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Early Addition: The Greek coffee cups are a little worse now
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Published Jun 2, 2026
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Good Tuesday morning in New York City, where Mayor Zohran Mamdani is joining The Brian Lehrer Show at 11.
Here's what else is happening:
- It's Primary Day in New Jersey, where Republican Rep. Tom Kean Jr. still hasn't emerged in public. (He's running unopposed.)
- Here's how East New York has managed to add nearly 6,000 new apartments over the last decade essentially without gentrifying.
- Hedge fund manager and Florida resident Ken Griffin is expected to owe up to $1.4 million in extra taxes on his three Manhattan homes under the state's new pied-à-terre tax.
- A pair of raccoons bit a 7-year-old boy and an adult in Ridgewood, New Jersey, over the weekend.
- They're saying the "Heated Rivalry" parody musical is good.
- The new Greek coffee cups just don't look as good as the original one.
- Milli Vanilli's Fab Morvan has dropped out of the beleaguered "Freedom 250" concert, which means Vanilla Ice is the last performer still on board.
- If you spend more than half of your waking hours inside intricate daydreams, doctors say it could be a problem.
- And finally, solid routine:
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