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Published Aug 5, 2026
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Good Wednesday morning in New York City, where a de facto dump is stinking up Sunset Park.
Here's what else is happening:
- The sanitation department has begun slapping bright green stickers on cars that aren't moved for street sweeping. (The shame sticker also comes with a $65 ticket.)
- New York City food banks are getting an influx of over 280,000 eggs following a settlement with egg distributors who'd been illegally overcharging.
- Marketing professional Kirk Skodis isn't the first person to suggest replacing Central Park's horse-drawn carriages with electric carriages, but he does appear to have come to the idea independently and with great enthusiasm.
- Hedge fund manager Ken Griffin doesn't seem to be moving his company to Miami, after all.
- Happy retirement to esteemed PIX11 anchor Kaity Tong.
- A popular influencer brought a birthday cake for a five-year-old to a Jersey Shore restaurant and asked a server for a knife to cut it. They declined.
- The Downtown Brooklyn Hoodwill: It's not legal, but it's cheap.
- And finally, no-cone zone:
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