Mars Bar Shuttered, City Pays Diabetic Woman $125,000, Cops Target Produce Vendors

  • The Department of Health shutters the Mars bar, which as the whole world knows, was closing anyway (EV Grieve, Runnin’ Scared).
  • The city agrees to pay Jaime Rutkowski, a diabetic who was thrown to the ground outside a Ludlow Street bar, $125,000. Her crime: smoking a joint (NYT).
  • Charges against a Buddhist nun arrested on Canal Street for selling beads have been dismissed (DNA Info).
  • Cops crack down on Forsyth Street fruit and vegetable vendors (Post).