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Early Addition: Your annual reminder that you can blow your hand off with fireworks
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Published Jul 1, 2024
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Good Monday morning in New York City, where there are ways to avoid getting a crappy apartment.
Here's what else is happening:
- Here's what's known about Friday's fatal police shooting in Utica, where an officer killed a 13-year-old boy who was allegedly holding a pellet gun.
- THE CITY has a cool photo essay about New Dorp, Staten Island, a waterfront neighborhood that's rebuilding from Sandy — and quickly becoming the borough's Chinatown.
- Here's a peek into the 170-person, 67-van effort to keep fresh batteries in Citi Bikes docked all over town.
- Some car owners in Bayside, Queens are revolting over the city's move to replace on-street parking spots with protected bike lanes.
- Bed-Stuy held a block party over the weekend to celebrate the 35th anniversary of "Do The Right Thing."
- A 66-year-old Long Island man lost a hand and a few fingers in a fireworks mishap on Saturday.
- Steve Bannon is expected to report to a Connecticut prison today to serve a four-month term for defying subpoenas in the congressional January 6 investigation.
- Big congrats to 16-year-old New Jersey gymnast Hezly Rivera on making the five-woman Team U.S.A. Olympic squad.
- Every day, every kid of every gender identity is wearing the Elsa dress.
- And finally, moonwalker:
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