Good Monday morning in New York City, where commuters from Long Island should stay home if they can.
Here's what else is happening:
- Democrats think they have a shot at flipping Rep. Mike Lawler's seat in the Lower Hudson Valley, as long as they don't just run on a "Trump is bad" platform.
- A bill in Albany that would require the MTA board to have a seat designated for someone from Staten Island (and each other borough) has stalled, for now.
- The rollout of a new luxury Swatch pocket watch led to total mayhem at stores in Manhattan and on Long Island.
- A 33-year-old woman gave birth to a baby boy on a Brooklyn courtroom bench last Friday while waiting to be arraigned on a drug charge.
- Timothy Pearson, a former senior aide to Mayor Eric Adams who's facing four lawsuits accusing him of sexual harassment and retaliation, wants the city to resume paying for his legal representation after the Mamdani administration cut him off.
- Chris Christie and Bruce Springsteen made up.
- The bee swarms are starting earlier than usual this year. (It's bad.)
- Chewing your food is really good for you.
- And finally, almost had it:
