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Extra Extra: See ya later, mysterious NJ alligator.
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Emily Nadal
Published Sep 8, 2023
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It’s Friday afternoon in New York City and a Long Island man scammed renters out of thousands of dollars by pretending to be a realtor.
The 24-year-old would use social media to repost rental properties he found online and then meet up with eager potential tenants to take cash for fake documents and bogus keys. It pays to be overly cautious in this tough housing market.
Here’s what else is happening:
- That pesky alligator who has been on the run in New Jersey and presumed dead was finally captured. Officials transported it to the Cape May County Zoo.
- The pandemic may have cut down the 24-hour food options, but there are still some good eats available for a late night indulgence. Here are the tastiest of the bunch, according to Eater.
- And for something that may ruin your appetite … I don’t even want to imagine the smell radiating from these raw meat garbage bins. Where is the DSNY X account when you need them?
- I’ve always wanted to win a gigantic stuffed animal from a fair game, but I guess I never thought of the logistics of it afterward.
- I really love these miniature versions of graffiti-laden bodega ice boxes and amNY newspaper cases, and other people do too, which is how the artist who made them was able to take a hobby craft and turn it into a full-time gig.
- Early wage access providers, places that allow users to access their paycheck earnings early at a fee, are under increased scrutiny, accused of offering payday loans by a different name.
- In 2018, the NYPD dropped millions of dollars on a contract with Voyager Labs, a surveillance company that was once sued by Meta for allegedly using roughly 40,000 fake Facebook accounts to collect data on hundreds of thousands of users.
- And finally, one step forward, two steps back:
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