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THIS CRACKED ME UP: "Insomnia is yet another symptom of menopause. So my life is just getting worse, and I get to be awake for more of it." Peggy (Kathy Najimy) educates Hank on the fun side effects of menopause

12 Breathtaking Natural Wonders in the U.S. You Need to See in Your Lifetime From iconic parks to lesser-known marvels, these destinations showcase America’s most awe-inspiring landscapes. https://apple.news/AbOY6N0fARq-j208lg3zlBQ

It's about travel etiquette. Perhaps it should've been in the Destinations section.

How will Mr. El-Moussa deal with being the second most famous Tarik in L.A.?

In-n-Out is expanding to new areas. A new location opened in Twin Falls, Idaho last week. A gunman opened fire there tonight. He's dead; few other details available right now.

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An Evangelist claims she was kicked off an Alaska Airlines flight for preaching to her fellow passengers during a delay. The incident occurred before takeoff on Alaska Airlines Flight 708, which was bound for San Diego from Orlando International Airport (MCO) in Florida on Thursday, July 30, according to the airline. “Our flight crew became increasingly concerned about a guest’s behavior on board the aircraft, which was also affecting other guests,” a spokesperson for Alaska Airlines said in a statement to PEOPLE. “The passenger was asked to deplane the aircraft for safety reasons,” the spokesperson continued, adding that the traveler will not be permitted to travel on Alaska Airlines flights for “the foreseeable future.” The woman, Whitney Lynn, later shared a series of videos on Instagram on July 31 about the aircraft incident. In one, titled “Kicked Off The Plane Part 1!!!” Lynn, 40, can be seen standing in the aisle of the plane while preaching to her fellow passengers. “I know we’re all waiting. It’s kind of frustrating, this wait … But I wanna tell you that God’s timing is perfect and God knows everything, and maybe he’s sparing her from danger today,” she says. In a follow-up video, Lynn can be seen being told she must gather her things and follow a man, who appears to be an airline employee. When Lynn inquires why she is being asked to exit the plane, the man tells her that the crew does not “feel safe” with her onboard. “I didn’t know the message of Jesus Christ was unsafe,” Lynn responds while gathering her things. An additional video shows Lynn —who has since described the incident as “spiritual warfare” — exiting the plane and re-entering the airport, where she is met by what appears to be two members of airport security. Lynn later shared a photo of herself smiling with the security guards, who she said she “got to share Jesus with.” She added that she was able to “pray over them.” The Orlando Police Department (OPD) did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment on Saturday, Aug. 1. MCO, meanwhile, directed PEOPLE to Alaska Airlines and the OPD for comment. Lynn also shared a message that she claimed was sent to her from Alaska Airlines, in which the company said she was temporarily banned from the airline and its affiliates. “I am writing to inform you that we have placed a hold on your ability to travel on Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines, and Horizon Air flights,” a representative from Alaska Airlines Corporate Security wrote in the letter allegedly from the airline. “This decision was made based on reports we received regarding your recent travels with us,” the letter continued. It added that a final decision regarding whether Lynn can resume flying with the listed airlines again is pending an investigation into the incident. The letter Whitney Lynn claims was sent to her by Alaska Airlines.Credit: Whitney Lynn/Instagram Lynn said in one post that she successfully converted an airport shuttle driver who took her back to her hotel that day, and she also prayed with a man she later met at the front desk. “Looking back, I can clearly see God’s hand in it all. What seemed like a setback became an opportunity for people to hear the gospel and give their lives to Christ,” she wrote in the post’s caption. Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE’s free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. Previously speaking with The Washington Post for a profile on Evangelists who use flight time to preach the word of Jesus, Lynn said she preaches on most flights. She added that she likes preaching to fellow travelers because they have nowhere else to go. “They have no choice but to hear the truth,” she told the outlet. “When I have a gift, and I have a life raft, if you’re drowning, I want to give you that life raft so you can be saved,” Lynn added. Lynn did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment on Aug. 1.

Throughout the summer at the Abib Newborn Garden in Brownsville, high school and college interns are learning what it takes to cultivate a vibrant community garden. Abib is one garden part of the Learning Gardens program started by the nonprofit City Parks Foundation that seeks to reimagine hands-on learning about gardening, food, biodiversity, cooking and lifeskills. With 37 different crops to maintain in the garden, the summer internship is a big aspect of the program. “These students are learning very personally what it means to be a community gardener, " said Chrissy Word, the City Parks Foundation Director of Education. “They are growing food. They are learning how to be urban farmers. They are interacting with community gardeners who are part of those gardens.” The interns are mainly recruited through schools by Program Manager Katina Leier during the school year. They then go through interviews and a four month training program with Leier in the spring to learn about organic gardening, food justice and urban sustainability before becoming paid interns for the summer. Interns complete plant checks, plant new seeds and teach workshops to younger community groups. A majority of the interns never worked in a garden before, according to Leier. Read more: https://www.bkreader.com/non-profit-community/brooklyn-learning-garden-helps-youth-dig-into-their-future-12605777

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Emmy and Golden Globe nominated Actor Max Greenfield joins Morning Joe to discuss his new Netflix film, “Don’t Say Good Luck,” a coming-of-age dramedy about a high school student who lands the lead role in the school play when her life is upended after her mother’s cancer returns https://apple.news/AlvsqdikpQRSJ0KkwZ_88QA

A man who bought his son a gun the teenager used to kill four people at his high school outside Atlanta was sentenced Thursday to 15 years in prison, the first time in Georgia history that the parent of a school shooter was sentenced over it. Colin Gray was convicted of second-degree murder and other charges in March after buying his son Colt an assault-style rifle as a Christmas gift. Colt Gray, who prosecutors said has a history of mental health issues, took the gun to Apalachee High School, and fatally shot fellow 14-year-olds Mason Schermerhorn and Christian Angulo and teachers Richard Aspinwall, 39, and Cristina Irimie, 53, on Sept. 4, 2024. Eight more students and another teacher were wounded. According to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Gray had asked a teacher if he could go to the front office and speak to someone on the day of the shooting. “The teacher allowed him to leave and take his belongings with him. Gray went to the restroom and hid from teachers. Later, he took out the rifle, and began shooting,” the agency said. Colt Gray pleaded guilty to murder and other charges in March and was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole earlier this month. His mother, Marcee, did not have custody and did not face charges due to her limited contact with her son, according to Barrow County District Attorney Brad Smith. Colt Gray admired other school shooters, including the one who killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, in 2018. Gray is among a few parents sentenced after their children carried out a school shooting. In 2024, the first parents convicted in a U.S. mass school shooting were sentenced to at least 10 years in prison. Jennifer and James Crumbley’s teenage son killed four students in 2021 at Oxford High School in Michigan.

Robert and Michelle King are back in the courtroom, and all is right with the world. Allow us to introduce into evidence Exhibit A: The just-released trailer for the Kings' new legal drama, CBS' "Cupertino." In the video above, we watch lawyers Michael Price (played by Mike Colter, "Evil") and Olivia Siffre (Rachel Keller, "Fargo") as they lose their Silion Valley jobs. When Michael becomes aware that his former tech start-up is cheating him out of his stock options, he and Olivia team up "to represent those taken advantage of by the tech elite, and help them fight back in a high-stakes battle against the Goliaths controlling Silicon Valley," the official logline reads. "I thought you were a co-founder, you couldn't be fired," Olivia tells Michael in the video above as they clutch cardboard boxes containing the contents of their desks. "Thought so, too," he tells her flatly. But they regroup quickly, forming a firm that fills a niche in the tech-heavy space: "representing the exploited," Michael explains later in the video above. The series hails from Robert and Michelle King, who serve as showrunners and executive-produce alongside Liz Glotzer ("Elsbeth"). The Kings' oeuvre includes the legal dramas "The Good Wife" and "The Good Fight." Colter played Chicago drug lord Lemond Bishop on both. In addition to Rachel Keller and Mike Colter, the cast of "Cupertino" includes Ella Stiller ("The Comeback"), Nik Dodani ("Atypical"), Busy Philipps ("Girls5eva"), and Renée Elise Goldsberry ("Girls5eva"). And as you'll see in the video above, there are other familiar faces in the mix, including Stephen Pasquale ("Do No Harm") and Stephen Kunken ("The Handmaid's Tale"). "Cupertino" will have its series premiere on Thursday, October 8, at 10/9c, following the Season 3 premiere of "Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage" at 8 p.m., the series premiere of "Eternally Yours" at 8:30 p.m., and the Season 4 premiere of "Elsbeth" at 9 p.m.

Senior Horses Find Peace After Brooklyn Riding Academy Closes After the Jamaica Bay Riding Academy closed in May, a handful of the older horses are now enjoying their final years at a horse sanctuary in upstate New York. Jamaica Bay Riding Academy, which provided riding lessons and camps for over 50 years, closed in May. When the Jamaica Bay Riding Academy closed in May after 54 years, a handful of its senior horses got a second chance, retiring to a horse sanctuary in upstate New York. Located off the Belt Parkway near Bergen Beach, the riding academy opened in 1972 by the Danza family and offered trail and beach horseback riding and lessons. “After years of dedication, strength, and loyal service, the time has come for our hardworking horses to enjoy the peaceful retirement they have truly earned,” the family wrote on their farewell note posted on the website. Between 40 and 50 horses were displaced from the closure, and 13 of them found sanctuary at the 13 Hands Equine Rescue in Clinton Corners in Dutchess County, according to Marylou Tortorello, the founder and board chair of the rescue farm. The Danza family reached out to Tortorello, and the horses arrived in early June. Boomer is now living at 13 Hands Equine Rescue “It’s taken time to complete evaluations and initial intakes, but every horse has now received immediate care including veterinary exams, farrier work, and dental,” according to Colleen Challenger Schropfer, a strategic engagement officer at 13 Hands Rescue. A majority of the other horses were sold to individual buyers and farms for $3,000-$5,000, after a post by NYC Equestrian advertised their uncertain futures and possibility of going to auction, according to Tortorello. However, many of the horses needed to be retired due to old age and medical complications related to aging. (I can't relate!) “That's how we look at it and feel,” Tortorello said. “Almost every horse we got, except for two or three, were all about late 20s to early 30s.” Horses in captivity live to be in their 20s on average, but oftentimes they encounter health issues before they reach higher ages, Tortorello said. "So we look at quality of life too, and we don't want horses to suffer,” Tortorello said. The Danza family did not respond to repeated emails and calls for comment. “This group is older than we were initially told, and their needs are substantial,” Schropfer said in a statement. “Senior horses often require double that in feed and supplements. And our veterinary costs continue to rise as we uncover and treat underlying issues.” This July, in collaboration with their vet, the rescue farm decided to humanely euthanize horses, S.T. and Midnite Shock. S.T. had an advanced chronic connective tissue disorder, and Midnite Shock had multiple tumors, including a ruptured one causing continuous bleeding. Five of the other horses sent to 13 Hands Equine Rescue were adopted into other homes, and the other six are available to be sponsored at the rescue, according to Schropfer. The horses needed a place to rest and retire after years of work, Tortorello said. “Every person should help rescues because there are many animals we have helped, and there's so many more waiting to come here. But it's all about money and space,” Tortorello said. “But, there is never a loss for finding horses that need homes." https://www.bkreader.com/lifestyle-culture/senior-horses-find-peace-after-brooklyn-riding-academy-closes-12601816

"60 Minutes" has added four new correspondents ahead of Season 59: New York Times columnist Ross Douthat, author Sebastian Junger, CBS News correspondent Trevor Phillips, and filmmaker Gianna Toboni. According to Variety, Norah O'Donnell will also have an increased presence on the venerable newsmagazine.

I Asked 5 Chefs To Name the Best Hot Dog Brand—They All Said the Same Thing "Ask @pubic_assistance"? https://www.aol.com/articles/asked-5-chefs-name-best-182000000.html

Jared Leto has been accused of criminal sexual assault by multiple women — including one who alleged she was sexually assaulted by the actor when she was 17. The BBC published a new report on Wednesday outlining multiple allegations from 10 women, including nine publicly accusing the 54-year-old star for the first time. The allegations are also outlined in the media company’s new documentary Jared Leto: Hollywood’s Dark Secret, chronicling the accusations that allegedly took place between 2002 and 2016. Per the women featured in the BBC report and the documentary, one claimed that Leto assaulted her in a “dingy gross motel” bathroom, while another said Leto had sex with her in the state of California when she was 17. The allegation would be classified as statutory rape per laws in the state that set the age of consent at 18. “He told me, ‘I would like you to call me daddy’. And it was either pretend to be a little girl or ‘my little girl’,” said a woman identified by the BBC as Clara, referencing the allegation involving alleged statutory rape in California. Clara told the BBC she was “so naive and vulnerable” at age 17, and that she had sex with Leto after first meeting him in 2006, when he was in his 30s. Clara alleged that she had a conversation with Leto about the age of consent in California, but that, according to her, “[Leto] just kind of shrugged it off, like it wasn’t a huge concern for him.” Elaborating on the aforementioned alleged motel incident, a woman identified as Isabel said she didn’t “think there was many words exchanged and he opened the shower curtain and started kissing me,” she told the documentary crew, with the BBC further reporting that she alleged “[Leto] then grabbed her hand and used it to masturbate himself.” One woman also alleged that Leto groomed her from the age of 16, alleging that he repeatedly made sexually explicit phone calls to her at the time, with one, identified as Etta, alleging that Leto introduced her to a friend, who would “call a lot and ask her to shoot porn, saying it did not matter if she was under age.” Etta was allegedly “subsequently sent a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) to prevent her from talking about her relationship with Leto, which the BBC has seen. However, she refused to sign,” the outlet reported, after previously indicating that its staff had also “seen pictures and messages that support the women’s accounts.” Four others alleged that Leto engaged in sexually inappropriate behavior with them, while another woman alleged that, during a music festival, Leto once told a security guard to take her backstage after making a lewd remark about her breasts while signing an autograph. The then-14-year-old, identified as Taylor, alleged that, in 2005, Leto signed her shirt across her breasts at a music festival, and allegedly remarked, “You have a nice rack,” which she said elicited a verbal confrontation from her mother. “He looked at her and said, ‘it’s still a nice rack’. He just did not care,” Taylor alleged. Also reportedly included in the documentary are accounts from two of Leto’s former staffers, who told the BBC that they felt uncomfortable working with the rock musician and actor, as they alleged he would also frequently interact with teenage girls. “I think everyone thought the age gap was way too big,” one told the outlet. A man the BBC identified by a fake name, Brad, said that he experienced Leto requesting that his staff call local modeling agencies to offer free concert tickets to female models when 30 Seconds to Mars was in town performing. One woman alleged that Leto told her that “age is just a number, and anyway, we’re in Europe,” when she reportedly told him that she was only 17 because she “felt the need” to protect herself from harm upon going to his hotel room. Leto, who won an Oscar for his role in 2013’s Dallas Buyers Club and has lodged multiple singles on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart as part of 30 Seconds to Mars, has been accused of sexual misconduct in the past. In 2025, nine women accused Leto in an Air Mail report of engaging in behavior that was, according to one, “predatory, terrifying and unacceptable.” At the time, a representative for Leto told the publication that the actor “expressly denied” the accusations, calling the allegations “demonstrably false.” Entertainment Weekly has reached out to Leto’s representatives for comment on the new allegations brought forth in the BBC documentary.

Got thirty seconds into the video of Beautiful Things and had the thought that I would prefer to listen to Debby Boone's cover of the ABBA classic Hasta Manana (the B side of You Light Up My Life). Or even You Light Up My Life.

Baseball is good for one or two of these every year: In the middle of a game, some unsuspecting animal — usually a cat, but we’ve seen pigeons, snakes, geese, rabbits and even bees — causes play to screech to a halt. You can’t blame the animals, who categorically do not comprehend even the simplest of baseball rules. They are innocent wanderers, out on a normal curiosity walk, and all of a sudden, here come a bunch of humans with towels and mitts, doing their best to restore order without injuring an animal on live television. That was the task at hand for the Tigers grounds crew last night as they tried to evict a squirrel at Comerica Park. Tigers play-by-play announcer Jason Benetti was absolutely up for the challenge of calling the squirrel’s action, including improvisations such as: “Hemmed in? NO! I won’t be hemmed in! I have freedom on my mind!” and “The force field is activated! Towels can’t stop him!” The commentary highlights a video so weird it defies description. Watch Leody Taveras, surrounded by crew members in various states of discombobulation, use his glove to … flip the squirrel toward the stands? “I just was trying to stop it. When it got into my glove, I don’t want to squeeze it, so I was just trying to bring it up. I wasn’t trying to do that,” Taveras told MLB.com reporter Jake Rill after the game, explaining the flip. The squirrel was fine, by the way. They routinely jump from much higher heights, and for further evidence, it showed absolutely no ill effects as it proceeded to elude the crew. Even stranger, after the interloper was apprehended, umpire Bill Miller used his field microphone to encourage Tigers fans to give the grounds crew a round of applause. You can see their whole attempt in a video here (you owe this to yourself): https://x.com/JomboyMedia/status/2081910904602411420?s=20

Harrison Bader, who absolutely NEVER gets hurt, crashed his scooter the day before he was to fly to a foot specialist regarding his plantar fasciitis, but he now has additional injuries to that foot.

Astoria restaurant and wine bar Tootles & French will close its doors for good after almost three years on Ditmars Boulevard. The restaurant, which was named Best New Restaurant in the United States by USA Today in 2025, delivered a cryptic email stating that it had been an “absolute honor” to serve the local community. Chad Goldsmith, who opened Tootles at 36-15 in 2023, later confirmed to QNS that the restaurant would be permanently closing. “Something we have learned is the sacrifices that must be made in personal lives to sustain our concept and what makes it special can become too great,” Tootles said in an email to its subscribers late Sunday night. Goldsmith did not respond to a request for an interview but said he “can’t do it anymore,” stating that he was three hours late for his brother’s wedding and “just realized it’s not worth it.” Tootles will offer a limited menu of drinks and snacks in the coming weeks as it prepares to shutter for good and is encouraging Astoria residents to stop by and say farewell. Goldsmith did not provide an exact closing day.

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https://www.tvline.com/2224990/josh-hartnett-below-trailer-netflix/ Josh Hartnett Unearths A Giant Sea Creature (And Long-Buried Secrets) In Netflix Thriller Below In Netflix's "Below," a large something is swimming around in Newfoundland's waters, and it's about to disrupt a family man's modest fishing community. The limited series thriller (which drops all six episodes on Netflix Thursday, Oct. 8 follows "Calvin Penney (Hartnett), a big‑hearted but stubborn fisherman living in a small Newfoundland town who's still haunted by his father's mysterious death from decades ago. When an unidentified sea creature begins terrorizing his hometown, Calvin must fight to hold his close-knit community together. Determined to keep his son Wade (Charlie Heaton) and the rest of his family safe, he teams up with a visiting marine researcher (Mackenzie Davis) to confront the creature and reveal the island's buried secrets before it's too late. Blending local myth, thrilling suspense, and heartfelt humor, this twisty series dives into themes of family, community, and change — both terrifying and inevitable." Get your first look at "Below" in the trailer embedded above, where Calvin's hard at work on his boat, until a huge mass starts heading his way just below the water's surface. After a whole bunch of footage that looks straight out of "Jaws," Calvin's soon screaming at the top of his lungs: "Stay back from the water!"

Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration has published a searchable database of Big Apple properties that could fall under the state’s new pied-à-terre tax, effectively doxxing thousands of wealthy New Yorkers. The city’s Department of Finance uploaded the comprehensive list – which purports to cover all unoccupied, non-primary residences in the five boroughs worth north of $1 million – including the full names and addresses of every property owner. “It’s a reckless and foolish move, especially considering there are potentially thousands of properties on this list that do not qualify as second homes or whose owners will successfully dispute their inclusion,” Council Minority Leader David Carr (R-Staten Island) — whose own home appears on the list — told The Post Monday. The move follows a widely panned X post by the mayor in which he put wealthy residents on notice to “check your mailbox when you’re back in the five boroughs, because you’ve got mail,” a warning that notification letters were on their way. “The best city in the world deserves the best parks, libraries, and schools in the world. That’s only possible when we all pay our fair share,” Mamdani wrote Thursday. The socialist darling has long touted the policy enacted by Gov. Kathy Hochul and Albany Democrats to tax second homes in the city – though critics have warned it could cause property values to plummet. Mamdani threatened to raise city property taxes by a staggering 9.5% in February unless he was allowed to “tax the rich” to cover a $12 billion budget gap that was later revised down to $5.4 billion. City Hall estimates the pied-à-terre tax would yield $500 million per year for the Big Apple’s budget. But Democratic city Comptroller Mark Levine’s office said the real figure would be closer to $340 to $380 million and could diminish over time. Unsurprisingly, the colossal database of names and addresses included several A-list New Yorkers, including director Woody Allen, longtime Vogue editor Anna Wintour and actress Cynthia Nixon — a loyal Mamdani supporter. What is surprising is the document’s sheer size and some of the properties included. Citywide, The Post counted over 960,000 residences and individuals listed as potentially in line to be hit with Mamdani’s pied-à-terre tax, even though just 31,000 homes were supposed to be subjected to the new levy as he and Hochul initially sold it to the public. Many of the homes included in the database appeared to be misaligned with a tax aimed at well-heeled residents with multi-million dollar vacation homes, including some two dozen modest homes on Chaffee Avenue in working-class Throggs Neck in the Bronx. Challenger Drive on Staten Island was another middle-class enclave with dozens of addresses appearing on Mamdani’s list, though it wasn’t clear that they were in fact second homes. The average home values on Chaffee Avenue and Challenger Drive ranged from mid-$500,000s to the low $800,000s — a far cry from the price tag of your average New York summer residence. One address appearing on the list is the Breezy Point Shopping Center in Rockaway, Queens, a small outdoor mall containing several shops, which is definitely not a vacation home. The city chalked the public document up to standard protocol for whenever a new tax is enacted, saying the DOF is required to publish a list of potentially affected residences and that not all of the owners in the data drop would get notice letters. “As per State law, a property roll was released for public inspection,” said a DOF spokesperson. “From this list, DOF will identify properties that may be subject to the new non-primary residence property surcharge.” But the DOF didn’t say how it came up with the list of hundreds of thousands of residences — or why it published the names of owners — out of more than 1.1 million owner-occupied homes across the Big Apple, only saying it was required to post it under state law. “All the mayor is doing is tanking the luxury home market in NYC and sending millions of dollars in real estate business to other states. But the upside is Mamdani is a shoo-in for ‘Realtor of the Year’ in Texas and Florida,” Carr railed. Carr’s Staten Island condo made the list — as well as Councilwoman Gale Brewer, who has lived in her single-family brownstone on the Upper West Side for more than two decades. “I’ve been living in [my place] 365 days a year since 1994,” said the longtime lawmaker. “So, this whole list must be messed up.” Steven Fulop, president and CEO of the Partnership for NYC, a nonprofit business advocacy group, called it “a mistake, and a dangerous precedent.” “Publishing names and addresses singles out people who have done nothing wrong, at a moment when the far-left already treats success itself as something to be punished,” Fulop said. “Most of the people on that list aren’t billionaires by any stretch – they’re people that believed in NYC, worked hard and bought a second home. All this does is make people feel less safe in their own city, and less welcome in it.” It’s not the first time Mamdani has caught heat for doxing folks who might be impacted by the new tax. After Hochul announced the pied-à-terre tax in April, the mayor took a victory lap by filming a video outside Citadel CEO Ken Griffin’s $238 million penthouse on Central Park South. The political blunder led to harsh blowback from the business community, ticked off that Mamdani was personally attacking Griffin, who employs thousands of people in the city, instead of less sympathetic targets like Russian oligarchs or Saudi elites, who parked their money in high-end city real estate. The mayor is just getting started in fulfilling his campaign pledge to siphon funds from rich New Yorkers to bankroll his wealth redistribution agenda. But it turns out even the middle-class isn’t safe from the pricey giveaways on his wishlist, which are being funded by the $23 billion in taxes Mamdani has backed since being sworn in. He’s also pushing ahead with a months-long pressure campaign for even more new state taxes, including on city property owners, The Post reported last week.

How big is your scepter, your highness?

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