Good Wednesday morning in New York City, where taxi hustlers are lurking.
Here's what else is happening:
- Manhattan prosecutors said in a new court filing that Ingrid Lewis-Martin, Mayor Eric Adams' former top aide, accepted bribes including a $3,000 pair of diamond earrings in exchange for helping developers deal with the city’s Buildings Department.
- The city's DSA chapter has endorsed 32-year-old Darializa Avila Chevalier in her run to unseat Rep. Adriano Espaillat. Will Mayor Mamdani, a DSA member who is thus technically supposed to back all the organization's chosen candidates, explicitly endorse her?
- A woman accusing one of the Alexander brothers of rape said during the trial yesterday that she met her alleged attacker at a party at Zac Efron's apartment in the Meatpacking District.
- Leaving behind your makeshift sled in Central Park ... not cool.
- Also not cool: A legally blind man who works out at a PureGym said they threatened to revoke his membership if he didn't monitor the ADA door to keep "tailgaters" from following him in.
- The mayor got a new jacket.
- Some people exercise but also drink and smoke.
- And finally, greetings:
