Port Authority Seeks Investors for New Goethals Bridge

NEW JERSEY — Do you want to own a bridge? Private investors are being sought to build a replacement bridge between New Jersey and New York. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey would then lease the privately owned Goethals Bridge from the investor to retain control of the tolls and operations.

If You Lost It, NYC Transit Will Sell It

New York City Transit has found a new way to generate revenue: By selling your stuff.

Technically, it’s not a new idea — they’ve been holding the auctions for four years — but in an effort to expand the agency’s opportunity to bring in cash in tough economic times, officials are tapping into social media to get the word out.

Man Held in NYC Car Bomb Attack to Appear in Court

NEW YORK [AP] — A Pakistan-born U.S. citizen accused of driving a bomb-laden SUV into Times Square and parking it on a street lined with restaurants and Broadway theaters was to appear in court Tuesday to face charges that he tried to set off a massive fireball and kill Americans, federal authorities said.

Suspected Car Bomb Found In Times Square

NEW YORK, NY [WCBSTV] — A police investigation after a car fire was disrupting traffic, both on the roads and the sidewalks, well into Sunday morning in Times Square.

Officials said there were no injuries in the car fire, but that there was a suspicious package in the vehicle’s back seat.

Stupid tix-fix Tricks

For more than a year, a city data-entry clerk allegedly gave some two dozen drivers what seemed like a great deal on their overdue parking tickets — promising that for half the value of what they owed, she’d make it all go away.

But Department of Finance clerk Karen Frazier wasn’t only scamming the city — she was scamming her customers, too, prosecutors charged yesterday as the unhappy-looking alleged ticket-tamperer was hauled into court in cuffs.

Frazier would promise her customers she’d “take care of” their problem, but typically left them saddled with nonpayment penalties on top of their original, still-unpaid tickets — in worse shape than before they had met her, prosecutors said.

President George Washington Racks up $300,000 Late Fee for Two Manhattan Library Books

He may have never told a lie, but George Washington apparently had no problem stiffing a Manhattan library on two books.

Two centuries ago, the nation’s first President borrowed two tomes from the New York Society Library on E. 79th St. and never returned them, racking up an inflation-adjusted $300,000 late fee.

Bloomberg: Obama Wall Street Attacks Hurting NYC

NEW YORK [CBS] — President Barack Obama met with House and Senate leaders to push bills to regulate the finance industry. But with Wall Street paying $8 billion a year in New York City taxes officials fear this rage against Wall Street will be another blow to new our already crippled economy.

Record Temperatures, Fire Dangers

Unseasonably warm temperatures have spread across the eastern seaboard and extended into areas all the way to the Mississippi River.

The temperatures are typical of early July rather than early April.

New York City broke an 81-year-old temperature when it hit 90-degrees in Central Park on Wednesday afternoon.

Records were also broken Tuesday in the New York City region.

Thousands May Lose Rental Vouchers

NEW YORK — Because of a $45 million budget gap, the New York City Housing Authority may have to revoke rental-assistance vouchers from more than 10,000 low-income tenants, a drastic move that could cause families to lose their apartments.

After Lazar Loss, Hikind May Be Next Target Among Jews

On the day after David Greenfield’s stunning 18-point special election victory over Joe Lazar, leaders in the Hasidic community of Boro Park were already making calls about the elections this November.

But they were not looking for a candidate to run against Greenfield—though he will have to run again for the Council seat he just won.

Instead, these leaders were gauging the interest in running a Hasidic candidate against Assembly Member Dov Hikind, the longtime Orthodox Jewish powerbroker who strongly backed Lazar, according to an individual who has been approached by multiple people about running against Hikind.

“The question everyone is asking today is: Who is running against Dov?” the person said.

Crime up 13% in B’klyn’s 81st Pct.

Crime is up 13% at the Brooklyn precinct where a whistleblower cop accused his supervisors of ignoring felonies to artificially lower the area’s crime stats.

Wind of Change: Greenfield Wins Big, Hikind Loses Bigger

Call him the Jewish Scott Brown.

David Greenfield swept a special election for the 44th District seat on the New York City Council in a landslide victory Tuesday. He soundly defeated fellow Democrat Joe Lazar, taking the seat by a margin of 58 to 40 percent. Kenneth Rice, a Republican, took just three percent of the vote.

New York State Wants to Legalize Medical Marijuana to Help Plug Budget Gap

ALBANY — Senate Democrats are counting on a pot of gold!

They want to legalize medical marijuana as a way to generate nearly $15 million in licensing fees to help plug the state’s $9 billion budget gap.

Brooklyn Bridge Park to Open Today

BROOKLYN — Today, Monday, Brooklyn finally gets a chance to park it on the stoop.

The city announced on Thursday that the first phase of Brooklyn Bridge Park — featuring a vast green lawn and a granite front-stoop sitting area located on Pier 1 — will open to the public.

MTA Revises Planned Service Cuts

MYFOXNY.COM — After a series of public hearing on proposed service cuts, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority issued Friday a list of revised proposals for service cuts to help close a nearly $800 billion budget gap.

Five Minutes of Mercy for Alternate-Side Parking Takes Effect

New Yorkers finally have the one thing they’ve always wanted – more time.

Five minutes more.

As of 12:01 a.m. Sunday morning, a controversial new law grants that extra 300-second cushion to move your car for alternate-side parking or from an expired Muni meter before getting slapped with a ticket.