Good Tuesday afternoon in New York City, where Republicans will get a 2026 gubernatorial primary.
Here's what else is happening:
- New Jersey's holiday DWI ticketing blitz is underway.
- Mayor Eric Adams has named former New York Post columnist Pat Smith interim head of the Civilian Complaint Review Board, a move that'll please the police unions and complicate things for Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani.
- "So fun — and they recognized me, so the aliens would linger by our table" — Midtown resident and Broadway veteran Cynthia Nixon on Mars 2112.
- Nadine Menendez is arguing that most of her jewelry was not obtained via bribe and therefore should be given back to her by the feds.
- Jeremy O. Harris said he was released from Japanese custody without being charged with and drug-related offenses.
- It's not just the logo fiasco — Cracker Barrel's green beans are also reportedly bad now.
- Fern Michaels, New Jersey's own prolific romance novel writer, has died at the age of 92.
- And finally, pure grace:
