It’s Tuesday morning in New York City, where the MTA has been having a rough summer.
Here's what else is happening:
- The Port Authority owns a small playground by the entrance of the pedestrian walkway of the George Washington Bridge which has been closed to the public for years following the death of a volunteer who kept it running.
- Republican mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa plans to get the rat population in New York City under control by releasing a bunch of feral cats in hot spots to hunt rodents.
- Rudy Giuliani was seriously injured in a car crash in New Hampshire over the weekend, and now President Trump says he is awarding his longtime ally the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
- After 17 terms in Congress, Democratic New York Rep. Jerry Nadler won’t run for reelection next year, citing “the necessity for generational change in the party.”
- Vogue has a new editor.
- An NYC councilmember from Staten Island sent a letter to Netflix urging the company to bring back its DVD-by-mail service which was discontinued in 2023.
- Two buildings in New Jersey made it on the list of 100 ugliest buildings in the United States.
- And finally, lost and found:
