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Early Addition: King Charles should donate the royal train to the D line
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Published Jul 1, 2025
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Good Tuesday morning in New York City, where we need a place to dump 50 million cubic yards of dirt that's about to get dredged up from New York Harbor.
Here's what else is happening:
- The high-rise buildings on the Williamsburg waterfront are full of rich Boomers.
- The City Council has approved the rezoning that would be required for a Coney Island casino to get built.
- The City Council is considering a bill that would ban pet stores from selling birds.
- We got a few more details about the Mexican Navy ship that crashed into the Brooklyn Bridge.
- The floating East River + POOL, which Gov. Kathy Hochul said would open this summer, has been delayed at least two years — and the team building it say it'll instead make its debut as a rectangular, minus-shaped pool.
- Tough stretch for the Mets.
- King Charles is giving up the royal train.
- NASA signed a deal to stream its rocket launches on Netflix.
- And finally, needs some grease:
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