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Extra Extra: New Banksy Museum doesn't have any original Banksys
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Published May 28, 2024
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Good Tuesday afternoon in New York City, where Manhattanhenge is so back.
Here's what else is happening:
- Criminal justice activists are celebrating the retirement announcement of Vincent Del Giudice, a veteran Brooklyn state judge who had 19 of his sentences reduced by appellate courts after they were deemed too extreme.
- For $30, you can get into the new Banksy Museum in NYC that contains no original Banksy works and doesn't have his involvement or blessing in any way.
- Longtime fans of Scoops, a vegan ice cream parlor in Prospect Lefferts Gardens, are blaming gentrification for the shop's pending eviction.
- Former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy bought an 8% stake in BuzzFeed and is now trying to fire a bunch of staff and hire new conservative personalities.
- Hot subway car season has arrived.
- Hot dog season has also arrived.
- It's also lasagna season now?
- Zoomers are taking Bag Balm, an old school ointment for chapped cow udders, and "slugging" it on their faces before they go to bed.
- And finally, big squirrels:
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