Cityfile: New York's Most Notable and Influential

Happy Birthday | Kimberly Guilfoyle, the Fox News host and wife of furniture heir Eric Villency, turns 40 today. ABC News anchor Charles Gibson is 66. Former congressman Vito Fossella is turning 44. Actress Brittany Snow is turning 23. Linda Fiorentino is 51. New York Times tech columnist David Pogue is 46. Neal Shapiro, the former president of NBC News and current president of WNET, is turning 51. Former HBO chief Michael J. Fuchs is 63. Artist Eric Fischl is 61. Bow Wow is turning 22. Chingy is 29. And former child actor Emmanuel Lewis turns 38 today.

The Hand Sanitizer Mystery Solved | Rep. Vito Fossella was convicted of driving under the influence in a Virginia courtroom last week. This came after Fossella's attorney offered up a rather novel defense: the congressman wasn't really drunk, he'd just used a lot of hand sanitizer that day, and it was all that goo that was responsible for his blood-alcohol level testing above the legal limit. Fortunately, Slate has the answer to the big question that has been looming ever since: No, it turns out, rubbing your hands with Purell every other minute of the day will not get you drunk. Although considering it's 120-proof, chugging it certainly will. [Slate]

Such generosity! Curtis Sliwa, the founder of the Guardian Angels and the on-again/off-again host of a radio show on WABC, is graciously volunteering to run for Vito Fossella's Congressional seat. Naturally, the attention-seeking competitive pickle eater, stickball champion, and rumored candidate for public advocate, didn't hatch the idea himself: It's the will of the people! "As I walked along Forest Ave, for the Memorial Day parade, as I do every year, something seemed different. I was greeted from time to time with chants from the crowd urging me to jump into the race if no other candidate did so," Sliwa wrote to local Republican party officials. A trip to Washington seems an unlikely scenario for the beret-wearing Sliwa, although if he were to be win, it's safe to say he'd be only member of Congress with a cheesy techno track on his MySpace page.