Good Tuesday morning in New York City, where all the disruption in East Harlem around the Second Avenue subway extension will be done ... in five years or so.
Here's what else is happening:
- City & State discovered that 52 of Mayor Mamdani's appointees receive full-time, city-funded chauffeur service.
- Some Long Island City residents say they envy the greenery of Greenpoint and want more trees in their neighborhood.
- It turns out the person with the "[email protected]" email address who's been working as a consultant for a firm trying to build an AI data center in a small Wisconsin town is that Eric Adams, and many residents of said town don't want the data center or our former mayor anywhere near them.
- Luigi Mangione said he wants his Manhattan murder trial to be broadcast live.
- The WalkNYC app, which appears to be like Strava but for walking specifically in New York City, was hit with a cease and desist letter from the city's transportation department demanding that it change its name.
- Date night in New York City can be expensive...
- ...though it's possible through some "opaque" program to get $20 tickets to an Olivia Rodrigo concert.
- And finally, give us a twirl: