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Extra Extra: Fare thee well, my lady, for there's no Medieval Festival this year
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Emily Nadal
Published Aug 16, 2023
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It’s Wednesday afternoon in New York City and we won’t be getting our annual Medieval Festival this fall.
The event, which has been happening for the past 35 years, bringing jousting and turkey legs to Fort Tryon Park, was canceled this year because of “budgetary reasons."
Here’s what else is happening:
- After backlash over Pride Month marketing and merchandise in June, Target announced their sales were down for the first time in six years.
- More workers are getting their money. A local nail salon with several locations around the city was ordered to pay $300,000 in unpaid wages to over 100 current and former employees.
- And over in Brooklyn, former workers of a Bedford Avenue coffee shop launched a campaign claiming their ex-boss had a pattern of skimping pay and unfairly firing staff.
- Police were called to a Long Island neighborhood for a complaint of a foul smell, only to discover the source of the odor was two dead dogs in a Ford Explorer.
- The MTA is now offering discounted tickets for commuters traveling on the Long Island Rail Road between Far Rockaway and Manhattan.
- Former crew members of the USS Intrepid commemorated its 80th birthday today.
- A Long Island assemblyman proposed a bill that would protect retail workers in New York from losing their jobs or being punished by employers should they attempt to stop shoplifters.
- And finally, just in her nature:
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