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James Ramsay

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Good Friday morning in New York City, where Luigi Mangione has been showing up to court in exceptional knitwear.

Here's what else is happening:

"Imma be completely 100% honest with you, I have no idea": Students at Queens' Bayside High School, the alma mater of both Eric Adams and mayoral candidate and City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams, told The City they're not really up on the mayoral race.
The Hochul administration is running ads recruiting federal workers laid off by DOGE to come work for New York.
Congrats to the 650 people who just graduated from the city sanitation department's seven-week Trash Academy.
State Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal has granted the first annual satirical Sheddie Award to the scaffolding on Amsterdam Avenue and West 86th Street that's been up for two decades.
Adnan Syed, who was freed in 2022 but then had his murder conviction reinstated, won't have to go back to prison after a judge ruled he'd served enough time.
Kim Kardashian's Skims brand set up a massive balloon of Kim in a bikini in Times Square.
A SpaceX rocket blew up yesterday.
Next week is going to be warm!