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Early Addition: Pedicabs keep blasting 'Empire State of Mind' outside Broadway theaters during the show
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James Ramsay
Published Sep 30, 2026
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Good Wednesday morning in New York City, where the beloved Upper West Side sports bar Jake's Dilemma will soon join an unfortunately large collection of empty storefronts in the neighborhood.
Here’s what else is happening:
- Don't worry too much: The Upper West Side is also getting new places to drink beer.
- Amid the effort to crack down on unlicensed pedicab operators who are notorious for price-gouging tourists is a specific provision that would ban the pedicabs from blasting music right outside Broadway theaters while the shows are going on.
- NBC reports that Diddy is still enjoying massages and liquor at his federal prison in New Jersey.
- The Financial District, with its Potemkin Village-style empty cobblestone streets and views of the Brooklyn Bridge, turns out to be the perfect neighborhood for influencers and reality TV shoots.
- The Russian and Turkish Baths turns out to be the perfect place for big time movie stars to get near-naked.
- The 34th Street Partnership wants to put a full-on carnival park outside Macy's in Herald Square.
- Put down the BORG.
And finally, fully naked in the bath:
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