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Extra Extra: Brooklyn birders don't snitch on owls
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Published Nov 4, 2025
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Good Tuesday afternoon in New York City, where Zohran Mamdani finally revealed he voted "yes" on the housing ballot measures.
Here's what else is happening:
- The MTA has boosted weekday service on the A and L lines.
- The St. John's men's basketball team is supposed to be really good this year.
- In other basketball news, the Knicks are holding a season-long talent show.
- Brooklyn birders shall respect the borough's owl code: Don't post about it if you spot one.
- An appeals court in New Jersey has ruled an Edison woman can't sue a local go-kart track because some kids there called her a "Karen."
- A jury trial in Washington, D.C., is underway for the man charged with a misdemeanor for throwing a sandwich at a Customs and Border Protection officer outside a nightclub this summer.
- Hilary Duff is putting out new music for the first time in a decade.
- If that's not your thing, try jazz?
- And finally, that's how it's done:
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