Early Addition: The mystery of the Summer Youth Employment Program A.T.M. scam

James Ramsay

Published Jul 25, 2025

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James Ramsay

Published Jul 25, 2025

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Good Friday morning in New York City, where it's dangerously hot.

Here's what else is happening:

Police said an SUV driver yesterday hit a mom and her three kids — killing her 4-year-old boy — while they were crossing the street outside their pediatrician's office in Oakland, New Jersey.
Well something went wrong that allowed scammers to withdraw tens of thousands of dollars from New York City A.T.M.s using teenagers' Summer Youth Employment Program payment cards earlier this month.
We have so many ferries!
These street meat rolls look good.
Jets quarterback Justin Fields dislocated his toe at practice yesterday.
Harry Styles is selling vibrators.
Chit made me chuckle.
"It’s reassuring isn’t it, to have lasted as long, across all the years of learning and knowing, adventures and [illegible word], and also to have your childlike curiosity, the drive to make a difference and the solace of friends," wrote Bill Clinton in Jeffrey Epstein's 2003 birthday book.
And finally, style icons: