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COMINGSOON! www.CityMD.net 02 new york NYC’s #1 FREE DAILY THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 2012 ‘SOPA-thetic’: Protesters 1 rally against piracy bills New Yorkers demand senators drop support of controversial bill, say it Gov. Christie will bring Web innovation to a standstill Senators deny it’s censorship Christie EMILY ANNE EPSTEIN/METRO wants NJ Giants parade NEW JERSEY.If the New In the news York Giants win the Su- perbowl, the parade TSA admits should be in New Jersey, not New York, Gov. Chris wrongs at JFK Christie declared yester- day. Meanwhile, Mayor The Transportation Secu- Michael Bloomberg bet rity Administration ad- San Francisco Mayor Ed- mitted Monday that it win Lee that, if the Giants did not properly screen win Sunday’s game, Lee two elderly women at will drape a cable car in JFK airport last fall. Two Giants flags. If the 49ers Long Island women, win, Bloomberg will re- ages 89 and 85, told the name 49th Street in Man- New York Daily News hattan as “49ers Street.” that they were humiliat- Protesters hold blank signs, warning the bill Sens. Gillibrand and Schumer are among dozens of elected officials who signed Say it ain’t so! METRO/AB ingly strip-searched in will result in censorship. the bills. But some have now dropped their support due to the outrage. November. The Home- PCP drug land Security 7K Department wrote a let- New York City’s tech commu- The protest was Square. “This is America, not roll, 36, a Parsons University ring busted ter acknowledging the nity went offline and into the virtual too, with communist China.” professor. “It would basically screeners violated their streets yesterday to protest nearly 7,000 tech compa- Yesterday’s protest was or- destroy the startup industry in own practices. the increasingly unpopular nies blacking out their ganized through MeetUp.com. the world.” HARLEM. Cops busted 35 METRO/AB anti-piracy bills Stop Online websites in objection to “This will cripple the Inter- The bill has undergone people in a PCP ring yes- Piracy Act and Protect Intellec- the bills. net,” said Meetup CEO and many changes and will most terday that allegedly sold In the news tual Property Act currently be- founder Scott Heiferman. likely undergo more, but pro- “angel dust” for $10 a bag ing mulled by members of censed music and counterfeit Heiferman called SOPA and testers say no amount of tin- and used an 8-year-old Congress. goods. Schumer and Gilli- PIPA “silly” and insisted today kering will make the proposed boy as both a police look- Nearly 200 protesters rallied brand are just two of the was only the beginning of anti- laws palatable. out and to ferry outside the offices of Sens. dozens of members of Con- SOPA and PIPA efforts. “We’re “Whatever small tweaks customers. The East Charles Schumer and Kirsten gress who support the bill. standing our ground,” he they make, it’s still a power Harlem drug ring was led Gillibrand, demanding the pair Supporters of the bills argue vowed. struggle between the large by brothers Lamont drop their support of the bills. that they are protecting jobs by Protesters believe the sena- media institutions and innova- Moultrie and Bernard SOPA and PIPA legislation fighting online piracy, but op- tors support the bill at the be- tion on the Internet,” said Moultrie, according to is designed, among other ponents say the laws clear the hest of entertainment and me- Park Slope resident Cassidy Manhattan District Attor- things, to give the U.S. govern- way for Internet censorship. dia lobbyists. Leerman, 30. ney Cyrus Vance. Opossum rides ment the ability to shut down “This is a horrible law,” said “They are protecting copy- METRO/AB access to foreign websites that Peter Lidner, 62, an iPhone app right holders at the expense of EMILY ANNE EPSTEIN the D train [email protected] share pirated movies, unli- developer who lives in Union everyone else,” said David Car- Elevator A D train was evacuat- ed after a nervous- death probed looking opossum was discovered hiding be- Their defense “We’ve had many discus- DNS provisions. We will con- low a seat in the early sions and held many meet- tinue to work with our col- MIDTOWN. The Manhattan morning hours on Jan. ings with all parts of the leagues to ensure a proper district attorney is wad- 13. As The New York Sens. Gillibrand and Internet community — from balance between stopping ing into the Dec. 14 death Times reported, the Schumer issued a joint users, to members of the NY the theft of intellectual prop- of a woman in a Midtown animal was later statement in response to Tech Meet-up, to startups, to erty and copyright infringe- elevator. According to the removed from the protesters’ cries: big Internet firms like ment, and doing so without New York Post, Manhat- train by animal Google, Facebook, and the unintended consequence tan District Attorney control agents. The “There are two important is- Yahoo — to hear their con- of stifling or censoring the Cyrus Vance is investigat- incident naturally re- sues in this debate: contin- cerns regarding this pro- Internet, which we strongly ing the death of Suzanne sulted in the creation ued freedom of expression posed legislation, and we’ll oppose. We have worked to Hart, killed when an ele- of the Twitter handle on the Internet and the abil- continue those discussions. make sure there are due vator she stepped into @SubwayPossum. ity to block online piracy. “After constructive dialogue process protections to en- shot up suddenly. The METRO/CG We believe that both sides with many in the technology sure that legal activity over building had received ele- can come together on a community, we have worked the Internet is not disrupted vator violations before solution that satisfies their to make an important and that the Web continues her death. METRO/AB respective concerns. change in the bill regarding to be a place of innovation.” 04 new york Money from drug bust now helping Bx teens Teens play basketball inside the Teen Impact Center in Morris Heights. In 1914, then-commissioner of One of the latest initiatives of the NYPD, Arthur Woods, asked the Police Athletic League is to his police officers to do more take drug money and give it to than just fight crime: He wanted kids in the communities them to help some of the needi- where those drugs were sold. est New Yorkers in their The Police Athletic League, precincts. Woods was particular- a nonprofit group run by civil- ly concerned about the lack of ians, just opened a center in open space for New York City the Bronx in December. There, children to play. He started a teenagers can escape the citywide search for streets with basketball and vacant lots, which could be con- other programs, all paid for by verted into play areas. money confiscated in a drug Today, the organization bust that took place right Woods founded along with Lower East Side’s police captain, Visit the Teen John Sweeney, is known as the Police Athletic League — a non- profit that helps set up safe Impact Center recreation areas, after-school programs and mentoring for kids and teens. If you’re interested, stop by Once a month, Metro will the teen center: feature updates about what the Police Athletic League is doing 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. and how they are working to Monday through Wednesday help make New York City streets I.S. 229 healthier and safer. 275 Harlem River Park Bridge NYC’s #1 FREE DAILY THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 2012 05 Come see ‘Ravaged’ neighborhood in the of our community. and its programs. Bronx receives funding from a what PAL Although the Police Athlet- I hope that you will be- Opinion ic League is as vibrant as ever, come as enthusiastic as I am nearby drug bust, thanks to the many people who have re- about the creative ways we is about cently moved to the city do are helping children expand Police Athletic League Youth ALANA not know about our organiza- their horizons and you will I SWEENEY tion. They are not aware of join in supporting PAL, “the sports center aims to give teens a n the Police Athletic the many opportunities we best friend a kid can have.” place to hang other than the streets League’s 97-year history, “This particular provide for kids ages 2 to 19 many hundreds of thou- area had been in some of New York City’s –Alana Sweeney is Police talk to kids about gangs sands of New York City most challenged areas. Executive Director of ravaged, like a kids have benefited from Through this column, I in- the Police Athletic League. and bullying while shooting hoops our programs. In fact, many war zone.” SWEENEY tend to introduce you to our Metro does not endorse the opinions of the are now well-known leaders great nonprofit organization author, or any opinions expressed on its pages. 150 around the corner. New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor Bridget Brennan donated the money, according to Alana Sweeney, Youths attended the who runs the Police Athletic Teen Impact Center in League. 2010. 50K “They’ve taken this money that was unraveling the fabric of the community, and now they’re using that money to reweave the fabric, to give the Youths attend PAL events kids a chance,” Sweeney said. each year. The Teen Impact Center, at I.S. 229 in Morris Heights, swing by to shoot hoops with hosts basketball, volleyball teens when they’re in the and dance classes for youths neighborhood. ages 12 to 19. “They felt it was important PAL builds such centers in to have a place for the youth to neighborhoods the NYPD sug- be able to drop in and get off gests needs them, she said — the street,” she said, referring usually areas of high crime, to the cops. poverty and unemployment. They also sneak in some les- “You tend to have an in- sons, Sweeney said, hosting im- crease in the gangs. ... You tend promptu sessions around the to have higher crime in those games to talk about bullying areas,” she said. and gang activity. Police officers also often METRO 06 news NYC’s #1 FREE DAILY THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 2012 Why R. Money GET FED Obama just too Metropolitik smart for us Because sometimes you’ve only got time to skim the hates America BRAYDEN NEW YORK. 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Mark Wahlberg Depp’s relationship over could have helped Now that he’s officially played too many freaks and geeks to be attractive, The feed ... Johnny Deppis about to be single and back on U.S. Checking in with prevent 9/11? soil. His relationship with some of Hollywood’s French singer Vanessa biggest names to see Paradisis “all but official- what they’ve been up ly finished,” sources tell to — in their own People magazine. Others words, in 140 claim the pair have characters or fewer. already split after spend- PHOTOS: GETTY IMAGES ing 13 years together. Today, Jimmy Fallon is It looks like Mark Wahlberg Oh, who are we bad at surprises, Sarah has spent a little too much kidding: We can work with Silverman is saddened time talking tough on movie Captain Jack’s eyeliner if by the state of the sets. In an interview with he promises to keep the world, Paris Hilton is Men’s Journal, the actor Wonka wig in the drawer. singing again and Steve claims that if he had been on- Martin knows what board a hijacked plane on Sep- Twitter is really for. tember 11, 2011, things would Today in have ended differently. @jimmyfallon (Before we get started, some Lohan legal Texted a friend: “What fun facts about Mark Wahlberg: time’s Dennis’ surprise He’s 5’8” and doesn’t have a pi- trouble party?” Dennis texted lot’s license.) back: “Guess it’s just a “If I was on that plane with party now.” my kids, it wouldn’t have went Lindsay Lohanis looking at down like it did,” says the actor, more legal trouble. @sarahksilverman who had purchased a ticket for Thomas Green, a former Jesus would be one of the planes that crashed Marine, wants $300,000 bummed about the into the World Trade Center for “unfair business prac- Vatican being all filled but changed his travel plans. tices,” claiming that Lohan w riches that could “There would have been a lot of led him to believe she’d feed the world (but blood in that first-class cabin help him with an online doesn’t) and then me saying, ‘OK, we’re business. He alleges she is, going to land somewhere safe- in fact, a high-end prosti- @ParisHilton ly, don’t worry.’” tute, reports TMZ. In the studio working Oh, Mark. In the real world, Wahlberg later apologized for his comments, saying, Something we don’t on new music. Love be- saying heroic things in a “To suggest I would have done anything differently than the know, Tom. Something we ing creative. Southie Boston accent doesn’t passengers on that plane was irresponsible.” don’t know. magically kill the bad guys. @SteveMartinToGo My vow: if I can’t think up anything interesting Michelle Williams to say, I will say it on ally,” a source says. “She comes to ing can describe the feeling,” she almost quit Twitter. see him anytime she’s in L.A. says in her first post-birth inter- Talking points They can’t get enough of each view, with Star magazine. “You other. 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