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Extra Extra: Eric Adams has hired Donald Trump Jr.'s former defense lawyer
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Good Friday afternoon in New York City, where the Bic pen heirs think maybe their family's chauffeur stole their beloved Renaissance painting.
Here's what else is happening:
- Former Mayor Eric Adams hired Donald Trump Jr.'s former defense lawyer to represent him in his sexual assault case after the city's legal department sought to drop him.
- Mayor Zohran Mamdani said the city will begin construction in June on a renovation to the Manhattan side of the Brooklyn Bridge, giving cyclists and pedestrians their own entrances.
- The developer who's turning the Flatiron Building into luxury residences is in the running to buy the Chrysler Building, which means there's a chance you could live in it one day if you have a lot of cash.
- Nassau County is trying to crack down on whip-its and kratom.
- It seems West End theaters have cheaper tickets and better concessions than Broadway theaters.
- RuPaul made a runaway train movie.
- Bonjour Ottawa.
- Hello Calgary.
- And finally, what a cameo:
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