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Early Addition: The city is auctioning off a Staten Island Ferry that was in a fatal 2003 crash
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James Ramsay
Published May 17, 2024
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Good Friday morning in New York City, where the NYPD plans to use "drones as first responders."
Here's what else is happening:
- It's Bike to Work Day in New York City! Wear a helmet!
- Meet the citizen tree enthusiasts who've trained to get rare licenses to prune the city's trees.
- The city's transportation department is auctioning off a Staten Island Ferry boat that infamously crashed into a pier in 2003, causing 11 deaths and dozens of injuries.
- Donald Trump's legal team has been eating lunch.
- Does anyone want to be the president of New York City Transit for longer than a couple years?
- Hundreds of New Yorkers rallied outside City Hall yesterday to protest Mayor Eric Adams' proposed $80 million budget cut for senior centers.
- Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. blamed his wife for flying an upside down flag outside their Virginia house two weeks after the Jan. 6 riot, explaining that the flag positioning — widely associated with the "Stop the Steal" movement — had to do with Mrs. Alito's beef with a neighbor.
- ChatGPT got flirty and no one likes it.
- What on earth does this emoji — 💁♀️ — mean?
- And finally, it's Friday baby:
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