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Early Addition: If it's sanctioned and sober, is it still a rave?
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Published Jul 16, 2026
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Good Thursday morning in New York City, where the air-and-heat combo is absolutely disgusting.
Here's what else is happening:
- The Mayor’s Office to Protect Tenants is arguing that landlords should cover the cost of renters' credit checks.
- The City Council has added $1.5 million in funding for an initiative aimed at ultimately teaching every second grader how to swim.
- NYCHA's Marlboro Houses in Gravesend just opened a first-of-its-kind playground with a surface made of recycled wine and champagne corks from local restaurants.
- Montague Diner in Brooklyn Heights will let you keep a tab.
- You can get fancy slices at a new place by Forest Hills Stadium.
- The "Trader Joe’s vs. Aldi Rave" actually happened.
- There's a new monkey.
- And finally, is this Widow's Bay:
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