Extra Extra: New York City is not a good college town

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Published Nov 30, 2022

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Good Wednesday afternoon in New York City, where Grand Central Madison (the new LIRR station) has some cool mosaics. Here's what else is happening:

The U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York has charged 17 New York City and state employees for fraudulently obtaining pandemic relief loans.
NYPD Chief Jeffrey Maddrey, who currently serves as the chief of patrol, will be promoted to chief of department — the NYPD's top job for a uniformed officer — now that Chief Kenneth Corey has retired.
Free community fridges in the Bronx that were set up during the pandemic are still being emptied several times a day by residents in need, and the volunteers who run them are struggling to keep them stocked.
A WalletHub survey ranked New York City the worst college town out of any big city in the country, largely because it's way too expensive to live here.
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern pushed back at a press conference this morning after a reporter asked whether she met with Finland Prime Minister Sanna Marin because they're both women of a similar age.
Far-right "provocateur" Milo Yiannopoulos told NBC that he arranged the dinner for Donald Trump and white nationalist Nick Fuentes in order to "make Trump's life miserable" and to "send a message to Trump that he has systematically repeatedly neglected, ignored, abused the people who love him the most."
Bloomberg details the terrifying phenomenon of TikTok challenges like the "blackout challenge," wherein kids choke themselves until they lose consciousness (and sometimes die).
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried claims he now has $100,000 in his bank account after his company's collapse.
Democratic politicians are calling in Dave Matthews to play at their rallies and get out the Gen-X vote.
Taylor Lautner (of Twilight fame) married a woman named Taylor and now they're both Taylor Lautner.
If you're going to spend money you don't have, do it in style with a metal credit card.
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