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Extra Extra: Albany is making it slightly easier to get popular restaurant reservations
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Good Monday afternoon in New York City, where Gov. Kathy Hochul said critics of her congestion pricing pause lack "imagination" about other ways to fund the MTA.
Here's what's happening:
- City Hall's bathrooms are not open to the public.
- New Jersey officials are trying to make sure the 2026 World Cup doesn't bring a spike in labor and sex trafficking to the Garden State.
- Lawmakers in Albany have voted to ban black-market reservation reselling sites from gobbling up hot restaurant reservations in New York City.
- State legislators have also voted to approve new workplace protections for fashion models.
- Speaking of workplace protections, cast members of "The Outsiders" on Broadway get sprayed with cozy 94-degree water during the show's fight scene, thanks to Actors' Equity Association rules banning the use of colder water in such a scenario.
- Martha's Vineyard's two cannabis dispensaries have either run out, or are about to run out, of weed. And because of federal laws against transporting the plant across state lines — or waters — it's unclear if they'll be able to import more any time soon.
- Sabrina Carpenter and Van Leeuwen are hawking an espresso-flavored ice cream.
- Here are some Telletubbies playing musical chairs on the NYC Ferry.
- And finally, normal normal hippos:
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