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Extra Extra: Lights out for the city that never sleeps
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Emily Nadal
Published Sep 7, 2023
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Emily Nadal
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It’s Thursday afternoon in New York City, where we never sleep and our lights are always on, causing trouble for migratory birds.
Light from glass buildings in the city is disruptive, and sometimes fatal, for birds passing through on their way up the East Coast for the season. One city councilmember wants to change that by introducing legislation that would require commercial buildings to turn off their lights through the night unless someone is working inside — something government buildings already do during migration season.
Here’s what else is happening:
- That mysterious alligator in Middlesex, New Jersey that officials have been searching for is probably dead as there have been no sightings of it after an officer shot at it on Aug. 26.
- One thing that’s not dead though is WeWork — allegedly. The company released a statement yesterday describing its efforts to remain alive and ensuring it's “here to stay.”
- A new children’s science and art play space is opening this weekend at The Met, and it’s completely free.
- What’s going on with oysters lately? The FDA issued a warning about some potentially contaminated oysters that were harvested in Groton, Connecticut and sold to distributors in five states, including New York.
- In more Connecticut animal news: A farm worker was paralyzed after he was attacked by a bull in heat while putting several cows back into a barn after milking them.
- Although the NYC sanitation department may call out naughty businesses for not complying with anti-rat trash mandates, it also praises those who follow the rules.
- A raccoon that was just trying to get some morning coffee at a Starbucks in the Bronx was taken into custody by the NYPD.
- And finally, do baby turtle videos ever get old?
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