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Early Addition: End of the Trump trial means the return of the Centre Street bike lane
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Published May 31, 2024
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Good Friday morning in New York City, where it's no longer illegal to hand out water to people waiting in line to vote.
Here's what else is happening:
- Now that the Trump trial is over, cyclists commuting into Manhattan over the Brooklyn Bridge will get their bike lanes back.
- The Trucking Association of New York, a trade group for delivery companies, is suing to delay the start of congestion pricing.
- The City Council is pressuring the Adams administration to add 96 more public bathrooms across the five boroughs, as required under a 2022 law.
- Sewanhaka High School in Floral Park on Long Island is changing its mascot from the Indians to the Ravens to comply with a state law banning mascots that use Native American names or images.
- Congrats to 12-year-old Forida boy Bruhat Soma on winning the Scripps National Spelling Bee with his correct spelling of "abseil."
- Olympic breakdancers seem cool.
- "Hacks" has been renewed for another season.
- There's an American epidemic of refrigerating condiments that don't need to be refrigerated.
- And finally, Turkish delight:
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