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Extra Extra: FDNY says another driver blocked a hydrant, slowing the response to a deadly fire
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Published Feb 12, 2025
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Good Wednesday afternoon in New York City, where officials are trying to dump less sewage into Newtown Creek.
Here's what else is happening:
- The FDNY said a car parked in front of a hydrant slowed firefighters' response to a fire that killed two people inside a Buddhist temple in the Bronx this morning. (This comes days after cars blocking hydrants in Bay Ridge slowed firefighters' response to a deadly apartment fire.)
- A pair of 10-story apartment buildings — with 40% of the units set at below-market rents — will go up on the border of Park Slope and Windsor Terrace after locals debated the height, comparative affordability and general vibe of the project for more than a year.
- Mayor Eric Adams got laser hair removal at a wellness spa in Harlem.
- Comptroller Brad Lander said the city's transportation department has so far only approved 40 of the 3,700 applications submitted by restaurants for outdoor dining permits.
- "He should not be in public like this": Grimes was not happy about her son X Æ A-12 hanging out in the Oval Office this week while his dad, Elon Musk, announced plans for massive cuts to the federal government.
- Stop spreading the rumor that polyamorous people are ugly.
- The hot craze in France right now is frozen French fries.
- This asteroid the size of a football field probably won't hit us in 2032.
- And finally, let him have one bottle:
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