Early Addition: Flying squirrels own the night

James Ramsay

Published May 30, 2023

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James Ramsay

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Good Tuesday morning in New York City, where rents don't relax for the summer. Here's what else is happening:

To combat biases against formerly incarcerated people during the job hiring process, state lawmakers are considering a bill that would seal the criminal records of people with felonies who leave prison and remain trouble-free for seven years.
Starting June 21, landlords in New York City will have to let tenants know if an apartment is in a floodplain or has flooded in the past.
Mayor Eric Adams called out young people for not being patriotic enough during his Memorial Day speech Monday.
The city is finally planning to expand the bike lanes on Queens Boulevard from Forest Hills to Briarwood, nearly a decade after promising to do so.
When the sun sets, it's game time for the city's flying squirrels.
Elizabeth Holmes reports to prison today.
"He had doubted that Flo Rida, his son’s favorite artist, would agree to come, but an agent informed him that most big-name musicians are available these days, under the right conditions": The New Yorker's fact-checkers presumably confirmed that Flo Rida, who performed at a Chicago-area teenager's bar mitzvah for a six-figure fee plus private air travel, was indeed the kid's favorite musician.
The actor who played Siobhan Roy on Succession was actually pregnant, and just gave birth.
I went to a Taylor Swift concert and all I got was a beaded bracelet that says "TBOMTWYSYWIMAHTBRIMCSSIWM."
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