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Extra Extra: Why Katz's Deli was fined $20K
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Emily Nadal
Published Jan 2, 2025
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It’s Thursday afternoon in New York City and here are 11 cool, free things to do this month.
Here’s what else is happening:
- New York was the third most popular state to ditch in 2024, according to the United Van Lines National Movers Study, and nearly one in five New Yorkers who left the state in 2024 relocated to Florida.
- The Wegmans supermarket on Astor Place is opening a sushi restaurant next door.
- TikTok is slated to be banned in the U.S. in a little more than two weeks, but content creators who bring in most of their cash from the app say they aren’t worried.
- Congestion pricing tolls will be launching in three days, and Lyft is offering a refund all month on the new $1.50 congestion pricing fee that will be tacked on to rides entering Manhattan below 60th Street.
- Noise was the number one reason New Yorkers called 311 in 2024, followed by illegal parking and heat/hot water issues. See the other reasons.
- Who is deserving of a NYC street co-named after them?
- Katz’s Deli agreed to pay a $20,000 fine and make the eatery more accessible for disabled people as part of a settlement with the U.S. District Attorney’s Office to comply with standards of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
- And finally, reduce, reuse, recycle:
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