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Extra Extra: Talk to your boys about backflips

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Published Jun 23, 2025

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Good Monday afternoon in New York City, where Elizabeth Street Garden fans successfully got the city to give up on its plan to building affordable senior housing on the site.

Here's what else is happening:

• The heat wave has already caused thousands of Queens households to lose power today.
• "New York is full of tall, handsome, charismatic men — they don’t have to be the mayor": Fran Lebowitz said she's ranking Scott Stringer first on her ballot.
• An off-duty Long Island cop has been charged with DWI after allegedly hitting a pedestrian while driving drunk in Huntington early Sunday.
• In other Long Island news, a bunch of coyotes have shown up.
• The Knicks still need a coach — and still want Jason Kidd to somehow be the guy.
• Some #boymoms are grateful their sons are into Benson Boone.
• ...just make sure your boys go easy on the backflips!
• Happy 20th birthday to the Crunchwrap Supreme.
• And finally, stuck:

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