Good morning and happy Tuesday. We’ve got a cloudy day ahead with temperatures peaking at 56 degrees this afternoon. Rain is due to roll in around 7pm and stay overnight — so if you’re heading out this evening, don’t forget your umbrella.
A man lay on Broadway for two hours, five NYPD officers waited, and no ambulance came. We asked NYC’s leaders why. Read more…
OLIVER
Breed: Tabby
Age: 7 years old
What makes me meow: Oliver meows when he’s hungry
Three words that describe me best: Chubby, lazy, cuddly.
Pet Confession: Oliver likes to talk and judge people as they pass by the window.
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Neighbors are stepping up for Broadway icon Nat Horne, launching a fundraiser to help the nearly 96-year-old performer stay in his longtime Hell’s Kitchen home. Read more…
What We’ve Been Reading
* Stories that might be behind a paywall are marked with a đź’°
Check out KPMG’s new HQ at Hudson Yards. (Accounting Today)
Did Mamdani’s win push a changing of the guard for Democrats in Congress? (amNY)
New Yorkers share how the two-week delay in SNAP benefits has impacted them. (Gothamist)
City “discovers” 68 boxes of documents about 9/11 toxins, FDNY union demands answers. (New York Daily News💰)
The new vegetarian Indian restaurant on 9th Avenue is getting good reviews. (Robert Sietsema)
Freeze Frame
Thanks to Marina Di Marzo for spotting this bit of street-level mischief at the Citi Bike station on W54th Street and 9th Avenue — where someone has lovingly added googly eyes to every single Perry Ellis fragrance ad in a row of more than 30 docks. “And for clarity’s sake, I did not do this — but am in full support of this public art!” Marina assured us. We have our suspicions 👀
Happy birthday to Joe Trentacosta.
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Publisher & Editor Phil O’Brien is an entrepreneur and journalist. As an international photojournalist, he photographed Nelson Mandela, Mother Teresa, Princess Diana and many others. He built a successful international sports photography agency, EMPICS, that was Getty Images’ major competitor in Europe when it sold. He founded a children’s charity in the UK that has helped young people through sport for over 15 years. Phil has lived in New York since 2012. He founded W42ST in 2014.