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Early Addition: Trump not a fan of Curtis Sliwa's cats moving into 'magnificent' Gracie Mansion
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James Ramsay
Published Sep 22, 2025
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Good Monday morning in New York City, where we could be in for a warm fall.
Here's what else is happening:
- "I’m a Republican, but Curtis [Sliwa] is not exactly prime time. He wants cats to be in Gracie Mansion. That’s the magnificent home of the mayor. It’s beautiful. We don’t need to have thousands of cats there," said President Donald Trump.
- Surf's up in Queens.
- The TWU is running a $1 million ad campaign to try to save horse-drawn carriages.
- This is a charming check-in with Mahmoud Khalil, who's currently living in Brooklyn in an apartment with his wife, 5-month-old son and an in-unit washer-dryer.
- Lox & Loaded, a chain of Jewish gun ranges with three locations across Westchester and Long Island, told the New York Post that business has been booming since Oct. 7, 2023.
- Arc'teryx has apologized for a marketing stunt that involved launching fireworks in an environmentally fragile part of the Himalayas.
- The Conclave, Williamsburg, the Berlin Marathon ... Harry Styles doesn't sit still!
- And finally, she's awakened:
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