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Extra Extra: Another SantaCon, another Saturday booze ban on MTA rails
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Published Dec 4, 2023
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It's Monday afternoon in New York City, where The Beam is in business at Rockefeller Center.
Here’s what else is happening:
- Opening arguments began today in Jonathan Majors' criminal assault trial in Manhattan.
- SantaCon is this Saturday, and the MTA is once again banning booze on all Metro-North and Long Island Rail Road trains (in addition to subways and subway platforms).
- New York's Democratic Party wants former Rep. Tom Suozzi to retake the congressional seat being vacated by George Santos.
- Meanwhile, Zoomers think George Santos is a rizzler, and HBO is making a movie about him.
- The children of Broadway are having a moment.
- Nobody wants to be a bank examiner these days.
- Stuffed animal brands are in a softness arms race.
- Lana Del Rey's "A&W" was the best song of 2023, according to Pitchfork.
- And finally, getting too big for this:
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