Early Addition: Central Park loop is getting a designated spandex lane

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Published Nov 19, 2024

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James Ramsay

Published Nov 19, 2024

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Good Tuesday morning in New York City, where Andy Warhol's rejected Trump Tower portrait is going up for auction.

Here's what else is happening:

A new City Council bill would regulate the size, material and upkeep of sidewalk newspaper boxes.
Damian Fagon, outgoing chief equity officer of the state Office of Cannabis Management, gave a long exit interview to Hell Gate about New York's successes and shortcomings in creating a legal weed industry that's not entirely controlled by white executives.
The Central Park Conservancy is creating new bike and pedestrian lanes throughout the park's main loop so the Lance Armstrong types don't veer into everyone else.
Some kind of high-end circus is coming to the former Bank of New York building on Wall Street.
A witness told the House Ethics Committee she saw Rep. Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for attorney general, having sex with a 17-year-old at a party in 2017.
Pope Francis has called for an investigation into whether Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.
Ireland, an island of about 5 million people, continues to punch above its weight in the pop culture arena.
Coney Island is going winter mode.
And finally, whippin':