Early Addition: Tourists are flocking to Brooklyn, but not so much Manhattan

Brooks Brunson

Published Aug 1, 2022

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People enjoy the warm weather in Brooklyn Bridge Park during the coronavirus outbreak in New York. More than 1,000 NYPD officers have been deployed citywide to ensure social distancing.People enjoy the warm weather in Brooklyn Bridge Park during the coronavirus outbreak in New York. More than 1,000 NYPD officers have been deployed citywide to ensure social distancing.

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Brooks Brunson

Published Aug 1, 2022

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Happy Monday and welcome to August! Programming note: Extra Extra is on hiatus because James Ramsay is out today.

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Passenger trains in the United States move slower than they did 60 years ago, and there aren't currently any plans to create a high speed rail network on par with the rest of the modernized world.
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Brooks Brunson joined the Gothamist/WNYC newsroom as an editor in May 2022, after two and a half years at The New Yorker. She previously worked as an editor, digital producer, and reporter at The Post and Courier in South Carolina, her home state. She now lives in Brooklyn, where she enjoys going on long bike rides and hanging out with her cat, Curtis.

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