BROOKLYN WEATHER: What’s it gonna do today? Check here for Brooklyn weather.
CHANGE YOUR CLOCKS: Daylight savings time
for New York (EST, GMT -7:00) began on Sunday. You were supposed to set your clocks
ahead (spring forward) one hour at 2:00 a.m. on Sunday, April 3, 2005. DO IT NOW.
CITY NEWS: A
federal engineering study of the collapse of the World Trade Center,
released Tuesday, highlights flaws in assumptions about evacuating
skyscrapers and responding to emergencies.
_A missing man was discovered Tuesday inside a stuck elevator in the Bronx apartment building where he was headed to deliver food four days ago. Ming Kung Chen, 35, was taken to Montefiore Medical Center to be treated for dehydration.
_The MTA has decided NOT to
close subway booths. According to New York 1, the 169 booths set to be
closed will remain open but the attendants will still be out in the
station acting as customer service representatives. Subway booths will
remain accessible to the clerks so that they can use the phone to call
police or fix metro card problems.
_The federal government issued report saying that the city’s bridges are structurally inadequate or obsolete.
_As of last Sunday, children age seven and younger must be buckled into a car seat in New York State. This is up from age four.
BROOKLYN BEAT: The City Council held its first public meeting on the city’s Greenpoint-Williamsburg waterfront rezoning plan. Much of the crowd, which didn’t fit in the room, held its own rally outside on the steps of City Hall, and the majority of the people there wanted the plan thrown out.