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Early Addition: NYC's median rent is now a record $4,120
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Published May 15, 2026
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Good Friday morning in New York City, where we're about to get a hot weekend.
Here's what else is happening:
- Content creation counts as experience, congressional candidate Jack Schlossberg has argued.
- Mayor Zohran Mamdani said he doesn't plan to attend the Israel Day on Fifth parade at the end of the month.
- Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a champion of the Green New Deal, has not been especially vocal about Gov. Hochul's rollback of New York's climate laws.
- StreetEasy says it'll take a New York City household making the median income ($105,481) 20 years to save for a down payment on a median-priced home. (Also, the city's median rent is now a record $4,120 a month.)
- There's a new sculpture of a naked woman on top of a washing machine outside the New Museum.
- Matthew McConaughey — who co-stars in Salesforce AI ads — is trademarking his voice, likeness and iconic quotes ("Alright, alright, alright!") to protect against AI.
- Rich Boomers are going to pass down some cool if finicky classic cars.
- The Mets.
- And finally, oh hey:
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