Joseph Kastner—called New York's sixth worst scamming cabbie in a report—is heading to court for ripping off passengers and could be sent to Riker's Island for a month. Harsh! It must really suck to be the #1 worst.

New York City has the biggest income disparity of any big city in America. In completely unrelated news: guess how much Goldman Sachs pays it partners? Just try to guess!

Andrea Peyser is paid to be a raving, xenophobic tabloid sexpert. Who better to turn to for meta-analysis of economic studies? Have you heard bad things about Wal-Mart destroying small businesses? Andrea has a secret source that disagrees!

This video will make you think twice about dozing off on the subway.

The NYPD shot and killed a record low eight people last year. Good.

The bloodsucking numbers are in: bedbug complaints from NYC residents rose about 7% last year, to nearly 5,000. The forecast for 2011: "Each year it's always a little worse." Well, there are worse problems for cities to have. [WSJ]

Wal-Mart, unsated by every last drop of Middle America's lifeblood, plans to break into the NYC market, whether we like it or not. Today, the company rolls out its all-powerful propaganda tool: a website! Bow before its persuasive powers!

Last Sunday, patrons at the Bronx's Munch Time Diner were treated to more than a piece of pie when a nasty fight broke out—over a missing cell phone—between several women in the middle of the restaurant. Watch inside.

The New York Post's war on the Sanitation Department over the Snowpocalypse cleanup apparently worked: "I had one old guy throw a mini-snow blower at me because I plowed past his driveway," one sanitation worker told the Daily News.

Good news from the Snowpocalypse: A man survived a suicide attempt today when he jumped from the 9th floor of a Midtown Manhattan building and landed on a pile of garbage that was left uncollected after the snowstorm. [NYDN]

The NYT's City Room blog has a handy, steadily updated guide to mass transit delays around the city, and while things are getting better, taking public transportation is going to suck today. Have fun out there! [City Room; AP]

On Saturday morning, 27 year-old Citigroup associate Jessica Fashano—by all accounts a bright, caring, and popular woman—walked into the Trump Place tower on Manhattan's Riverside Boulevard, rode to the roof, and jumped off. Why?

There will be no hate crime charges in last week's alleged "camel jockey" subway attack.

Yes, Wal-Mart is once again trying to build one of its nefarious "stores" here in New York City. We're not going to debate whether this is a good thing. We're going to jump right to "How do we stop it?"

An imam from Queens was riding the subway this week when he was allegedly attacked by racist idiots hurling anti-Muslim slurs. Just another day on the downtown A train, amirite? New York is full of hate crimes.

In the name of getting good statistical data, New York City is randomly denying poor people access to a program designed to stave off homelessness. If those unlucky people become homeless, you know it works! Oh... is that frowned upon?

Sentences for misdemeanors like smoking weed or sneaking onto the subway usually don't come with any jail time. They don't have to. In NYC, a huge number of misdemeanor arrestees languish in jail for weeks, unable to afford bail.

Police say that two teenagers who'd been charged in the Bronx gay torture attack were actually victims—meaning there were six total victims, and seven alleged perpetrators. Five men (including David Rivera, pictured) were arraigned yesterday on hate crime charges.

At 10:46 a.m. this morning, Long Island was hit with a magnitude 3.9 earthquake. That's crazy.

When Carlos Flores bravely leapt onto the 103rd St. tracks Sunday morning to pull a fallen old man to safety, he became at least the fifth official NYC Subway Hero in the past few years. But who's the most heroic?