Well this blows: “The Fire Department today finally released the list of 20 engine and ladder companies that are candidates for closing if the City Council can’t come up with $55 million to fund them,” reports the Post. “The list includes 8 companies in Brooklyn, 4 in Queens; 3 in Manhattan, 3 in The Bronx and 2 on Staten Island.” Tribeca’s Ladder no. 8—a.k.a. the Ghostbusters firehouse—is among them, as is Engine 4 on South Street.

See for yourself: 2011 Closing Draft (PDF).

I just watched Tootsie with half a bottle of wine as company, so I’m a little foggy, but where does that leave Tribeca? With the firehouse at Duane and Broadway-ish?

One of my main management-related theories is that when you cry “budget,” you have to be prepared for everyone to second-guess every financial decision you’ve been making. So: Bike lanes? A Chief Digital Officer?