Williams Companies, undeterred by a 2020 regulatory snub, has reapplied to bury 17 miles of natural gas pipeline off Staten Island and Rockaway, buoyed by Donald Trump’s recent endorsement and grid failures in a sizzling New York. The firm’s optimism outpaces crab and clam concerns, with completion eyed for winter 2027—assuming state climate targets don’t prove trickier than even the city’s transit switches.
Despite a $75m outlay, the publicly funded Animal Care Centers shelter in Ridgewood, Queens remains awash—sometimes literally—with neglected animals, short staffing, and infectious outbreaks, a year after The Post’s exposé. Surging admissions, tight budgets and tighter cleaning schedules have filled kennels and frustration alike, though ACC blames a national downturn in pet adoptions. Bureaucracy, we note, can be even less house-trained than its unfortunate charges.
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In Queens, Zohran Mamdani’s Democratic primary win—buoyed by the Democratic Socialists of America—sent local pundits, including Michael Lange and city historian Asad Dandia, into lively analysis on The City’s FAQ NYC podcast. As coalition-building becomes the rage and New York’s left hustles for influence before 2025, we suspect the true winners may just be political podcasters with unlimited talking time.
For the second day running, Rockaway Beach shut its gates after NYPD drones clocked a shark gliding just 100 feet from swimmers—a fourth sighting this weekend across Queens' coastline. Officials, oddly tight-lipped about species, credit drones and choppers for “keeping New Yorkers safe,” though Atlantic menhaden and smooth dogfish seem the real locals. Evidently, Big Apple beaches now lure fins as well as sunbathers.
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Drones spotted sharks haunting the Rockaways’ surf over the Fourth of July weekend, prompting New York officials to close sections of the beach four days running—though the only frenzy was among would-be swimmers. City hall, evidently keen on air support, has ramped up drone patrols for both sharks and sunbathers in distress; swimmers’ odds remain safe enough that statisticians, not lifeguards, should worry.
New York’s mayoral hopeful Zohran Mamdani drew ire from Stop Antisemitism after sharing a parody video featuring Indian performers marking Hannukah with Punjabi music—views diverged on whether this was “cosplaying” or cross-cultural cheer. The Assemblyman, who has a history of controversial Israel comments, also faced backlash for claiming to be African American at Columbia. His campaign, like his holiday greetings, seems anything but conventional.
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Macy’s set New York’s skies ablaze once again as its Fourth of July fireworks returned to the East River, where four barges and the Brooklyn Bridge hurled 80,000 shells aloft in a 25-minute spectacle. Throngs packed Seaport and waterfront parks, some arriving from far afield, and everyone jostled for a view—proving, perhaps, that American patience endures at least as long as the pyrotechnics.
After NYPD drones twice spotted sharks uncomfortably close to swimmers near Queens’ Rockaway Beach, lifeguards briefly cleared the water, but regulars remained unfazed—savvy surfers even relished the thinner crowds. Locals joked about “robotic” warnings and lifeguard deserts, favouring sun and surf over mild peril. Marine visitors, it seems, are just the latest tourists to ignore New York’s notorious lines—albeit with sharper teeth.
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The Diocese of Rockville Centre, already bankrupted by hundreds of sex-abuse lawsuits and a $323m settlement, has seen Nassau County police arrest Father John Adjei-Boamah of Franklin Square’s St. Catherine of Sienna church on two misdemeanor charges for allegedly groping a woman in the rectory kitchen. The 43-year-old Ghanaian priest pleads not guilty and steps aside, as the diocese promises yet another “review”—presumably not their last.
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