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Early Addition: The Coney Island parachute jump could be back in action, sort of
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Published Oct 7, 2026
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Good Wednesday morning in New York City, where this season's foliage should be spectacular.
Here’s what else is happening:
- The MTA says its new saloon-style fare gates have reduced fare-evasion by roughly 70% at some stations.
- During a City Council hearing earlier this week, executives from major AI companies gave a lot of versions of "I don't know" in response to questions about the risks posed by their products.
- The mayor is backing a City Council bill that would allow individual consumers to sue companies for unfair or abusive business practices. (For example, a senior who gets scammed by someone using voice technology to impersonate their grandchild could sue the voice tech company.)
- The Mamdani administration hired one of the premiere shoppy-shop branding firms to design its city-owned grocery stores.
- The Parks Department is seeking bids from companies that could turn the defunct parachute jump at Coney Island into a tower that would display marriage proposals, birthday wishes and other family-friendly messages.
- Tonight is the night for the Yankees to not look meek or flubby.
- Rattails are allegedly back.
And finally, a natural:
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