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Good Friday afternoon in New York City, where every day is Fat Beach Day.
Here's what's happening:
- Did Gov. Kathy Hochul shoot down congestion pricing at the last minute because she's from Buffalo and doesn't understand what it's like to get around NYC? Some say yes.
- A big sculpture of animals sitting together on a couch is coming to the Financial District.
- Kohl's has declined to sponsor any events affiliated with the Republican National Convention.
- There's a new chess kid making waves.
- In Ariana Grande's latest music video, she plays a cat(woman) getting rid of NYC's rat problem.
- Here's a good explainer on why Ariana Grande is always wearing cat ears.
- Here's a good explainer on why cats rule.
- The Cut published a selection of the 400+ very detailed comments on its story about how miserable dating is for women right now.
- And finally, if you leave 400 comments about these cats, maybe we'll publish them in a separate post (no promises):
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