It’s Friday morning in New York City where oysters in New York Harbor keep dying.
Here's what else is happening:
- Three New York state entities, the MTA, Riverbank State Park and the Port Authority (bistate, but still), top the list of customers who are seriously delinquent on water bills. Together, they owe a whopping $76.5 million in overdue payments.
- One way to deter carjackers may be to get a stick shift vehicle.
- A new protected bike lane on Washington Bridge, which connects Manhattan to the Bronx, just opened after many construction delays.
- Mayor Eric Adams wasn’t too happy with the state of Times Square when he last visited the area. So earlier this week, he vowed to improve it.
- Romantasy books, or novels that combine romance and fantasy, are really hot right now, with many readers getting into the genre with the A Court of Thorns and Roses series.
- It’s been a year since the launch of Threads, Meta’s answer to X, nee Twitter. But the platform is still struggling to establish a distinct identity, and attract content creators.
- "There's no good answer to the cat dilemma,” says one bioethicist in regard to whether cats belong outside on leashes.
- And finally, he held out long enough:
