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Early Addition: Joe Biden's war on customer service lines that don't let you talk to a person
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Published Aug 13, 2024
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Good Tuesday morning in New York City, where it's been a ghost plate summer.
Here's what else is happening:
- In perhaps his final major act as the 46th president of the United States, will Joe Biden successfully force health insurance companies and cable providers to let you speak to a human when you call customer service?
- Lost something in a park, on a train, in a cab or in your trash? THE CITY has a guide to getting it back.
- The city's effort to put spongy pavement in flood-prone areas is working.
- The New York-to-Dublin portal is closing for good in September.
- The West Village Equinox elevator that broke back in March is still broken.
- Meanwhile, Equinox-owned Blink Fitness has filed for bankruptcy protection.
- The New York Times editorial board is done endorsing candidates in New York elections. (It'll still endorse presidential candidates.)
- Los Angeles plans to borrow 3,000 buses in an attempt to make the 2028 Olympics a "no-car" event.
- Boomers are going ahead and buying waterfront homes that are about to sink into the ocean.
- And finally, got bored in that wheel:
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