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Early Addition: A Bronx Zoo crocodile bit the forearm that fed it
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Published May 26, 2026
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Good Tuesday morning in New York City, where there are a lot of places to get a fancy slice of pizza.
Here's what else is happening:
- Pace yourself, it's going to be a long summer.
- Andrew Cuomo agrees with the Democratic National Committee's autopsy that Joe Biden wasn't fit for a re-election run.
- Whatever is going on with Rep. Tom Kean Jr. really does seem to be the best-kept secret in New Jersey politics.
- Harlem-born jazz legend Sonny Rollins has died at the age of 95.
- Since the summer of 2023, a "coming soon" sign has hung outside the Morningside Heights location of Minzon, a fast-casual Mediterranean restaurant. Will it ever actually open?
- The Bronx Zoo said a crocodile "nipped" a zookeeper in the forearm on Sunday.
- Elizabeth Smart is now a competitive bodybuilder.
- And finally, paw patrol:
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