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Published Oct 13, 2023
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Good Friday morning in New York City, where Staten Island is once again considering secession.
Here's what else is happening:
- While the city deploys additional NYPD officers ahead of possible unrest over the war in Gaza, the police department's commissioner is in Qatar for a conference.
- Hundreds of well-wishers with bags of food and toiletries showed up at JFK's Terminal 4 this week to send off young Jewish men joining the Israeli Defense Forces.
- Hell Gate is suing the Adams administration for repeatedly failing to provide public documents about the mayor's relationship with the owner of Zero Bond, the members-only club Adams frequents.
- THE CITY put together a handy guide for searching property records to see who owns what, how much they paid and what kinds of violations are lurking behind a given address.
- The producers of the musical Shucked are looking for a new home on Broadway for when the show vacates its current theater on Jan. 13.
- Space agencies that've seen lunar missions foiled by pesky moon dust have figured out a solution: That dust can be melted down with giant lenses to create moon streets.
- "For the uninitiated, Earle is an emerging influencer who uses her podcast to discuss the deeply relative tribulations of her charmed, upper-class college life": Congrats to 22-year-old "Hot Mess" host Alix Earle on briefly dethroning Joe Rogan as Spotify's most popular podcaster.
- Here's the trailer for The Curse, a new Nathan Fielder show that looks stressful.
- And finally, happy Friday the 13th to this fella:
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