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Early Addition: A Brooklyn neighborhood's dirty little secret
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Emily Nadal
Published Aug 22, 2023
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It's Tuesday morning in New York City and while the weather has been hot and sticky this summer, we're in for a stormy winter.
Farmer's Almanac is predicting a very different winter from last season which had minimal snow and mild temperatures. This year, thanks to El Niño's return, we can expect frigid temperatures and a lot of storms. I'm not ready!
Here's what else is happening:
- If you’ve been holding out on seeing Oppenheimer because you’re afraid you’ll waste a pricey movie ticket falling asleep during the three-hour movie, Sunday is your day as movie tickets will be $4 at theaters across the country in honor of National Cinema Day.
- Three cases of salmonella in New York are part of a nationwide outbreak linked to the handling of tiny turtles.
- The hottest meal at restaurants right now is barely a meal at all: the salad-french fry combo. If you know, you know.
- Imagine saying you’re from New York, Iowa. That’s the reality for people who live in one of the 13 other places named New York that aren’t the Big Apple.
- A team of New York cyclists are riding 600 miles across the state to raise money for guide dog puppies on Long Island.
- Robotic surgery has many benefits which include smaller incisions, more precision, and less blood loss. A Brooklyn hospital just marked its 500th time doing one in the span of a year.
- An analysis of sanitation complaints in the city found the dirtiest neighborhood in NYC to be Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn — and not one, but three Staten Island communities ranked in the top five.
- And finally, a rare beauty:
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