Good Thursday morning in New York City, where everything is falling apart.
Here's what else is happening:
- Early voting ahead of New York's June 23 primary starts Saturday.
- Bartenders say Knicks fans are tipping well.
- Sue Sarah Gilbert, a recreational artist and great-granddaughter of John D. Rockefeller, is using her own money and funds raised from other wealthy investors to put her colorful pictures in subway stations, effectively in place of ads.
- For only about $1,000 a month, women can rent an apartment in a New York City convent boarding house. (They have curfews, and boys and booze aren't allowed.)
- A free observatory is now open at the top of the David Dinkins Municipal Building in Lower Manhattan, once the home of WNYC.
- Soccer is big in Queens.
- Thanks to Voodoo Doughnut's private equity owners, the chain has finally arrived in New York City.
- And finally, comfy enough: