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Early Addition: If you find the secret bolt in a rock in Central Park, be cool about it
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Published Jul 30, 2026
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Good Thursday morning in New York City, where there's some confusion about who owes the pied-à-terre tax.
Here's what else is happening:
- Orthodox Jewish New Yorkers are fighting an effort in Congress to create permanent Daylight Saving Time, arguing that the current clock changes in the spring and fall work better with their prayer schedules.
- Flushing Meadows Corona Park is getting a $17 million playground upgrade.
- Strong looks at the Guyanese Nurses’ Ball.
- Would "The Odyssey" be better if it had more Travis Scott and you were watching it on a plane?
- Should LeBron James take the train to Philly?
- Somewhere in Central Park, there's a rock with a 218-year-old bolt in it that dates back to when Manhattan's grid was being planned, and if you're lucky enough to stumble upon it, it's your duty to keep the location a secret so nobody steals it.
- Let's leave the devil worms be.
- And finally, spa day:
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