After City Council member Simcha Felder announced he would propose legislation to ban feeding pigeons, bird lovers joined forces and, yesterday, held a rally at City Hall. Armed with posters like "Save Our Right to Feed Wildlife," "Have U Known Anybody Killed by a Pigeon?", "Pigeons are Beautiful Birds," and "Felder's Pigeon Bill is Poop!", the pro-pigeon protesters spoke out for their feathered friends. One demonstrator told City Room, "We are voices for the......

Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a fatal jumper down in the Bronx, a blood trail found in Brooklyn, and a barricaded perp in Queens. Is it rude to jump over the barricades at the marathon and block the middle of the street while taking pictures of runners as they pass? NY1's Roger Clark has a posse- and that posse has a fan blog. [Via Thrillist.] Forgotten-NY returns to the neighborhood where he grew up:......

Ben McGrath, The New Yorker...

Mayor Bloomberg, don't just hold the jersey, wear it! You should go to the Atlantic Avenue mall and buy yourself some Enyce sweats, Pumas, and a Sean John hat and let it ride. Just ask Jay-Z for help; we're sure that he'd be happy to take you shopping. Maybe Beyonce could help you pick out some eye creams. In actual Nets/Brooklyn news: Ben McGrath's Talk of the Town piece looks at how Bruce Ratner's......

The New Yorker's Ben McGrath looks at Bronx pack rat Patrice Moore who was recently trapped in his apartment for two days due to an avalanche of his saved magazines. Sometimes called "disposophobia," Moore's hoarding is both most New Yorkers' fear ("I'll need that issue of Time Out because you never know when I'll need to know what happened week of April 2, 2002.") as well as marvel ("How did he get so much into......

Ben McGrath looks at a beef between Times columnist Paul Krugman and investment consultant/blogger Don Luskin of poorandstupid.com in a New Yorker piece, "Blalking." Luskin met Krugman then blogged, "I have looked evil in the face. I’ve been in the same room with it. I don’t know how else to describe my feelings now except to say that I feel unclean, and I’m having to fight being afraid," leading Krugman to call Luskin "stalker-in-chief." And......