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Extra Extra: New York is sippin’ on gin and juice
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Emily Nadal
Published Sep 22, 2023
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It’s Friday afternoon in New York City where one NYPD officer is giving a squirrel water and the mayor attempted a heart gesture with another (of the robot kind).
Here’s what else is happening:
- New York ranked as the sixth most expensive state to raise a child with an average cost of $220,000.
- The thought of that amount may make you want to drink some gin, which is apparently New York’s favorite alcohol.
- If you didn’t get a chance to vote for the GOAT goat, now’s your chance to weigh in on Fat Bear Week where you can vote for the chunkiest Alaskan bear before they all hibernate for the season.
- A beagle somehow got loose on the George Washington Bridge earlier this week and was hit by a truck. A couple who witnessed the event rushed the dog to a nearby animal hospital, but he could not be saved.
- Social media influencers are making some serious cash, but a lot of people still don’t take what they do as serious work. Could it be because the industry is dominated by young women?
- The Port Authority already knows that widening the Outerbridge Crossing won't ease traffic between Staten Island and New Jersey, but they still have to spend $8.3 million dollars to study it anyway.
- I had no idea the Spy Kids franchise was alive and well and still churning out new content after more than two decades, and that the movies have become such progressive icons.
- And finally, the most fabulous pups:
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