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Early Addition: Mayor Adams says some migrants are 'excellent swimmers' and could solve NYC's lifeguard shortage
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Published May 15, 2024
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Good Wednesday morning in New York City, where you can't get evicted for no reason.
Here's what else is happening:
- The Red Hook port is getting three new piers as part of an $80 million waterfront revitalization plan.
- Comptroller Brad Lander said a distributor hired to provide food for New Yorkers in need during the height of the pandemic overcharged the city by $9 million.
- Mayor Adams said yesterday that the city could solve its lifeguard shortage problem by expediting work permits for migrants and asylum seekers, explaining that many are "excellent swimmers."
- Wildfires are burning again in Canada, but so far, it doesn't seem like New York City is in for another smokepocalypse.
- Congrats to miniature poodle Sage on winning best in show at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.
- The Cut has a long piece about the sex strike in New York's ultra-Orthodox community.
- "Stroads" are bad.
- Swaggy Mark Zuckerberg is too much.
- And finally, spring training:
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