Extra Extra: MTA's orange and yellow subway seats are for lovers

Emily Nadal

Published Dec 17, 2024

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Orange and yellow seats on the subway.

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Emily Nadal

Published Dec 17, 2024

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It’s Tuesday afternoon in New York City, where Mayor Eric Adams is still facing a federal bribery charge.

Here’s what else is happening:

A bus filled with book titles popular among TikTok's #BookTok community will take to the streets this weekend, offering free copies to patrons.
There’s a tree in Central Park that people have been using to memorialize their deceased pets during the holiday season for the past 40 years, but its location within the park is a bit of a mystery.
Even seasoned architects have trouble putting together a gingerbread house.
Before authorities caught Luigi Mangione, the man accused of fatally shooting the former CEO of UnitedHealthcare, TMZ contacted a reporter at a nonprofit media outlet to say they had received multiple tips that the reporter could be tied to the killing because of his previous reporting.
Teens aren’t drinking and smoking like they used to.
New Yorkers are having a hard time letting go of neon signage.
And NYC lovers are having a hard time letting go of MTA subway cars with those orange and yellow seats.
And finally, innocent until proven guilty: