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Good Wednesday afternoon in New York City, where the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree is on its way.
Here's what else is happening:
- The City has detailed breakdowns of the mayoral vote based on income, what type of housing people live in and whether an election district relies primarily on cars or mass transit.
- After Zohran Mamdani won, some rich Democrats on Wall Street are considering throwing a lot of money at Republican Elise Stefanik's suspected gubernatorial run.
- Debrah Messing is also panicking.
- Research shows that if you touch the tray table on an airplane, you may as well touch a toilet seat.
- They say a modern gentleman doesn't modify a restaurant order.
- Jennifer Lawrence and Cole Escola are making a "Miss Piggy" movie.
- Zoomers are all reading Dostoevsky's "White Nights."
- Babies are all named Noah and Olivia.
- And finally, welcome committee:
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