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Early Addition: Pigeon poop is allegedly a problem at some LIRR stations
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Published Oct 20, 2025
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Good Monday morning in New York City, where the owners of Whitexicans in Jackson Heights say the name is meant to be satirical and inclusive.
Here's what else is happening:
- This election's three housing-related ballot proposals: boons for needed development, a mayoral power-grab, or something more nuanced in between?
- The pristine white concrete facade on the 432 Park luxury tower is no longer pristine. (It's cracking and could one day endanger pedestrians down below.)
- Some New Jersey Democrats are worrying at the last minute that Mikie Sherrill has run a "milquetoast" gubernatorial campaign.
- A new Nassau County comptroller's report says pigeon droppings have become a problem at several Long Island Rail Road stations.
- Thousands of Orthodox Jews rallied outside the Israeli consulate in Midtown yesterday to protest recent changes allowing ultra-Orthodox men to be drafted into the IDF.
- Now is an apt time to read a long New Yorker article about Project 2025 honcho Russell Vought.
- They did it: The Jets lost again, becoming the last remaining winless team in the NFL.
- Don't ice the water.
- And finally, found you guys:
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