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Early Addition: City still trying to force de Blasio to pay for the police detail from his presidential run
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Published Nov 22, 2023
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Good Wednesday morning in New York City, where a Queens magnet-fisherman is pulling guns, bikes, sex toys and other objects out of local ponds.
Here's what else is happening:
- Stuart Seldowitz, a former national security official who once worked in the State Department’s Office of Israel and Palestinian Affairs, was caught on camera harassing a Manhattan halal cart vendor and calling him a "terrorist."
- The city's Conflicts of Interest Board is urging a judge to force former-Mayor Bill de Blasio to pay $474,000 for the police detail that accompanied him during his presidential campaign in 2019.
- A Bronx dog owner said thieves stole a litter of teacup poodle puppies out of her apartment.
- The MTA finally did it: They made special edition KISS MetroCards.
- Lexington Candy Shop still makes a good egg cream.
- Anyone try the Union Square subway station fried rice?
- Susan Sarandon, a frequent attendee of pro-Palestinian protests, has been dropped by her talent agency over accusations of antisemitism.
- A Colorado Taco Bell worker who found herself at a combination employee holiday-group sex party is suing the parent company and the franchise owner.
- And finally, looks durable:
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