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Extra Extra: Joe Biden took his granddaughter to an allegedly 'random' UES Italian restaurant
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Published Jun 5, 2026
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Good Friday afternoon in New York City, where the lights will stay on later at select ball fields this summer.
Here's what else is happening:
- The big wooden bear outside Q Florist on Columbus Ave and West 82nd Street is ready for the NBA Finals.
- A state appeals court ruled this week that New York City has to notify the public within four hours every time sewage is discharged into a local waterway.
- Earlier this week, Joe and Jill Biden took their granddaughter to an Upper East Side Italian restaurant that Jane Fonda called "random," though allegedly they have good artichokes.
- Discount airliner Ryanair said it's having to divert an average of one flight a day due to drunken passenger shenanigans, but the push to ban or limit morning pints at British airports is coming up against some pushback.
- The average school district superintendent in New Jersey now makes more than $200,000 a year.
- You can do some good birding without leaving a New Jersey backyard.
- I want these World Cup stickers.
- And finally, weekend shimmy:
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