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Extra Extra: Hulk Hogan's last gift to New York City
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Published Jul 24, 2025
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It’s Thursday afternoon in New York City, and you’ve got to get to the Chinatown Night Market before it ends this summer.
Here’s what else is happening:
- A veterinarian had to give multiple doses of Narcan to a golden retriever who was suffering from an opioid overdose after SPCA officials removed the dog, and several other animals, from a Long Island woman’s home over alleged neglect.
- “Liberty Link” is NYC’s new $3.2 million pilot program that will bring free Wi-Fi to 35 affordable housing buildings in upper Manhattan and the Bronx.
- Craving an ice cream sandwich? Check out these 10 places around the city with different takes on the treat.
- A Hulk Hogan-themed bar will open across from Madison Square Garden this fall, a plan sanctioned by the pro-wrestler before his death today at the age of 71.
- This guy who spent 21 years and about $10,000 building a model of New York City out of balsa wood says he wants to build Minneapolis next.
- No more ghosting bad dates, we are in the era of speed dumping.
- Does summer camp kind of suck now?
- And finally, wake-up call:
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