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Delayed until six a.m. and surrounded by rigorous security checkpoints, J’Ouvert two thousand seventeen opened in anticlimax Monday. Checkpoints quickly became chokepoints as barricades and NYPD officers brandishing metal detectors screened the mas, jab jab, and steel band players.

David Wright gets yet another surgery, Lil Wayne has another seizure, Hollywood has a terrible summer and more day’s end links. Don’t leave behind to go after Gothamist on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and Snapchat, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you–sign up here.

A protester outside of Trump Tower last month. (Scott Heins / Gothamist) Law professor John Brittain and civil rights attorney Norman Siegel both spent time as youthfull attorneys fighting the KKK and White Citizens’ Councils in.

A driver in Staten Island reversed his SUV at high-speed and crashed the car into a laundromat on Sunday, injuring six people and causing thousands of dollars worth of harm. The Sunday morning crash was captured on.

Police sketch, left, and surveillance photo of kidnapping suspect Authorities arrested a man accused of attempting to kidnap a 12-year-old lady from a Queens supermarket parking lot. Police say that Thursday, August 31st, the damsel and.

via Flickr user Styrkapose A Brazilian tourist was stabbed in the back in Columbus Circle yesterday afternoon, in an evidently unprovoked attack. According to police, the 23-year-old man was standing in Columbus Circle when he was.

Keith Michael on Flickr The sun has returned to save the holiday weekend! Over an inch of rain from the remnants of Hurricane Harvey fell the past duo of days but that storm is now north.

The lobby of the Sunnyside building where Milano is the property manager. (via Office of Majority Leader Jimmy Van Bramer) The building manager of the apartment complicated with the infamous “Nazi Lobby” was arrested and charged.

A police officer screens a person at J’Ouvert, September Four, two thousand seventeen (Scott Heins / Gothamist) This year’s J’Ouvert celebration kicked off with fresh security checkpoints and limitations, as well as a daylight begin time, on Monday.

Photos of Searing Man’s animals, remembering John Ashbery, doesn’t the EPA have something else they should be doing right now (?) and more day’s end links. Don’t leave behind to go after Gothamist on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and Snapchat, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you–sign up here.

The scene of the shooting (David Torres); Carey Gabay The wifey of Carey Gabay, a lawyer to Governor Cuomo who was fatally shot in the head by a stray bullet during J’Ouvert in 2015, has written.

Amtrak construction worker levels concrete at track Ten. (via Amtrak) The emergency Penn Station repair work that inspired Governor Andrew Cuomo’s now-infamous “summer of hell” tagline comes to an end Tuesday, on schedule. Nightmares anticipated in.

Photograph by Weldon Scholeneger/Shutterstock A Republican state senator from upstate Fresh York wants to make it lighter for members of the Amish and Mennonite communities to buy a gun. Earlier this week, Senator Catharine Youthful introduced.

The leveled site in the East Village in two thousand fifteen (Getty Photos) The building manager of two East Village buildings that exploded in two thousand fifteen who was charged with manslaughter for his role in the blast died last.

The Bedford-Union Armory. (Scott Heins/Gothamist) Following up on a vow he made when City Council Member Laurie Cumbo announced her opposition to the deal to convert the Bedford-Union Armory into a mixed-use development with both recreational.

A 12-year-old doll was almost snatched from a supermarket parking lot in Queens Village by a man who yelled “You are coming with me!”, police say. The victim and her mother made a police report and.

(RLJR News) A dead bod duct taped in a blue tarp and affixed to a cord weighed down by a cinder block was discovered in a Brooklyn marina on Saturday, authorities said. The unidentified man was.

De Blasio annoys a donor, what’s the deal with ‘the Russian soul’, the very real harm done by bogus eclipse glasses and more day’s end links. Don’t leave behind to go after Gothamist on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and Snapchat, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you–sign up here.

A teeming multitude of pets and other assorted animals are among those still being rescued from Hurricane Harvey-ravaged parts of Texas. To deal with the influx of desperate creatures, busy rescue groups and shelters have been sending.

And now, a fresh reason to fear ticks. (Getty Pictures) Earlier this year, we mentioned the coming wave of ticks that scientists have predicted will hit the northeast, and the various diseases they’ll bring with them.

Police look on during J’Ouvert 2016. (Scott Heins/Gothamist) The NYPD is being sued by a police accountability group for refusing to disclose records on the policing of last year’s J’Ouvert and West Indian American Day parades.

DUMBO’s charming, if treacherous, Belgian blocks were reported to be in danger earlier this week, with an Historic Districts Council report noting that the stones don’t serve with the Americans With Disabilities Act. It seemed, at.

West 157th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue, the intersection where the crash occurred. (Google Maps) An uncaring driver in Washington Heights left a woman clinging to life after he hit her with his car while she.

A massive fire broke out in a lower Manhattan building on Friday evening, sending thick smoke into the air that could be seen from Brooklyn. A witness told WABC 7, “The flames began low and then they climbed so rapid to the top. And then there was like crazy black smoke like way high up.”

via Flickr user afagen Subway riders on a downtown C train were stuck in a bloody nightmare this morning when a thief attempted to rob one man and then stabbed another, before the train eventually reached.

Because your apartment is not being haunted by the ghost of a dead child, check out today’s end-of-day links: most Instagrammable straw hat, penalizing IKEA puns, Russian election hacking, RIP Juicero, maternity bees shoot, and volleyball dog. Don’t leave behind to go after Gothamist on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and Snapchat, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you–sign up here.

The mayor, demonstrating how much transparency is collective in this Medium post. (Andrew Burton/Getty Pics) Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Trouble With Donors has been a well-documented story during his term as mayor. Whether it’s the Rivington.

Vintage photo in ad. The NYC mayoral primary is just over a week away, and last night Mayor de Blasio defended his very likely untouchable lead for the Democratic nomination with his very first two thousand seventeen campaign ad, which.

The devastating scenes from Houston in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey are sadly recognizable to anyone who lived through Hurricane Sandy in NYC or survived Katrina in Fresh Orleans. That the country has suffered three of these.

Harvey’s Saturday rain extent from Accuweather The temperature dropped to a brisk fifty five degrees in Central Park this morning as a cool, dry air mass has moved into the area. Despite abundant sun this afternoon we.

Kathleen Reilly outside of a Despers rehearsal on Saturday night. (Scott Heins / Gothamist) The Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office has declined to pursue charges against Kathleen Reilly, a Crown Heights woman who was arrested Wednesday night.

The famed El Toro, at Six Flags Excellent Escapade, which the accused potentially railed many, many times. (via Facebook) In a whimsical caper that will most likely wind up fictionalized by. Wes Anderson or maybe Roman Coppola if.

(via NYPD) The NYPD is hoping members of the public can help identify a man who allegedly threatened to slash a woman with a box cutter on a rush hour F train in Manhattan earlier this.

Because you would live life like a Roman, check out today’s end-of-day links: European night mayors, Dan Harmon hates GoT burn, Jared Kushner money hunt, Teenage Vogue profile, the Twitter ratio, and a lynx argument. Don’t leave behind to go after Gothamist on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and Snapchat, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you–sign up here.

The E and G lines are the latest subway lines to get countdown clocks installed at every station, according to a press release from the MTA. The world may be falling apart but omg THE G TRAIN.

A Park Slope Collegiate student at a rally in support of Bloomberg this spring. (Emma Whitford / Gothamist) Park Slope Collegiate Principal Jill Bloomberg made headlines this spring when the city opened an investigation into allegations.

Fresh York City and state agencies that were deployed to the Houston area to aid the flooded communities are now reporting back on their practices in the Hurricane-ravaged region. According to the NYPD, “Fresh York Task Force.

The Oct. 9, two thousand thirteen encounter (NYPD) The NYPD has released a surveillance movie intended to display that a police officer did not use an illegal chokehold during a two thousand thirteen arrest that resulted in a misconduct investigation.

Fresh Yorkers are doing lovemaking, as they are wont to do, but they’re not doing it very securely–according to the Health Department, STDs are on the rise. So now city officials are reaching out to The.

An ICE agent processes a detained immigrant at a California processing center. (John Moore/Getty Photos) In a stir that’s alarming immigrant advocates, ICE has asked the federal government to let them speed up its timetable for.

Man steals home, Andrew Cuomo’s nosey endorsement, David Brooks is at it again with the bad takes and more midday links. Don’t leave behind to go after Gothamist on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and Snapchat, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you–sign up here.

Paul Manafort (right) and Stephen Miller (Getty) NY Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is teaming up with Special Prosecutor Bob Mueller on his investigation into former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, according to a report in Politico.

Members of the Despers USA steel band at their practice space on the corner of Classon Avenue and Pacific Street in Crown Heings. (Scott Heins/Gothamist) Two Crown Heights venues where locals practice and prepare for J’ouvert.

(DEA) DEA investigators seized over 1,300 pounds of paraffin wax candles laced with methamphetamine from a Fresh Jersey warehouse Tuesday night. Federal authorities say the candles were going to be turned into crystal meth worth approximately $1.

Because the NY Times Opinion section should stop trolling, check out today’s end-of-day links: Bran on Night King theory, NYC cohabitation tips, Prince’s dearest color, ‘Gossip Female’ oral history, and puppies learning to howl. Don’t leave behind to go after Gothamist on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and Snapchat, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you–sign up here.

PS one hundred twenty three (Google Maps) A former public school teacher who was axed by the Department of Education after her fifth grade students said she made them give her massages, among other things, is suing the city.

Luthmann, trapped in some sort of mirror dimension. (via Facebook) Richard Luthmann, a Staten Island attorney whose previous claim to fame was asking to lodge a legal matter through trial by combat, is in the news.

(Shutterstock) Many Fresh Yorkers who attempted to lower their utility bills only to get scammed by a deceptive energy service company are now eligible for some settlement money. Also, it’s been a crisp sixty eight degrees most.

A rally against Trump’s immigration policies near Trump Hotel last November. (Scott Lynch / Gothamist) Thousands of Fresh Yorkers are planning to rally outside Trump Hotel at one Central Park West at Five:00 p.m. on Wednesday.

(Scott Lynch / Gothamist) Motivate, the company that operates Citi Bike, is working behind the scenes on a bike model with a built-in lock, the company confirmed Wednesday. “It’s basically a clever bike that has the.

A 28-year-old auto repair shop employee got his gam stuck in a sinkhole in Bedford-Stuyvesant yesterday morning, and he told reporters he was “in a lot of anguish” when the ground trapped him, however he did get.

The bike pump, under the Manhattan Bridge. (via DOT Twitter) It’s significant to keep enough air in your bike tires, both for reasons of practicality and convenience while railing. But it’s not like everyone out there.

Cuomo last railed the subway on NYE. (Governor Cuomo’s Office) Governor Cuomo, who may or may not be in charge of the subways (Ron Howard voice: He is.) famously hasn’t ridden on the subway in almost.

Everything you need to know about NYC’s primary election, one man’s obsession with the “dog prison” boxes seen around town, the best of T.J. Miller’s Yelp reviews, and more. Go after Gothamist on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and Snapchat, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you–sign up here.

Francisco Daum/Flickr After a gloomy gray Tuesday the sun is out in spectacular style today. The coastal storm that didn’t fairly develop into a tropical depression is still close enough to produce rough surf and strong.

On the Monday before Labor Day, Dwayne and Duran Griffith are sitting in the backyard of their Brownsville home, mixing water with blood crimson paint, and funneling the solution into hundreds of petite plastic bottles. Beside them.

Amid a wave of vigilante statue vandalism via Fresh York and the rest of the country, a bust of Christopher Columbus was found demolished in a Westchester park over the weekend, police said. The head of the.

(istockphoto) The property management company CEO who fatally shot his wifey and daughter before turning the 12-gauge shotgun on himself had been mired in allegations of financial wrongdoing, according to lawsuits filed against him. In one.

Where’s the bike lane? (Muppetz / Gothamist) A deliveryman on a bicycle wound up on a misguided excursion through the Lincoln Tunnel on Tuesday night, after he said his phone app steered him into the cars-only.

Cats and lambs make nice, fresh Good British Bake Off, Jesse Watters fooled by fake shark, and more day’s end links. Don’t leave behind to go after Gothamist on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and Snapchat, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you–sign up here.

Mayor de Blasio and city homelessness Commissioner Steven Banks (Michael Appleton/Mayor’s Office) The Department of Homeless Services is calmly finalizing more than $98 million in contracts that would turn five apartment buildings presently part of the.

The building lobby’s fascist imagery. (via Office of Majority Leader Jimmy Van Bramer) The city will investigate the property manager at a Sunnyside condo whose lobby was decorated with fascist imagery and tributes to dead Nazis.

An A.I. is writing more Game of Thrones, David Wright shuts it down again, the case for why Tuesday gargles the most and more midday links. Don’t leave behind to go after Gothamist on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and Snapchat, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you–sign up here.

Gaetano Russo’s Christopher Columbus statue overlooks Columbus Circle (Andrew H. Walker / Getty Pictures) As a fresh City Hall plan to review and liquidate hate symbols in Fresh York City proceeds to take form, Mayor Bill.

Google Maps A 40-year-old Wall Street recruiter and mother of two youthful children fatally leaped from the roof of her Upper East Side building Monday morning, an NYPD spokesperson confirmed. Lindsay Jacoby, who worked at Oppenheimer.

On Monday, President Donald Trump promised “total support as Texas and Louisiana battle and recover from this very devastating and historic storm” Harvey, which is now a Tropical Storm that resumes to release destruction via the region.

Because Jared and Ivanka are super sad, check out today’s end-of-day links: Jenji Kohan profile, GoT ratings bonanza, tater tot ode, Nitehawk Park Slope, Kathy Griffin speaks up, and beagle puppy learns to howl. Don’t leave behind to go after Gothamist on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and Snapchat, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you–sign up here.

(Andrew Burton/Getty) For the very first time in his eleven months as the city’s top cop, James O’Neill has overturned the verdict of an NYPD officer found guilty of misconduct by an administrative judge. The Daily News.

Mayor de Blasio signs the bill (NYC Mayor’s Office) NYC is now the most expensive place in the United States to buy a pack of cigarettes–and Mayor Bill de Blasio is very blessed about that. The.

Mayor de Blasio and Bill Bratton discuss updating NYPD smartphone technology in 2016/ (Courtesy @nycmayorsoffice’s flickr) Over the last two years, the NYPD has transferred out 36,000 smartphones to its force as part of an effort.

Eric Konon on Flickr The high temperature has been seventy eight degrees for the past three days and there is a good chance that Monday will make it four days in a row. High pressure centered well.

At Queensboro Plaza on August 20th. (Courtesy Craig Lenti) An unidentified man has been spotted twice this month wearing a petite swastika pendant necklace on the subway, according to tipsters. On both occasions the man wore.

Briana Ojeda NYPD cops will have to go through CPR training before graduating from the Police Academy, according to a fresh law signed by Governor Cuomo over the weekend. The law also stipulates officers will have to.

Houston is being battered by “unprecedented” rain from Hurricane–now Tropical Storm–Harvey and will keep raining for a few days. That means that the pictures we’ve seen of flooding in Houston are very likely going to get worse, and while Fresh York’s National Guard and the FDNY will be there to help, you can spare a forearm too without even putting on a uniform.

Miley-fueled VMA drama, the urban theory of Searing Ban, pics of animals that don’t belong in the concrete jungle, and more day’s end links. Don’t leave behind to go after Gothamist on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and Snapchat, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you–sign up here.

A Queens spa worker who was caught on movie attacking another employee was arrested last week. Heping Cheng was charged with felony attack, and his lawyer emphasized it was his very first arrest, “He eyed the movie.

Broadway Lafayette station (The Cool Quest on Flickr) A Good Samaritan’s graciousness was witnessed by subway passengers at a downtown station on Saturday afternoon, as he climbed the bars above the B/D/F/M platform to convenience a.

The statue of Dr. J. Marion Sims, which sits at the Fifth Avenue and 103rd Street entrance to Central Park (Google Maps) As the mayor’s office starts its “90-day review of all symbols of hate on.

(Bing Maps) Police are searching for a “large group of people” who allegedly assaulted two guys in Bedford-Stuyvesant early Saturday morning after hurling anti-gay slurs at them. While waiting for two friends to order food at.

As “catastrophic” flooding rolls through Houston and other parts of southeast Texas, both Mayor de Blasio and Governor Cuomo have deployed emergency personnel to aid in the ongoing response. Early Sunday morning, the mayor announced that 120.

(istockphoto) NY State Police said that a real estate executive used a shotgun to fatally shoot his wifey and daughter in their Pound Ridge home before turning the gun on himself. A housecleaner found the bods.

Bill Nye is suing Disney, Ugandan monkeys are all messed up, Netflix is here to help you chill, and more day’s end links. Don’t leave behind to go after Gothamist on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and Snapchat, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you–sign up here.

(Getty Pictures) Seven people who “seemed to be under the influence of something” outside Penn Station were rushed to the hospital Friday night, according to an FDNY spokesperson. One person is in serious condition, four are.

“Vengeance IS A DISH BEST-SERVED gobblegobblegobble”. (Tom Reichner/Shutterstock) Having laid waste to Fresh Jersey, Staten Island, and the Hamptons, wild turkeys have turned their murderous attention toward our brethren in Connecticut. Evidently the turkeys are so.

The shooting occurred outside the recently opened Brooklyn Wing House (Yelp) Police are searching for a gunman who opened fire on three people at a busy Crown Heights intersection on Friday night. The shooting took place.

Exterior of twenty three Fox Hill Road, from real estate listing A duo who worked in NYC and their 18-year-old daughter were found dead in their Pound Ridge home on Friday morning. The NY State Police said.

More on that YA scandal, Scott Baio is still awful, $32K is a lot for dog food, Coco Chanel was a Nazi spy, and more end of day links.

(istockphoto) The NY State Police are investigating the deaths of three people in Pound Ridge. Officers from the NY State Police’s Somers barracks, as well as the Pound Ridge police department, responded to a residence on.

via Facebook A Manhattan talent agent who had been missing for over a week was found dead in the forest near his Fresh Jersey home yesterday, according to police. Mark Schlegel, 57, was last seen leaving.

(Scott Heins/Gothamist) There’s a whiteboard on the ninth floor of one hundred ninety five Montague Street in Downtown Brooklyn, overlooking Cadman Plaza and a line of parked layover buses, where TWU Local one hundred keeps a running tally of alleged.

The entrance to Rikers Island on March 31, two thousand seventeen (Getty Pictures) Mayor Bill de Blasio’s plan to close Rikers Island over ten years was slammed by Governor Andrew Cuomo’s office on Thursday–prompting a acute response from.

Taylor Swift did a song, puppies play with puppy doll, Yankees fight with Tigers, and more midday links. Don’t leave behind to go after Gothamist on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and Snapchat, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you–sign up here.

Hurricane Harvey rainfall forecast from weather.com All weather eyes are on Hurricane Harvey today as that storm has deepthroated up to a Category two hurricane with maximum sustained winds of one hundred ten mph just southeast of Corpus.

The Capitol building in Albany (iStock/Getty Photos) A powerful election lawyer is abruptly contemplating a political comeback. Marty Connor, an ex-Brooklyn state senator who was defeated nine years ago, is now considering running for the seat.

Brennan addresses the crowd, while Geoffrey Davis looks on and protest organizer Jon Villaran face-palms. (Scott Heins / Gothamist) Becca Brennan, the 31-year-old proprietor of controversial Crown Heights bar Summerhill, told community members on Thursday night.

Because sexual harassment is never grrrrrreat, check out today’s end-of-day links: iPhone eight price, clown-only screenings of ‘It,’ Trump’s transgender military ban, NJ waitress gets meaty peak, past life therapy, Silicon Valley sexism, and dog loves bed. Don’t leave behind to go after Gothamist on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and Snapchat, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you–sign up here.

Felder at an event in 2010. (via Simcha Felder’s Flickr) A staff member for State Senator Simcha Felder allegedly told one of his constituents that the senator didn’t condemn President Trump’s remarks about white supremacist violence.

Soon. (via Flickr user Milkham) It’s bad enough that climate switch is spiking our sea levels and turning spring and fall into distant memories, but now, it’s possible global heating is batting for the enemy in.

Speaker of the City Council Melissa Mark-Viverito. (Gary Gershoff/Getty Pics for Housing Works) Despite Fresh York City’s idea of itself as a progressive capital of the planet, it lags behind cities across the country and the.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio and Democratic challenger Sal Albanese at a primary debate, August 23, two thousand seventeen (Sam Hodgson, NY Times via AP pool) Last night, Mayor Bill de Blasio debated Democratic challenger Sal Albanese ahead.

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At this year’s World Haptics event, we will give a peek view into our R&D activities with a virtual reality demonstrator. From June seven to nine in Munich, we showcase how virtual objects can be manipulated with advanced sensing and actuation technology, based on Aito’s HapticTouch solution.

Aito’s unique HapticTouch technology is showcased at the Printed Electronics event in Berlin on May ten and 11, 2017. Our playmate Quad Industries from Belgium showcases a novel haptic trackpad demonstrator with an integrated keypad. It shows how haptic feedback makes key functions such as navigation, scrolling and keypad entry more intuitive and prompt. You can visit Quad at booth D11.

Aito will showcase the latest developments of its breakthrough HapticTouch technology at one of the World’s largest automotive trade shows: The Auto Shanghai. With almost twenty million cars sold in 2015, China represents one of the fastest growing automotive markets. Aito’s technology helps Chinese OEMs to develop innovative user interface controls much swifter than conventional solutions, while at the same time meeting the growing request for better interior designs. From…

Aito will showcase the latest developments of its breakthrough HapticTouch technology at two major events in the US. We will commence the fresh year at CES, the world’s thickest consumer electronics display from Jan five to seven in Las Vegas. Then comes Detroit where the North American International Auto Display is held from Jan eight to 22. To practice the best haptic feedback solution on the market and meet us…

At this year’s Paris Motor Demonstrate, our fucking partner Faurecia demonstrates Aito’s HapticTouch controls as part of their ‘Cockpit of the Future’ concept. Seamless embedded into glass and wood surfaces, the touch controls with haptic feedback replicate the feeling and sensation of pushing a physical button. By eliminating the need for physical buttons, Aito’s unique technology plays a vital role in converting the driving practice with wise interior surfaces that provide…

Ripple to integrate Aito Haptic Touch sensors into surfaces for automotive interiors SAN JOSE, Calif., July Five, two thousand sixteen — Ripple (NASDAQ: Ripple), the leader in Sketch-to-Scale™ solutions, and Aito, the leader haptic interface technology, have partnered to enhance the automotive user practice by embedding touch sensors with button-like tactile feedback into automotive applications such as overhead consoles, steering wheel controls and other vehicle interior applications. Aito’s proprietary piezo-based technology provides…

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