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Extra Extra: Does NYC's 'rat czar' stand a chance?
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Good Monday afternoon in New York City, where free performances of Puccini's opera "Tosca" are coming to Bryant Park.
Here's what else is happening:
- "The poor woman is taking on a task of trying to fix something, and she doesn’t know how it’s broken": New York Magazine details the challenges facing "rat czar" Kathleen Corradi, who is tasked with putting a dent in NYC's rat problem.
- A cyclist found that by patching in an extra 11.7 miles of protected bike lanes in Manhattan below 60th Street, the bottom half of the island could have a safe, well-integrated biking network.
- The Mets retired Dwight Gooden's No. 16.
- All the TV networks are begging Donald Trump and Joe Biden to agree to debate each other.
- Researchers are exploring whether having older brothers is correlated with one's chances of being gay.
- The teenage babysitters club has disbanded.
- Instagram star Davis Clarke is probably locked into some spreadsheets right now, but I bet he can't wait to get back on the train, go home, watch some sports and talk to the people he loves.
- I wonder if Davis ever watches "Tracker" on CBS to mix it up?
- And finally, sharp tux:
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