August 4, 2011 Weather: Partly Cloudy, High of 82 Degrees.

News:
The unidentified body of a man in his 30’s or 40’s was pulled from the Hudson River after it was seen floating around 86th Street (DNAinfo)

A bus and a cab collided on 66th Street and Broadway, and the cabbie, his passenger and the bus driver were all taken to the hospital with injuries. (NY Post)

Stop eating Central Park! No, not eating in Central Park. That’s still okay — stop eating the plants in Central Park. It’s messing up the ecosystem. “Ramps are another native making a Central Park comeback, but they won’t last long if visitors collect it for their salads.” (Central Park Conservancy)

Pedestrians, bikers still bumping elbows on Riverside Park path. (DNAinfo)

Singer and Upper West Sider Roberta Flack dishes on her favorite things in the neighborhood: “One of my favorite places to eat is Blossom Vegetarian Restaurant, and when I shop for clothes I go to a women’s boutique called Really Great Things.” If you see here in the neighborhood, don’t start humming Killing me Softly with His Song please. (West Side Spirit)

A discrimination lawsuit brought by a resident against the Dakota can go forward, a judge ruled this week. (NY Times)