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Extra Extra: There are other songs about NYC Times Square entertainers can use

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It’s Friday eve in New York City where the Elizabeth Street garden now has two more weeks to try to avoid eviction.

Here’s what else is happening:

• Two sea otters rescued from the California coast have joined the New York Aquarium in Coney Island and are ready for visitors.
• A Queens deli is selling a $15 blue sandwich in honor of the Mets but named after their purple savior: Grimace.
• Here’s how much it costs to run a pumpkin farm in New York.
• A tire from a NJ Transit bus blew at Port Authority last night and hit a 22-year-old man.
• It’s been 15 years since the song Empire State of Mind was released and while Mayor Eric Adams and NYC tourists will probably never get tired of hearing it around the city, Times Square workers have had enough.
• The U.S. Federal Trade Commission finalized a new regulatory rule on Wednesday that will make it easier for people to cancel subscriptions.
• Al Pacino is digging the dad life at 84 years old (and his Shrek phone case).
• And finally, menace to (cat) society:

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