Mamdani Gave These Parents a Night Off. This Is How They Spent It.

kept by eddie aug 18

New York City offered four hours of free babysitting to hundreds of families, letting parents reconnect and finish chores uninterrupted.

Mayor Mamdani Wears a Bike Helmet. Finally.
Mayor Mamdani has begun wearing a bike helmet while cycling, responding to New Yorkers' repeated advice for him to adopt safer biking habits.
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NYC’s Pied-à-Terre Owners Hunt for Creative Ways to Dodge New Tax - WSJ
NYC pied-à-terre owners are seeking creative, sometimes dubious, ways to avoid a new second-home tax, including setting up offshore entities or pretending relatives live there.
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What we lost when we stopped letting kids leave the front yard
Hacker News commenters reflect on the decline in children's free-range play, attributing it to larger vehicles, safetyism, loss of community surveillance, and changing family structures, despite lower crime rates.
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