The premise is simple. Go to different areas of the city and ask people: What are you doing tonight?

We travelled to the distant and desolate borough of Staten Island for our latest episode and it was everything you’d expect it to be, and then some. Watch us take it to the streets, the mall, and a local dive bar with a resident sketch artist who did this portait of me.

Edit: Joseph Schulhoff
Picture: Mike Immerman, Todd Thoenig
Sound: Michael Coffman
Location Scout: Justin Durazzo

Previously:
What Are You Doing Tonight? Rockefeller Center
What Are You Doing Tonight? Bowery
What Are You Doing Tonight? Bushwick
What Are You Doing Tonight? Wall Street

A few days later, the parcels were returned with an apology note, all of which was also caught on video, although this time the guy was sure to not show his face.

However, the bandit’s newfound moral beacon isn’t totally on course, there’s one Christmas present still missing.

She smartly remained inside and the police were called, but when two officers responded and tried to make an arrest, they were overpowered and knocked to the ground. One of the cops put a call out on the radio and firefighters from a stationhouse only a few doors down responded in the best way they could: a water cannon. More police and a helicopter eventually arrived, leading to several well deserved busts. (Photo: Michael Oates/SIlive)

Every year within earshot of Thanksgiving, there’s a report about the birds roaming the streets and while other New Yorkers appreciate an occasional wildlife appearance, SI locals are not nearly as supportive.

For many of them, the fowl are like a medieval horde or at the very least, hoodlums. Below is a collection of some of their most fearful quotes a Daily News reporter was able to compile:

“The turkeys are bigger than my children, and they aren’t afraid of people or even cars.”

“They are like the neighborhood gang.”

“The turkeys have multiplied since last year. They are street wise. They are city turkeys. They know how to survive.”

“The filthy animals are like a gang. They take over the street and yards and poop everywhere. It’s disgusting.”

(Photo: panoramio)

“While some parts of Todt Hill (pronounced “tote”) did lose electricity when falling trees knocked down power lines, many inhabitants said they welcomed some of the damage: It left them with better views of the ocean.”

If you’re unfamiliar with Todt Hill, Todt means “dead” in Dutch, it’s the highest elevated area in the five boroughs. Verdure surrounds the upscale residences on the eastern portion of the ridge near the town of New Dorp, and the community has their own private country club and school. One home-owner of a 20,000 square-foot monstrosity on Benedict Road summed up the pastoral beauty of the area:

“It’s just so beautiful here…It’s like New Jersey.”

(Photo: New York Daily Photo)

But in typical ultra-tragic Staten Island fashion, another Staten Island beach — Wolfe’s Pond Beach, was voted to be the worst beach in New York.

Everyone’s fan favorite, Coney Island landed in the middle of the pack because of a “lack of adequate supplies” in the beach’s bathrooms. All of the beaches had problems with their bathrooms and also had trash on their shorelines. Funny how the cigarette ban was supposed to protect the health of children, but little tykes can still step on glass bottles in the sand and not have any soap to wash their hands with. (Photo: lulee2011/flickr)

Reports SILive:

DEA Special Agent in Charge John Gilbride said his agency has been finding “more and more” indoor labs in the New York area over the past few years. Using hydroponically-grown pot can mean higher profits for local dealers, who don’t have to pay for drugs that are smuggled in from Mexico or Jamaica, he said.

Isn’t that something we should be encouraging? At least it’s made in the USA!