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Early Addition: Please leaf-peep respectfully

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Published Sep 3, 2024

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Good Tuesday morning in New York City, where Midtown foot traffic is rebounding.

Here's what else is happening:

• The piers are popping.
• Prime beach season is just kicking off for Rockaway locals.
• The New York Post met some haters of the new rat-resistant pizza box trash cans.
• A court ruled last week that people can continue to smoke inside Atlantic City casinos, for now.
• A new self-published novel from famed reply guy Rick Paulas — this one's about "newlywed couples on a Route 66 honeymoon who stumble upon a mysterious radio show" — is now available for preorder.
• Here's a rundown of the 16 new plays and musicals coming to Broadway this fall.
• Venomous northern copperhead snakes, which blend nicely into piles of autumn leaves, are slithering through New Jersey.
• Speaking of autumn leaves, don't even think about going to photograph that cozy barn in Pomfret, Vermont if you're not a year-round resident. (They closed the road to keep influencers out.)
• Congrats to Joey Chestnut on his new hot dog-eating world record.
• And finally, spooky szn warm-up:

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