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Early Addition: It's sign-the-kids-up-for-summer-camp season
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Published Mar 2, 2026
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Good Monday morning in New York City, where there seems to be an "epidemic" of staged car crashes.
Here's what else is happening:
- Rep. Josh Gottheimer, a North Jersey Democrat who praised the Trump administration's attack on Iran as a "decisive action to defend our national security," stands to thwart a resolution in the House that would force the president to get Congressional approval before this becomes a protracted conflict.
- A Polymarket account named "Magamyman" made $553,000 off the killing of Iran's supreme leader.
- John Gotti's grandson, who could face three years in prison for COVID relief fund fraud, is asking for a lightened sentence because he's donating a kidney to his mom.
- The Brooklyn Public Library has complied with the federal government's order to end its passport application services.
- Yes, it's below-freezing in the city right now. And yes, it's possibly too late to sign your kids up for summer camp.
- Soft-soled loafers ... just not the same as the real thing.
- Spice bag season.
- And finally, trailblazers:
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