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Early Addition: Winter surfing in Montauk separates the boys from the brahs
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Good Tuesday morning in New York City, where kids could soon be learning about the U.S. Capitol riot in school.
Here's what else is happening:
- Mayor Zohran Mamdani yesterday signed an executive order extending the state of emergency for Rikers Island — which was first issued in 2021 — and setting a Feb. 19 deadline for a new plan to get the jail system in compliance with the city's own solitary confinement laws.
- The Hudson Square Business Improvement District is handing Andy Cohen a key to the neighborhood and renaming a trash can after him in a ceremony today.
- More and more, Orthodox Jews are moving to Staten Island — and adding amenities so they don't have to constantly commute back to Borough Park.
- LGBTQ organizations are planning a rally in Union Square on Saturday ahead of two Supreme Court cases concerning the rights of trans athletes.
- Even in the dead of winter, people surf in Montauk.
- The pressure is on for Victoria's Secret to stock enough stuff to hit its Valentine's Day sales goals.
- Two strong takes on "Marty Supreme."
- "The meat-to-bean ratio in chili is crucial."
- And finally, I see:
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