Good Wednesday morning in New York City, which looked a lot different the last time the Knicks won an NBA championship.
Here's what else is happening:
- NPR reports that former Rep. George Santos is under federal investigation for posting online that he'd be at the State of the Union address while allegedly betting on the prediction market Kalshi that he wouldn't be there.
- The NYPD said it's looking for a man who recently passed notes to bank tellers at a series of Upper West Side banks and received between $0 and $1,700 in return.
- "I’d rather have an empty seat than a Democrat": Republicans in New Jersey's 7th Congressional District had the awkward experience yesterday of voting for Rep. Tom Kean Jr., who's been absent for almost three months but ran unopposed in his party's primary.
- Curtis Sliwa said he's mourning the closure of the Times Square Red Lobster, which one critic noted was better than the nearby Bubba Gump Shrimp Co.
- New Yorkers are buying expensive vintage Knicks T-shirts to indicate that they're longtime fans.
- Why would birds "waste valuable resources such as time" by masturbating? Because it feels good, according to a new study.
- Some thoughts on the city's "mole people."
- And finally, creek life:
