Early Addition: Zohran Mamdani is allegedly not a backroom arm-twister

Good Thursday morning in New York City, where we’ve mapped Christmas tree prices.

Here’s what else is happening:

  • “Zohran’s team is obviously gifted and sharp but not when it comes to political maneuvering and backroom scheming”: Politico reports that Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdanidid not strong-arm the City Council into going with his pick for Speaker.
  • The second-generation owner of Jimmy’s Corner, the legendary Times Square dive bar, expects to get an eviction order from the bar’s landlord, the Durst Organization.
  • To enter a PureGym, your identity must first be confirmed with a scan in a tube.
  • Here’s the story of a how a Millennial woman from Moldova married not one but two heirs to the Taylor ham

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