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It’s Thursday afternoon in New York City, where officials want to rectify a sketchy stretch of bike lanes in Lower Manhattan.
Here’s what else is happening:
- A Long Island TikToker is facing several charges for selling misbranded weight loss drugs like Ozempic to her followers. One of the buyers developed a lifelong bacterial infection after using the product.
- Councilmember Julie Menin introduced a bill that would install dog poop bag dispensers on public trash bins in all five boroughs.
- Skittles is promoting its new product Skittles Littles with a contest that gives a lucky winner the chance to live rent-free for a year in a Murray Hill micro-apartment decorated by Dani Klarić.
- Cher, 77, says she dates younger men because the men her age are dead.
- Speaking of age gaps… we can’t stop speaking about age gaps.
- While we advise against trying this out yourself, watch pro skater Tyshawn Jones do a trick over the 145th Street station's subway tracks (again).
- A Mets fan was booted from a game at Citi Field on Tuesday after having a little too much during $1 hot dog night.
- And finally, opposites attract:
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