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Early Addition: Here's how the Trump jurors say they get their news in the morning

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Published Apr 19, 2024

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Good Friday morning in New York City, where officials are trying to stop sending so much poop to landfills.

Here's what else is happening:

• The NYPD said officers arrested at least 108 people at a pro-Palestinian demonstration at Columbia University yesterday.
• NBC has a nice little rundown of the media diets of each of the 12 Manhattanites selected to serve on the jury in Donald Trump's hush-money trial.
• Despite Gene Simmons' claim that "KISS is the largest band that has ever existed that came out of New York City," a Chelsea community board appears likely to vote against an effort to rename the corner of 8th Avenue and 23rd Street "KISS Corner."
• Former NYPD detective Bo Dietl, who was fired from Mayor Adams' legal defense team for repeatedly cursing at reporters, keeps cursing.
• Happy 125th anniversary to the Bronx Zoo!
• Graydon Carter opened a shoppy shop in the West Village.
• A 64-year-old East Hampton man got a talking-to from the cops for shooting his BB gun at squirrels on his property.
• Justin Bieber wore two pairs of sweatpants at the same time.
• And finally, tortured poet:

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