Good Wednesday morning in New York City, where "Fan Man" has surrendered but not given up.
Here's what else is happening:
- Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has asked 179 City Hall employees to resign before he takes office. ("That Mr. Mamdani’s housecleaning should be so thorough might be a testament to the unusual extent to which Mr. Adams filled City Hall with longtime friends whose principal qualification often seemed to be loyalty to the mayor," writes the New York Times.)
- The MTA is ramping up station cleanings at Rockefeller Center and other Midtown subway stations where holiday tourists tend to dump trash that can cause track fires.
- Here's a recap of last night's Jersey City mayoral runoff debate. (The election is next Tuesday.)
- A lawyer representing the alleged Brooklyn dine-and-dasher has requested a psychological evaluation for her client, claiming she "seems to be confused about what’s going on."
- The Hofstra men's soccer team is going for a Cinderella run in the NCAA tournament right now.
- Goodwill stores are getting fancier.
- Macaulay Culkin came up with a storyline for another "Home Alone" movie he'd be willing to star in.
- "Who says management consultants can't be literary heroes?"
- House parties are still happening.
- And finally, oldie but a goodie:
