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Early Addition: A whale crashed the Sail4th afterparty off Staten Island
Gothamist • • nation
Key Points:
- New York City had approximately 57,000 vacant rent-stabilized apartments last year, based on landlord self-reporting.
- A whale struck a New Jersey fire rescue boat near Raritan Bay off Staten Island after the Sail4th celebrations, forcing firefighters to jump off before the vessel sank.
- The city is now adorned with Knicks murals, highlighting local enthusiasm for the basketball team.
- Despite the Yankees' current slump, four of their players have been selected for the All-Star Game.
- A message in a bottle sent as a prank by a 9-year-old in 1973 at the Jersey Shore has been recently recovered.
