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Early Addition: Detained protesters on MTA bus say cop behind the wheel had a tough time
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Published Apr 29, 2024
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Good Monday morning in New York City, where it's getting hot.
Here's what else is happening:
- "Generally, the feeling on the bus was like, I hope this guy knows how to drive the bus. And that was the feeling among the people who were in cuffs. And also the cops were kind of joking around with each other, like, oh, I hope we make it": Witnesses said the cop who drove an MTA bus full of pro-Palestinian protesters from Brooklyn to One Police Plaza last Tuesday had a challenging experience.
- The New York Times has a good recap of how New Jersey Rep. Andy Kim circumvented party bosses to become the front-runner in this year's Senate race.
- New York's new pilot program for legalizing basement apartments applies to 15 community districts in the city — only one of which is in Queens, the borough most of in need of legal basement units.
- A Howard Beach dog has died after a stray bullet, possibly fired by a neighborhood 18-year-old, blew into the dog's house and hit her.
- For $195 a ticket, you can take a luxury bus from Hudson Yards to the Hamptons.
- NJ.com ranked the Garden State's 16 remaining 24-hour diners.
- Major League Baseball is fixing the uniforms so the gray pants and gray jerseys actually match.
- Zoomers are throwing themselves half-birthday parties.
- Bagels are back.
- And finally, mother:
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