It’s Thursday morning in New York City, where officials want you to avoid the northern section of Flatbush Avenue for a few months.
Here's what else is happening:
- During the pandemic, the MTA stopped reporting when bedbugs were found on buses or subway cars, but a state assemblymember wants to bring that practice back.
- A city investigation found that food delivery app HungryPanda illegally charged restaurants thousands of dollars in junk fees. The company will now have to pay $875,000.
- The number of green, outer-borough taxis on the road has decreased significantly over the past few years, with drivers averaging just $52 a day from trips.
- Remember when the McDonald’s CEO went viral for his reaction to trying the new Arch Burger? Well, he just tried a McNugget on camera, too.
- Freida McFadden, author of “The Housemaid” and other popular books, revealed her true identity as Sara Cohen, a brain doctor.
- Amazon will be locking users out of downloading new content on Kindle devices from 2012 or earlier.
- Police in Toms River, New Jersey, captured a beaver that had been terrorizing people and relocated him to a body of water nearby.
- And finally, just part of the fam:
