News updates - Dragon 1 - St. George 0, graffiti builder pleads poverty, Jody's final 140

Just a quick update on some stories we've been following here at StatNYland...

The Tottenville builder who defaced his own property to protest attempts to give it landmark status - and thus thwart his plans of razing it to put up multiple townhouses - now claims he'll go broke if the landmark activists get their way. More on this story...

The St. George Theater lost it's bid to become exempt to a number of fire and building code violations. More on this story...

The NCAA tourney pool at Jody's Tavern has come down to only 140 potential winners out of the initial pool of 120,000. More on this story...