A tree grows (and dies) in Brooklyn

This is horrible news. We need to improve urban forest. I hope the New York police catch the offenders. My home town is working hard to add trees to urban areas, too. I have not heard of any vandalism yet. "By Tina Susman October 15, 2009 ...

Law firms put Go Daddy on notice: Registration abuses

Are you considering registering internet domains? Are you seeking a registrar? You may wish to think twice about Go Daddy. A Quebec-based law firm has sent them representation about apparent systematized abuses. Other law firms, including some even in India, have also...

Directed Energy Device torture - are there any options?

If a person is being victimized by these various groups of people and tortured with these horrifying directed energy devices, what option does that tortured person have?  If law enforcement is complicit in this assault on a person's life and the victim has no proof, what...

Brighton Beach Starbucks Hostage Situation: Pictures

In Brighton Beach, Brooklyn yesterday, Samuel White was shot dead by the police in an apartment above a Starbucks, due to an all day seige and a kidnapping. Pictures of the Brighton Beach Starbucks hostage situation " The police said officers shot Samuel White,...

I Just Joined Now Public

WOW, look at me now!

Campaign Countdown

It's officially campaign season. In just 22 days, many of the races throughout the city will have been decided (thanks to a practically impenetrable Democratic majority). So Gotham Gazette is gearing up now, to get you the most comprehensive and incisive coverage of...

Dumpster Pools: Just Add Water (and Chlorine)

Dumpster pools: the perfect solution to the summer-heat blues. In Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, a few clever people have converted three Dumpsters into urban-sized swimming pools. By lining the trash bins with plastic and duct tape, and adding filtered, chlorinated water, Jocko...

Peregrina Cheese Corp Recalls Cheese Listeria Possible

The FDA is supervising a recall of all cheese produced by the Peregrina Cheese Corporation due to possible contamination by Listeria monocytogenes.  The recall applies to products from its Brooklyn, NY plant.  Any cheese produced at the Brooklyn plant since March 17...