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Extra Extra: Martinis and scaffolding, that's what New York City does
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Good Wednesday afternoon in New York City, where the JFK Hilton will be turned into an affordable housing tower.
Here's what else is happening:
- It appears that if the NYPD pulls you over for obscuring your license plate, you can get away without a ticket if the cops decide to let you fix it on the spot.
- A video from Monday appears to show a driver chasing a pedestrian onto a Midtown sidewalk during a road rage incident.
- "Oh, Mary!" a hit comedic indie play about Mary Todd Lincoln, is coming to Broadway this summer.
- No one does martinis like New York City.
- No one does scaffolding like New York City.
- The experts say you don't have to shower every day.
- Meet the writer who tried and failed to get a discount from her local ice cream truck by rescuing a neighborhood cat.
- And finally, Paris 2024:
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