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Good Wednesday afternoon in New York City, where a question about speeding up bike lane installations could appear on your ballot this November.
Here's what else is happening:
- The New York State Liquor Authority has quietly declined to punish James Dolan and Madison Square Garden for their use of facial recognition technology to ban people from the venue.
- The Mets are on pace to spend $5.2 million per win this season, which would make them "the biggest waste of money in baseball history."
- The West Side Rag reports that a pedestrian was left "bleeding profusely from the head" after a collision with a cyclist near a crosswalk in Central Park Monday night.
- Eric Adams is partying.
- Here's a nice house in Forest Hills Gardens.
- Elon Musk said his AI company is making a "historically accurate" film adaptation of "The Odyssey" ahead of this next Oscar season.
- "Life starts at 44," says Oprah.
- And finally, rock on Jimothy:
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