Cop Shoots Himself in the Leg at Atlantic Ave. Brooklyn Detention Center; and More Brooklyn Briefs

Charlie Chaplin, in the Arch in DUMBO. Photo: MK Metz

- Pub. Adv. Letitia James says police chief resignation is "deeply troubling." [Observer]

- A cop at the Brooklyn Detention Center on Atlantic Ave. shot himself in the leg Saturday. [Daily News]

- Plymouth Church's Yankee Fair takes place Sat., Nov. 8 in Brooklyn Heights. [Plymouth]

- What happened when Denis Hamill tried to drive 25 mph in NYC -- the speed limit that kicks in Friday. [Daily News]

- Again? The McDonalds on Court Street in Brooklyn Heights is sued because its coffee is too hot. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- A Marist College poll last week showed Gov. Cuomo with a 26-point advantage over Rob Astorino. But a  Siena College poll shows Cuomo leads Astorino by just 48-41 percent, with five percent for Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins.

- POLITICO's video recap of the best late-night jokes about the midterm elections. [Politico]

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