Early Addition: Partially treated sewage water gets dumped into Long Beach channel

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James Ramsay

Published May 22, 2026

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Good Friday morning in New York City, where even luxury apartment tenants are organizing.

Here's what else is happening:

The state Department of Environmental Conservation said it's monitoring conditions after a Long Beach treatment plant accidentally dumped about 30,000 gallons of sewage water into a local waterway.
The Mamdani administration said it's received more than $9 million in idling fines from vehicle operators who make Amazon deliveries.
Holdout residents of a single room occupancy hotel at 125 Bowery say they're being harassed by their landlord who wants to take over their units for a new "capsule-style" hotel (that happens to be getting horrible reviews).
These old Roosevelt Island tram cars should be turned into gazebos.
Alison Roman is opening a boutique grocery store in Brooklyn Heights.
The fox who Paddington'd his way to New York via cargo ship and wound up at the Bronx Zoo is now healthy and goes by Basil.
Basketball town.
And finally, mind of its own:

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