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Early Addition: Containerized trash, but make it fashion
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Good Monday morning in New York City, where people are lining up for this Erewhon smoothie ”dupe” in the East Village.
Here's what else is happening:
- The super blue moon peaks in New York City at 2:26 this afternoon — and will remain visible, if obscured by clouds, for several days.
- About $155 million worth of environmental mitigation programs in the Bronx, including support for asthma management and the planting of roadside vegetation, have been thrown into limbo now that Gov. Kathy Hochul has indefinitely paused congestion pricing.
- Northwell Health is turning its hospitals into reality show sets.
- Mayor Eric Adams mistakenly gave multiple shout-outs to Pakistan at yesterday's India Day Parade. (His office said he then ran back onstage to apologize and confirm that he meant India.)
- Broadway had a strong summer at the box office.
- The Shop Rat newsletter has a good piece about high-end stores on Madison Avenue complying with trash containerization rules — and turning this into a branding opportunity.
- Australia's version of "The Office" — which is apparently the 13th international iteration of the show — premieres this fall.
- Bookstores: still useful.
- And finally, they earned it:
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