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On the subway…no, there was no shooting

My friend Andrea and I were at a downtown cafĂ© talking about the subways. To wit, every time there’s news of a shooting on the subway, Andrea’s mother, not a New Yorker, calls her. “You’re not going on the subway, … Continue reading

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Who’s spreading propaganda about my city?

I’ve been reading tweets and Daily News letters to the editor about how bad, how filthy, how dangerous, how ugly my city has become. Indeed, one Daily News comment, datelined from somewhere on the West Coast, yowled his NY loathing … Continue reading

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A subtle sign NYC is approaching normal

It’s a thing. On Saturday, I was on the A-train going downtown to Port Authority, and I saw a woman who’d pulled her mask down a little bit…so she could apply mascara.

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