Good Wednesday afternoon in New York, where Mayor Zohran Mamdani's old democratic socialist colleagues in Albany are feeling optimistic about this year.
Here's what else is happening:
- MTA Chair Janno Lieber said it's important for kids to stay really close to their parents going through the new fare gates so they don't accidentally get trapped.
- Ice-T's Jersey City weed dispensary has closed after only eight months in business.
- Shoutout to small mom-and-pop pharmacies, which often don't lock everything up.
- The Brooklyn Nets are near last in the Eastern Conference but they're big on TikTok.
- There are so many things you can eat at the new(ish) Midwood sauna.
- The time has come for the United States to select its figure skaters for the Winter Olympics.
- San Francisco skateboarders are fighting to preserve this ugly concrete plaza.
- Bank of America researchers think we've reached peak sneaker.
- And finally, ready position:
