In the News: 40Worthgate!

••• “Cops are investigating a break-in at the [40 Worth] offices of Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, the NYPD and news sources said. Stringer is a likely 2013 mayoral candidate.” Two laptops were stolen.

••• “A sleek new paper-recycling bin that can also display news and emergency notifications landed in Lower Manhattan earlier this month.” It’s at Whitehall and Water if you want to pay your respects. —DNAinfo

••• Outgoing Community Board 1 chair Julie Menin looks back at her accomplishments. —Broadsheet

••• “A student from Stuyvesant High School was allegedly caught texting photos of his test to other students.” —DNAinfo

••• “A construction worker at 4 World Trade Center fell and impaled himself on a piece of metal Tuesday afternoon. …] The man suffered a puncture wound to his side and was transported to Bellevue Hospital Center in critical but not life-threatening condition.” —DNAinfo

By Mathew Katz (courtesy DNAinfo)

••• “Diana Taylor, chairwoman of the Hudson River Park Trust and the girlfriend of Mayor Michael Bloomberg, christened one of the city’s fanciest new luxury yachts at the beleaguered Pier 40 on Tuesday. The Hornblower Infinity, a 210-foot, 1,000-person fine dining boat, will host dinner parties and private events from the pier’s north side starting in July. The boat will join its sister ship, the Hornblower Hybrid“—who’s naming these things?—”which has operated from the pier for several months.” —DNAinfo

 

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