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Early Addition: Former Council Speaker Christine Quinn is pro-Waymo
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James Ramsay
Published Sep 21, 2026
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Good Monday morning in New York City, where gridlock season has arrived.
Here’s what else is happening:
- Former City Council Speaker Christine Quinn is part of a new nonprofit trying to bring Waymos to New York, arguing that the driverless cabs offer a safety benefit for vulnerable women.
- Dogs and cats are getting cancer in Keyport, New Jersey, where the area around a shuttered landfill has become the epicenter of a suspected cancer cluster.
- Rose Friedman, an NPR culture editor and shop steward for SAG-AFTRA, has died at the age of 38.
- Medieval Times meets UFC came to Long Island City last week.
- Cool neon art loft on West Broadway.
- Cool mural-filled bathtub-in-the-kitchen apartment overlooking Madison Square Garden.
- Boomers are making AI images of their grandkids and Millennial parents are uncomfortable with it.
And finally, hop on:
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