Good Tuesday afternoon in New York City, where shootings are down.
Here's what else is happening:
- A reminder that you can now just curb your naked Christmas tree on your regular recycling day.
- A reminder that weighted vests don't really do anything.
- How did Astoria become a socialist hotbed? The Archie Bunker types moved out and it was cheap enough for young left-leaning people to move in, among other reasons.
- Gov. Kathy Hochul said she told President Donald Trump she disagreed with his decision to capture ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro without congressional approval, even though "he's a bad guy."
- Mayor Zohran Mamdani's war on sneaky extra fees for concert tickets and gym memberships has begun.
- "I got off the phone and I immediately Googled the 12th Congressional District of New York," explained former Republican attorney George Conway, who's now running as a Democrat for an open seat in the Manhattan district.
- The Tommy Bahama restaurant on 45th Street and Fifth Avenue has become a top power-lunch spot for people who work in private equity.
- East Flatbush, meanwhile, is getting a Bojangles.
- And finally, built for this:
