Rockland County, NY.
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GOOD HEAD The men’s rowing team from Marist College in Poughkeepsie, NY found this seven-foot tall foam and fiberglass head floating in the Hudson River. We can only guess where the rest of the statue ended up, but we hope boaters won’t confuse any other body parts for an, ahem, buoy. (via the New York Daily News)
BEST COAST The Eastern Seaboard of the United States, from the twin forks of Long Island to Washington, DC, is seen in the view from the International Space Station. (Photo via NASA APOD)
We’re not idiots.
- If the State of New York is offering a tax credit to a TV show that, according to the New York Daily News, will be “available for the producers of ‘a talk or variety program that filmed at least five seasons outside the state prior to its first relocated season in New York,’ and has episodes that ‘must be filmed before a studio audience’ of at least 200 people’ and has ‘an annual production budget of at least $30 million or incur at least $10 million a year in capital expenses’
- then please, Governor Cuomo’s spokesperson, don’t go and deny that the State of New York isn’t doing this specifically to lure The Tonight Show away from Los Angeles to New York City, because then you look like an idiot.
I’m going to use them well this year.
Yankees closer MARIANO RIVERA, on the final pitches he’ll throw for New York. The all-time major league saves leader is retiring after this season. :-(
(via The New York Times)
New York’s restaurant workers (musically) ask Albany legislators to raise the minimum wage.
NO HUDDLED MASSES A police officer makes his rounds at the Statue of Liberty National Monument in New York Harbor. The island suffered major damage during Superstorm Sandy and has remained closed to the public. (Photo: John Makely / NBC News)
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Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and lawmakers agreed on Monday to a broad package of changes to gun laws that would expand the state’s ban on assault weapons and would include new measures to keep guns away from the mentally ill.
The state Senate, controlled by a coalition of Republicans and a handful of Democrats, approved the legislative package around 11 p.m. by a vote of 43 to 18. The Assembly, controlled by Democrats, has been strongly supportive of gun control. It planned to vote on the measure on Tuesday.
Approval of the legislation would make New York the first state to act in response to the mass shooting at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., last month.
Mr. Cuomo had pressed lawmakers to act quickly in response to Newtown, saying, “the people of this state are crying out for help.” And the Legislature acted with unusual haste: Monday was the first full day of this year’s legislative session.“We don’t need another tragedy to point out the problems in the system,” Mr. Cuomo, a Democrat, said at a news conference just before 9 p.m. “Enough people have lost their lives,” he added. “Let’s act.”
The New York Times, “New York Has Gun Deal, With Focus on Mental Ills.”
Follow suit, America.
Before the Sun rose, the sky was already afire.
Rockland County, NY.
Rockland County, NY.
They’re raising millions of dollars in New York City and New Jersey. They sent Gov. Christie around the country raising millions of dollars for them. I’m saying , anyone from New York or New Jersey who contributes one penny to the Republican congressional campaign committee should have their head examined. I would not give one penny to these people after what they did to us last night.
This is the sound of the GOP imploding.
(via Mediaite)
At least two firefighters dead in upstate New York after being shot while responding to a fire.
Jesus Christ.
Less pea soup and more cream of mushroom.
