residents out, and fire trucks and the media raced to the scene, but… it was probably just some spilled insecticide. Yes, this is where you make the obligatory joke about how Donald Trump smells. (DNAinfo)
