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Because the city doesn't want to represent Adams in his sexual harassment case, here are your afternoon links: Brooklyn Bridge upgrades coming, RuPaul's runaway train movie, Ottawa's mayor taking bleak but kind of beautiful pictures of his city and more.

Because the Garden State has the country's biggest scholastic esports league, here are your afternoon links: The Mets have "comic book" uniforms, doormen on the verge of striking, capybara on the run and more.

Because people here love crispy chicken, here are your afternoon links: A lot of NYPD officers could retire with full pensions now, J.D. Vance's guy from Atlantic City, medieval period drama shot in Ridgewood and more.

Because the elite city dwellers are weighing in, here are your afternoon links: Bruce Blakeman paperwork snafu may cost him public matching funds, Kathy Hochul is well-dressed, update on the Lyme vaccine and more.

Because people are digging through ancestry records to get backup passports, here are your afternoon links: Calvin Tomkins dies at 100, nice apartment in The Dakota for sale, "Bachelorette" guys react to the big news and more.

Because run clubs are so last year, here are your afternoon links: Citi Field food lineup, drone dropped package over upstate New York prison, bright headlights and more.

From this week's Looped In newsletter: A case for the doctor's appointment capital of the world.

Because she's coming to Broadway this spring, here are your afternoon links: Brutal allergy season coming up, cool flower show at the NY Botanical Garden, "taste" is a Silicon Valley buzzword and more.

Because plans to demolish a parking garage could destroy the passageway, here are your afternoon links: Building more housing alone won't drive down rents, a penthouse with a massive slide in it, shoes are too big and more.

Because they cause the mice to die slow painful deaths, here are your afternoon links: March is gross and sad, Mamdani didn't kill the luxury housing market, now we know who Banksy is and more.