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Good Thursday morning in New York City, where the New School faculty have set up a pro-Palestinian encampment.
Here's what else is happening:
- A massive cruise ship pulled into the Port of Brooklyn last Saturday with a dead 44-foot whale across its bow.
- "Ice Cold: An Exhibition of Hip-Hop Jewelry" — which includes T-Pain's Big Ass Chain necklace, Ghostface Killah's eagle arm band, Nicki Minaj's Barbie pendant, Beyoncé's nail rings and Cardi B's nipple covers — is coming to the American Museum of Natural History's Hall of Gems.
- The New York Times interviewed a maintenance worker at Columbia's Hamilton Hall who described being stressed out and scared when students forced their way in and made him leave.
- The New York City Department of Transportation now says construction on the triple-cantilevered Brooklyn-Queens Expressway in Brooklyn Heights won't begin until 2028 — two years past the deadline when Mayor Bill de Blasio said the roadway could be unsafe for travel.
- Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he has recovered from having a worm in his brain and no longer experiences memory loss or fogginess.
- An outside review found that the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation has a toxic workplace.
- Chess is also toxic.
- Famed seafood seasoning Old Bay is finally on Goldfish.
- 👟 Do you run in NYC — and have strong opinions about it? Take our Instagram poll!
- And finally, goodbye cherry blossom season:
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