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Early Addition: A Midwestern transplant could soon be the head of the Archdiocese of New York
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Published Dec 17, 2025
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Good Wednesday morning in New York City, where it'll be up to incoming Mayor Mamdani to keep the trash containerization “revolution” going.
Here's what else is happening:
- Alternate side parking rules are still suspended today for snow removal.
- Some families of students with dyslexia say Mayor Adams hasn't fulfilled his promise to improve public education for kids with the learning disability.
- Two government watchdog groups are opposing the City Council's effort to raise lawmakers' salaries because the Council came up with the initiative itself instead of taking a recommendation from an independent group.
- The New York Post reports that Pope Leo is preparing to replace Cardinal Timothy Dolan — who officially aged out of his role as the head of the Archdiocese of New York — with a bishop from Illinois.
- Sometimes the Civilian Complaint Review Board doesn't recommend the harshest penalties for NYPD officers who break the rules.
- White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles gave a colorful interview to Vanity Fair.
- They make a lot of perfumes that smell like sex.
- Spooky fog!
- And finally, don't pet:
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