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CITY NEWS: New Yorkers had a
chance to weigh in Friday on the battle brewing over the Great Lawn, as the
city Parks Department hosted a public hearing on its plan to limit the number
of large public gatherings in Central  Park.

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Protesters
who oppose the plan gathered in the park for a rally on Thursday night.
Opponents took their complaints directly to parks officials. Members of the New
York Civil Liberties Union were among those who testified Friday. They say
access to the lawn is important for New Yorkers who wish to exercise their
first amendment rights, especially since there few other places in the city
where large groups can protest.

The firefighter who
admitted to hitting a colleague over the head with a chair during a
brawl inside a Staten Island firehouse two years ago is being stripped
of his job. Firefighter Michael Silvestri will be fired at the close of
business Thursday. Silvestri is accused of hitting fellow firefighter
Robert Walsh with the chair during a fight at a Staten Island firehouse
on New Year’s Eve 2003. Walsh suffered major head trauma. Silvestri’s
lawyers said he was suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
relating to the September 11th attacks. Fire Commissioner Nicholas
Scoppetta made the decision to fire Silvestri based on a recommendation
by an Administrative Court judge earlier this month.

BROOKLYN BEAT: 

An anthrax scare
at a Brooklyn hospital Thursday turned out to
be a false alarm, but it triggered fears that were more familiar in the months
following the September 11, 2001 attacks. A woman came toWyckoff Hospital last night along with two other people complaining of flu-like symptoms. The
unidentified woman had an envelope of white powder with her that she said was
sent to her in the mail several days ago.  Testing found that the substance was not
Anthrax.

One construction
worker remains in critical condition Friday, as investigators try to figure out
why the building he was working in collapsed yesterday in Brooklyn. Ten other workers were also hurt in the collapse in East
Williamsburg.. Crews were working on the second and third floors of
a three-story building when its side walls started to give way.

 The N train is
coming back to Coney Island.