Extra Extra: Mayor Adams doesn't want to ban drill rap after all

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Published Feb 18, 2022

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Happy Long Weekend — proceed safely for any of you with a freezer full of pre-made martinis. Here's what's happening:

Manhattan D.A. Alvin Bragg, who's faced an onslaught of tabloid coverage painting him as soft on crime, has actually sent pre-trial defendants to Rikers Island at a higher weekly rate than his predecessor, which has angered some of the reform advocates who supported his campaign.
New York State has given almost $3 billion in subsidies to the horse racing industry since 2008, and a recent study found that if the state hadn't been so generous with taxpayer money, eight of its 11 tracks would've closed.
The CEO of Threes Brewing, a popular craft beer company in Brooklyn, recently came out against vaccine mandates, comparing them to the kind of discrimination seen in the Jim Crow South and Nazi Germany.
Speaking of beer, a writer for Cheers estimated that Norm's infamous-but-never-stated bar tab was close to $1.2 million.
"I'm so stressed out right now," explained an 8-year-old in this Cut story about the boom of stress-relief toys for children.
After reportedly telling social media companies that he wants them to ban drill rap videos from their platforms to reduce gun violence, Mayor Eric Adams met with a group of drill artists this week to discuss collaborating with them on solutions instead.
"Despite all of this, I want the record to show that I love sharks," said a 42-year-old Florida woman who escaped a shark attack by repeatedly punching it in the head.
Space Coke is here. And Gawker said it "will fix everything."
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