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Early Addition: Love is gifting a Trader Joe's tote bag you waited in line for

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Published Jul 22, 2026

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Happy Wednesday in New York City, where the big jorts have taken over.

Here's what else is happening:

• Should New York City have open primaries? No, say the people who've been winning our current closed primaries.
• More than 1,500 cell doors on Rikers Island are broken, according to a correction official.
• EPA Chief Lee Zeldin and country singer John Rich, of Big & Rich, co-signed a letter criticizing Gov. Kathy Hochul for trying to install solar panel fields on upstate farmland.
• Riverside Park's bronze statue of German-born Civil War general Franz Sigel is getting its first major cleaning in 22 years.
• The city's bat population is up.
• Heartwarming: People are waiting in line for the viral Trader Joe's tote bags in order to give them as gifts.
• "The Odyssey" audiobook is hot right now.
• And finally, good fun:

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