Early Addition: Metro-North honors workers who saved 3-year-old from tracks

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Published Apr 25, 2023

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James Ramsay

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Good Tuesday morning in New York City, where throwing a block party is easier than you'd expect. Here's what's happening:

A New York state public health board has approved a $155 million expansion and renovation of Jamaica Hospital's emergency department, which serves a section of southern Queens with an exceptionally high rate of gun violence.
A Long Island bouncer who threw a shirt over a security camera and proceeded to beat up a patron so bad that the victim fell into a coma and died has been found guilty of manslaughter.
Metro-North is honoring five railroad workers who found a 3-year-old autistic boy walking dangerously close to the third rail in Tarrytown and brought him to safety during an incident earlier this month.
H. Dale Hemmerdinger, a real estate scion and former MTA chairman under Gov. Eliot Spitzer, has died at the age of 78.
The New York Times' architecture critic gave the Museum of Natural History's new canyon-like section for butterflies (among other things) the thumbs up.
Ariel Palitz, the city's first "night mayor," had her send-off party at Mr. Purple on the Lower East Side on Sunday.
President Joe Biden is officially running for reelection.
Teens are throwing parties to mark (and shred) their college rejection letters.
Donald Trump's sons aren't happy with Fox News for laying off Tucker Carlson.
Vice made a 46-minute documentary about MAGA rappers.
Aaron Rodgers has finally been traded to the Jets.
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