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Published Mar 5, 2024
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Good Tuesday morning in New York City, where "home repair" men with Irish brogues are scamming seniors in Queens.
Here's what else is happening:
- 2023 marked the deadliest year for New York City cyclists since 1999, with 23 of the 30 fatalities occurring for e-bike riders.
- Police on Sunday said they were able to get a 10-year-old subway surfer off the top of a Queens train before any injuries occurred.
- Two state lawmakers want to expand New York City’s free bus pilot program from one line per borough to three.
- Roosevelt Island residents want more control over how their sliver of land is run after multiple people in leadership positions were demoted.
- That ominous, pitch black luxury tower in Downtown Brooklyn: It's cool, actually.
- The Holsten's booth from the "Sopranos" finale sold for $82,600 on eBay.
- For the same price as a pack of White Claw seltzer, you can now buy a pack of non-alcoholic White Claw seltzer.
- It's ramp season.
- It's also butter season.
- Correction: An earlier version of this post mischaracterized the roles of Roosevelt Island leaders who were pushed out.
- And finally, head massage:
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