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Good Tuesday afternoon in New York City, where we're getting a Zaxbys.
Here's what else is happening:
- E. Jean Carroll finally got her $5.6 million settlement from Donald Trump.
- Meet New York City's youngest licensed Realtor (she's 19).
- Mayor Mamdani wears a suit every day.
- Other New Yorkers, meanwhile, don't wear deodorant — even in the summer!
- Gracie Mansion appears to have a fun lawn.
- You can currently buy a ticket to the World Cup Final for $90,000.
- A New York City lawyer gave a detailed account of how a ghost kitchen desk salad likely led to his violent diarrhea three weeks later.
- And finally, is it working:
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