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Good Friday afternoon in New York City, where the Queens Night Market is back.
Here's what else is happening:
- Columbia University is going to pay to install an elevator at the above-ground 1 train station at 125th Street.
- Mayor Mamdani has endorsed Lindsay Boylan, a DSA member and former aide to Andrew Cuomo who accused the then-governor of sexual harassment, in a special election for a City Council seat representing Manhattan's West Side.
- The Dinosaur BBQ in Gowanus is closing.
- The Goop Kitchen in the Flatiron District (but it's takeout-only) is opening.
- City Council Speaker Julie Menin has a lot of money.
- The mayor of Irvington, New Jersey, sent out an official mailer highlighting his 90-pound weight-loss journey in the context of the town's "wellness revolution," but a political opponent running to unseat him says it's an unfair use of city funds for what's effectively a campaign ad.
- Some good tips in here.
- Stabler out.
- S&P 500 up.
- And finally, to the meadow:
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