Don't be too shocked if a normally liberal fashion designer suddenly comes out against the idea of health care reform. In addition to a tax on plastic surgery, Senate Democrats are now thinking about taxing tanning in order to pay for a health care bill. [Congress Daily via The Cut]

The MTA may be forced to make deep cuts to bus and subway service next year as it contends with an estimated $343 million budget gap. But have you been on one of those super-advanced "experimental turbine hybrid" buses that the MTA is thinking about importing from New Zealand? They're as "quiet as a tomb" and bus drivers absolutely adore them! So at least someone is going to end up happy! [MyFoxNY, NYT]

MTV's latest reality series, Jersey Shore, has some people—such as really humorless Italian-Americans—pretty pissed, as you may have heard. Before the show even debuted, Unico National, the same group that repeatedly criticized HBO over The Sopranos, issued a statement to the media lambasting the program. It's since lined up support from several other Italian-American community groups and convinced at least two advertisers—Domino's and American Family Insurance—to stop advertising on the show.

If, like any devoted son or daughter, you were planning to buy your mom a fake Louis Vuitton bag for Christmas and pass it off as the real thing, you may now need to make other arrangements. The NYPD staged a raid on counterfeiters on Canal Street earlier today and shut down 30 storefronts that were selling fake bags, watches, and wallets, and perfume. [WABC, NBC]

Rachel Uchitel, the 9/11 widow and party promoter who's been linked to Tiger Woods, may have worked for the pro golfer, too. According to Deadspin, Uchitel's "main job was to provide women for Tiger during his globetrotting excursions" and may have been paid up to $15,000 to function as Woods concierge of sin. "Rachel Uchitel works for Tiger the minute he gets off the plane wherever he is: from dinner, to photos, to nightclubs, to drugs, to girls—whatever he wants," says one VIP concierge. [Deadspin]

Most museums across the city have been battered by the economic downturn, as corporations and wealthy donors have cut back on charitable contributions and attendance has declined. One way to make up the difference: Invite people to sleep over at the museum and charge them a good deal for the privilege.

Rihanna attending last night's Knicks game at Madison Square Garden ... Kate Hudson walking downtown with her son Ryder ... Jude Law leaving his apartment in the Village on Sunday afternoon ... Steve Van Zandt stopping off at Law's apartment yesterday ... Padma Lakshmi eating at the Waverly Inn on Saturday night accompanied by four men ... Jessica Simpson walking into Barneys ... Natalie Portman filming scenes for her new movie ... Blake Lively heading to the set of Gossip Girl with a bodyguard yesterday ... Sienna Miller walking her dog downtown ... and Eva Longoria leaving the Ethel Barrymore Theater after attending the opening night of Race.

Hundreds of people gathered at Lincoln Center last night to attend a memorial service for Bruce Wasserstein, the legendary banker, CEO of Lazard, and owner of New York magazine who died in October at the age of 61. The guest list was a motley one. Billionaire raider Carl Icahn and actress Natalie Portman were among the attendees. [WSJ]

• Dominick Dunne's Connecticut estate was put up for sale in early October and has been reduced by more than $500,000 since then. (It's currently listed for $1.49 million.) Now the late Vanity Fair scribe's Manhattan apartment has hit the market. The one-bedroom penthouse at 155 East 49th Street, which comes with an expansive terrace and fireplace, is listed for $1.45 million. [Real Estalker, Sotheby's]
• Abigail Wexner, the wife of apparel billionaire Les Wexner, has sold a two-bedroom apartment at 910 Fifth Avenue for $2.4 million. The sixth-floor co-op first went on the market for $3.8 million back in 2007. [Cityfile]
• Barbara Gutmacher Girard is taking another shot at unloading her apartment at The Plaza. Girard bought the two-bedroom condo for $4.74 million in March and put it up for sale three months later for $6.95 million, before pulling it off the market in September. Now it's been relisted with a much steeper price tag of $8.995 million. [Cityfile, BHS]
• Literary agent Dan Strone, whose clients include Jerry Seinfeld, Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, and Chris Rock, has paid $1.8 million for a two-bedroom, two-bathroom apartment at 29 East 64th Street. [Cityfile]

It was embarrassing enough that the New York State Senate voted down a bill to legalize gay marriage last week. Now it looks like a similar bill in New Jersey may end up passing before the end of the year, which would make it the sixth state to do so, not to mention remind us all that the land of Tony Soprano is officially more progressive and open-minded than its neighbor on the other side of the Hudson. [NYT, previously]

Kim Basinger turns 56 today. Ann Coulter is turning 48. Teri Hatcher is 45. Dominic Monaghan of The Lord of the Rings and Lost is turning 33. Sinead O'Connor is 43. Nancy Meyers, the director of films like The Parent Trap and What Women Want, is 60. The Allman Brothers' Gregg Allman is 62. Former Yankee Mike Mussina turns 41. Guitarist Nick Zinner from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs is turning 35. Author Bill Bryson is 58. Mexican model Elsa Benítez is 32. And Jackass co-creator Jeff Tremaine turns 43 today.

• A few tricks that some eateries rely on to get you to open your wallet. [NYM]
• Permanent Brunch has reopened after getting shut down last week. [GS]
• Tavern on the Green's fixtures go up for auction next month. [NYT]
• Adam Platt looks at what happened to dining out during the aughts. [NYM]
• A handful of celebrity chefs has some weight loss tips, oddly enough. [Time]
• Duvet has been shuttered following a report of a rape inside the club. [NYP]
• Looking to meet a banker? A list of bars popular with the Wall Street set. [BI]

Ed Koch turns 85 next week (the current mayor is throwing him a birthday party on Wednesday), and he spent six weeks in the hospital over the summer after undergoing open heart surgery. But that hasn't slowed him down much, it seems. The former mayor since returned to his day job, getting up at 6:30am so he can make it to his law office by 8:30; and he's also resumed his career as a restaurant and movie critic. Koch has also returned to responding to every single email message he receives, according to the Daily News. If you'd like to test the former mayor on that—or simply send him birthday wishes— you can do so here. [NYDN]

• Diane Sawyer has confirmed that she will end her decade-long run as co-anchor of Good Morning America this week. Friday's her last day. [LAT]
• Meanwhile, Chris Cuomo's role at ABC is up in the air. He's denied rumors he plans to jump to NBC, and may end up as co-anchor of 20/20. [NYDN, prev]
• Today was the deadline for New York Times staffers to take the buyout package that was offered to employees last fall. A list of people expected to exit the paper in the near future is now making the rounds. [Gawker]
• NBC might be ranked fourth in the ratings, but Comcast says it has no plans to sell NBC Universal's broadcast TV business when it takes over. [AP]
• MTV's Jersey Shore is one of two new reality shows stirring up criticism; now Domino's Pizza has decided to pull its advertising from the show. [NYT, TVG]
• Oxygen is developing a new reality show with Russell Simmons that will "focus on the women in his life." That should be interesting. [THR]
• Is Nancy Grace responsible for pushing a woman to commit suicide? [AP]
• John Stossel is happier at Fox than he was at ABC, unsurprisingly. [TDB]
• The Blind Side surpassed New Moon at the box office this weekend. [MTV]

After a month of testimony and seven days of deliberations, former Senate majority leader Joe Bruno was found guilty of two counts of felony corruption this afternoon. He faces up to 20 years in prison. [NYT]

Tragic news for those of you looking to get your hands on former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham's latest collection of dresses: A delivery of more than $500,000 worth of Beckham's duds, which was en route to NYC, was hijacked at knifepoint in London over the weekend. [DM]

Goldman Sachs has been taking lots of heat from shareholders, pundits, and politicians in recent weeks. Now even Goldman employees are furious with the firm. The bank recently spent $15 million on two murals for its new downtown office tower—one by Franz Ackermann and another by Julie Mehretu—but employees don't particularly like either of them, and it's "all anyone who walks in can talk about." [Business Insider]

And you were thinking your apartment was tiny. The smallest apartment in the city belongs to Zaarath and Christopher Prokop, who paid $150,000 for a "microstudio" three months ago. It's about 14.9 feet long and 10 feet wide, but the apartment has a window with a view and the building has a doorman, so clearly it could be a lot worse, no? [NYP]

The news has been filled with the scandalous details of Tiger Woods' (many) trysts over the past week. But even when there aren't such titillating bombshells to chew over, there are plenty of sex-related stories to digest. Because we're so thoughtful—and to keep up your mood on this dreary Monday—we took the liberty of combing through the past week's headlines and compiling the steamiest information out there.

Michaele and Tareq Salahi generated a week's worth of headlines for crashing the state dinner in Washington a couple of weeks ago. But they're hardly the only ones. According to a new report, there have been at least 90 breaches of White House security over the past three decades. [NYP]