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Early Addition: Let’s maybe not make 'Barefoot Boy Summer' a thing
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Emily Nadal
Published Aug 7, 2023
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It's a stormy Monday morning in New York City, where a Brooklyn councilmember wants Mister Softee to stop running its ice cream trucks on fuel-burning generators.
The legislation, introduced by Councilman Lincoln Restler, would require ice cream trucks in the city to make the move toward environmentally conscious alternatives to run the trucks, like electric or solar power and right-wing officials are criticizing his supposed war on summertime happiness.
Here's what else is happening:
- Some New Jersey residents are waging a war against towns replacing natural grass with artificial turf, citing the harmful health and environmental effects.
- Celebrations for the 50th anniversary of hip-hop keep on coming. The MTA released their limited-edition MetroCards in honor of the genre this weekend with more versions on the way.
- While hip-hop is taking over our city, Barbie is taking over the world, and I’m loving it. The movie surpassed $1 billion in ticket sales within less than a month of being in theaters.
- Ghost kitchens, where you think you’re ordering from, say, a local indie diner called “The Meltdown” but it’s actually your Denny’s, are rampant on food delivery apps.
- Let’s maybe not make “Barefoot Boy Summer” a thing.
- More young people have been ending up in the hospital with marijuana-related emergencies in recent years, according to a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
- The city doesn’t seem to think a chronic foul smell of gasoline and paint at a Hell’s Kitchen high school is a cause for concern.
- And finally, the Monday motivation I need:
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