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Early Addition: The Brooklyn man who bought HarrisWalz.com back in 2020 just cashed in
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Published Aug 7, 2024
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Good Wednesday morning in New York City, where Brooklyn's greenest block of 2024 has been crowned.
Here's what else is happening:
- New York is unlikely to meet its goal of getting 70% of its electricity from renewable energy by 2030 — but the state is on track to exceed its solar energy targets.
- Gov. Kathy Hochul yesterday justified her indefinite congestion pricing pause by explaining that the toll would've hurt those pizza delivery drivers who transport pizzas from outside the congestion zone into the congestion zone.
- Scrap metal thieves are stealing commemoratives plaques from local cemeteries.
- The pro bull riding tour is coming to the Barclays Center this weekend.
- The 36-year-old Brooklyn "cybersquatter" who bought the domain HarrisWalz.com back in 2020 just sold it for $15,000.
- Wishing the best for Afghan break dancer Manizha Talash, who fled Taliban rule, resettled in Spain and is now competing in Paris as part of the Refugee Olympic Team.
- "You wake up in somebody’s bed and just decide to keep living with them": Here's how the Icelandic approach to relationships, known as "sex before coffee," seems to work out for people.
- New website for your headtop.
- And finally, I feel this:
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