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Good Tuesday afternoon in New York City, where the migrant influx is slowing down.

Here's what else is happening:

A high-ranking NYPD officer filed a lawsuit today accusing Timothy Pearson, a top adviser to Mayor Eric Adams, of sexual harassment, verbal abuse towards female subordinates and manipulating a female pastor into having sex with him. This is the fourth sexual misconduct suit filed against Pearson so far this year.
THE CITY has a fresh guide on what to do and how to get treatment if you have long COVID in New York City.
An intersection on 5th Avenue in Bay Ridge has been renamed "Dr. Ahmad Jaber Way" in honor of the Palestinian-born doctor and co-founder of the Arab American Association of New York.
This fall's Hamptons Film Festival will open with a new documentary about Martha Stewart.
The USA men's 3-on-3 basketball team has a white guy who shoots underhanded "granny" free throws. (And Jimmer!)
Olympians are loving the dining hall's chocolate muffins.
Bob Dylan experts say Timothée Chalamet is a good Dylan.
Some New York City Italian restaurants, tired of the fact that "90% of Italian menus are the same," are serving weirder stuff now.
And finally, the laziest hunter of all time:

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