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Extra Extra: You should have to do a kickflip to get a unit inside the UWS luxury complex with a skate park
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Published Jun 10, 2026
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Good Wednesday afternoon in New York City, where the Haitian community is excited about the World Cup.
Here's what else is happening:
- Parking in New York City ... what a mess.
- The Carroll Street Bridge, a landmarked retractile bridge that spans the Gowanus Canal, is reopening next week after a nearly five-year-long repair job.
- The head of a foot fetish website is facing sex trafficking charges in New York for allegedly luring models to hotel rooms in Manhattan and raping them.
- The lottery just opened for $782-to-$1,803-a-month means-tested apartments inside an Upper West Side building with amenities that include a gym, pool, basketball court, entertainment lounges, rock-climbing wall, skate park and a golf simulator.
- Taylor Swift is going to the Knicks game tonight at MSG, which is, according to multiple sources who spoke to Page Six, where she's getting married this summer.
- She's also going to win an Oscar for the "Toy Story 5" song, according to me.
- Everything tastes like creamsicle now.
- And finally, like and subscribe:
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