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Extra Extra: Trump and Mamdani reportedly text each other about zoning
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Good Wednesday afternoon in New York City, where there are ways to spot an illegal tow truck.
Here's what else is happening:
- A meteorologist said all this snow should be melted by "late next week."
- In the meantime, here are some pretty pictures of ice chunks in the harbor.
- Some New York Republicans are currently not optimistic they'll win the governor's race this year.
- Ever since their Oval Office meeting last fall, Mayor Zohran Mamdani and President Donald Trump "have continued to discuss the city’s Uniform Land Use Review Procedure over text message, according to two people familiar with the exchanges who were granted anonymity," Politico reports.
- Kanye West has sold another luxury home that he gutted.
- A new HBO docuseries about neighbor drama, called "Neighbors," features a fight involving Halloween decorations in a New Jersey town.
- 16-year-olds just don't clamor to get their drivers' licenses like they used to.
- And finally, sturdy stance:
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