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Good Friday morning in New York City, where we asked some mechanics how to keep rats from eating your car.
Here’s what else is happening:
- Police body cam footage from the alleged attack on two NYPD officers by several men outside a Times Square migrant shelter appears to show that a cop started the physical altercation.
- New York City homeowners who were effectively relying on Airbnb income to make their mortgage and utility payments say they’re now having a tough time thanks to the crackdown on short-term rentals.
- Village Cigars in the West Village has closed after the city stopped approving the owner’s license to sell tobacco. (The guy who owns the building is trying to get a new tenant who’ll keep the “Village Cigars” signage up.)
- A federal appeals court ruled that a Buffalo man who was ticketed for yelling at a cop to turn his headlights on (with an expletive worked in) has the right to sue the police for being in the wrong.
- Snoop Dogg and Master P are suing Walmart and Post Foods for keeping boxes of their product, Snoop Cereal, hidden in stockrooms instead of putting them on store shelves.
- Pro tip: If you get struck by lightning, you’re more likely to survive if your skin is wet.
- Moana 2, LFG.
- And finally, pals:
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