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Extra Extra: One perk of being an elevator inspector in NYC is getting to check carnival rides for safety
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Published May 29, 2024
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Good Wednesday afternoon in New York City, where police are searching for Milkshake, the allegedly stolen Dachshund.
Here's what else is happening:
- After pro-Palestinian activists started heckling Mayor Eric Adams at a town hall in Astoria yesterday, the mayor ... recited the pledge of allegiance.
- TMZ obtained an image of an alleged UFO seen above Jones Beach during a Blue Angels flyover last week.
- The New York Times' style section has a photo spread of young sailors enjoying the city during Fleet Week. You'll never guess what they were wearing.
- Meet the 17 New York City elevator inspectors from the Department of Buildings who make sure every fair and carnival ride in the five boroughs is safe.
- Maurie McInnis, the current president of Stony Brook University and a history scholar whose research focuses on slavery, has been named the new president of Yale.
- The all-gender Miss Subways pageant is returning to Coney Island on Friday.
- Brands are done being woke.
- We've reached peak browning.
- The first "Moana 2" trailer dropped, and it appears that Moana and Maui will be setting sail this Thanksgiving for another adventure across the ocean.
- And finally, whatever works:
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