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WNYC and Gothamist culture reporter Sonia Rao joins Matthew Schnipper to discuss the Harry Styles pop up that drew huge crowds to the East Village and a confrontation that ended with cookbook store owner Bonnie Slotnick being arrested. They also look at a new film about location scouting in New York, the growing number of creative workers going freelance and the return of Saint Vitus in Bushwick. Plus, they preview an interview with saxophonist and composer Immanuel Wilkins ahead of his return to the Village Vanguard.

Photo: Sonia Rao / WNYC & Gothamist

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Judge orders NYC officials to turn over phone messages, keeps rent freeze in place - Gothamist
NYC councilmember wants to ban tickets for spitting after arrest video circulates - Gothamist
How a Harry Styles pop-up in the East Village led to a nearby bookstore owner's arrest - Gothamist
NYC’s creative workers are increasingly self-employed, report says - Gothamist

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As the New York Liberty head into the WNBA playoffs for a sixth straight year, the franchise is also marking its 30th season. WNYC's Morning Edition producer Amanda Rozon takes us to Liberty Legends Weekend in Brooklyn, where original team members like Teresa Weatherspoon and Crystal Robinson reflect on the franchise's early years, as rising ticket prices are reshaping who gets to be in the stands. Then, sports reporter Priya Desai breaks down the Liberty's up and down season under a new coaching staff and what it'll take for the team to make another title run.

Photo: Peter Fisher for The Washington Post via Getty Images

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DoorDash to pay $131.5 million to delivery workers, admitting it ‘screwed up’
NYC Marathon changes route for first time in 15 years
NY, NJ sue Trump admin over deals to scrap offshore wind projects

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Upstate New York is home to the country's last two foie gras (fatty duck liver) farms, even though New York City banned the sale of foie gras back in 2019. The ban's never actually been enforced, and now it's headed to the state's highest court. WNYC's Walter Wuthmann drove up to the Hudson Valley to see the force feeding process for himself, and talked us through the perspective of the farmers who say they've been unfairly targeted, as well as the animal rights advocates who've spent decades trying to shut them down.

Photo: Walter Wuthmann

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New York bodegas join grocery giants' push to sell wine, liquor
Mamdani says NYC will investigate every tenant heat complaint starting this October

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New York City's parks have long doubled as free, open air gyms, and the tradition stretches back to groups like The Bartendaz, who started training on playground bars in the Bronx and Brooklyn in the early 2000s. WNYC producer James Ramsey headed to Chelsea Park to get a lesson in that scene from Brooklyn-born trainer Danny Kavadlo, and shared what he learned with us.


Photo: Walter Wuthmann

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South Bronx Legionnaires’ outbreak death toll rises to 2
NYPD expects daily UN General Assembly protests as NYC street closures begin
NYC deploys robotoilets. The public bathrooms have a strict 10-minute time limit.

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Fifteen years after Occupy Wall Street began in Zuccotti Park, NYC Now returns to WNYC’s archives to ask what the movement changed, where it fell short and what remains today. WNYC reporter Stephen Nessen reflects on covering Occupy in real time, while City Council member Sandy Nurse looks back on her experience inside the movement and the path that eventually took her from activism into elected office.
Photo: Getty/Paul McKinnon

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NYC raises snow shoveler pay to $30 an hour this winter
Park Slope rejoices after catnappers return stolen kitten to bodega

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