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Published Jun 2, 2025
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Good Monday afternoon in New York City, where it's time to plug in the A/C.
Here's what else is happening:
- Overall, rat sightings in New York City are down 18%, according to 311 data ...
- ... but at the Jewish Hospital housing complex in Crown Heights, rat sightings are still way up — and there's a webcam where you can see them for yourself.
- Madison Avenue near Grand Central Terminal is now full of ketamine therapy clinics.
- An automated ticketing vendor that runs the cameras on school buses in Hempstead has ruled that, yes, tickets for drivers who who blow past the buses are valid even outside the boundaries of participating school districts.
- The assessed value of the American Dream megamall dropped by $800 million this year because there are still a bunch of vacancies.
- The New York Liberty are good.
- Uh oh: Another volcano has erupted in Italy.
- The "Lilo & Stitch" live action remake could become the most successful movie of all time.
- Fake your run, no one cares.
- And finally, how'd they get the kids to sit so quietly:
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