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Extra Extra: Harvey Weinstein said Rikers Island is a 'hellhole'

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Published Apr 21, 2025

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Good Monday afternoon in New York City, where the White House is really trying to kill congestion pricing.

Here's what else is happening:

• "Harvey Weinstein Becomes an Unlikely Voice in the Push to Close Rikers."
• Wall Street traders who voted for Trump but then lost a lot of money after the tariff announcements have become not-that-unlikely voices in the call for this to end.
• The New York Post interviewed some New Yorkers in their 60s who've taken up weed.
• Debi Mazar is mourning the loss of her "Favorite Pope EVER."
• Meet Ser Serpas, one of the art world's premier assemblagists, AKA "garbage groupies."
• Meet the Long Island sign guy.
• Meta, Amazon and YouTube came together to sponsor this year's White House Easter Egg Roll.
• Just a crazy $75 million apartment in Chelsea.

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