alphabet city no. 3, by nschaden at flickr Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a shooting on 120th St. and 3rd Ave. in Manhattan, a stabbing on West 31st St. in Brooklyn, and a fall victim at MoMA in Manhattan. The New York Yankees took first place in franchise spending, with a total payroll of $218.3 million last year. The World Series-winning Boston Red Sox payroll totalled $155.4 million to finish a distant second. The......

Sure, there are tons of auctions happening - a handwritten draft of a Steinbeck novel will likely take in $500K at the end of the month, Courtney is gonna sell Kurt's pajamas, the Dukes of Hazzard car (the General Lee) took in nearly $10M this weekend and the Met held an "Art for Opera" auction yesterday. We'd like to focus on the Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls, however. Tonight is the last night of......

Since it's been about twenty years after the big "Wear a seat belt" campaign sunk it, so Gothamist was surprised people still aren't buckling up: A police officer stopped a car whose driver wasn't wearing a seat belt on 125th Street, and when the officer ran a vehicle check, it turned out the car was involved in a bank robbery. Newsday writes, "A few clues helped: The 2004 white Acura had bulletholes in it, and......