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Early Addition: Times Square too prudish for billboard promoting lactation cookies
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Published May 14, 2024
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Good Tuesday morning in New York City, where we're dealing with peak pollen.
Here's what else is happening:
- The MTA recently bought 15 used buses from NJ Transit in order to increase express bus service on six routes for the start of congestion pricing.
- Someone hit the New York State Legislature with a cyberattack nearly a month ago and there's still no word on who did this or why.
- A rental e-scooter pilot program is expanding into Queens this summer.
- WABC owner John Catsimatidis is accusing former mayor and radio host Rudy Giuliani of demanding double the airtime and double the pay while possibly planning to keep making defamatory claims on air about the 2020 election being stolen.
- The Dublin City Council said it's making unspecified technical changes to the Dublin-to-NYC live video portal after people kept pulling their pants down and doing other naughty stuff in front of the camera.
- If lingerie companies can post racy ads in Times Square, why can't a breastfeeding company put up a billboard for "Big Titty Cookies?"
- In other lactation news: Belated congratulations to Punxsutawney Phil and his wife Phyllis on the birth of their kids, Sunny and Shadow.
- MLB catchers keep positioning themselves closer to hitters to make it easier to sell pitches as strikes. Accordingly, they keep getting hit by bats.
- A British woman has been included in the "King's first Civilian Gallantry List" after saving her twin sister from getting killed by a crocodile while they were swimming in Mexico on vacation.
- The WNBA season starts tonight!
- And finally, watch out for these crocs:
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