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Back at it!
Group unveils plans for
reimagined Mermaid
Parade SEE PAGE 27
Rally for relief
Activists demand rent
cancellation SEE PAGE 20 LANE BLAME!
Democracy
in action!
Checking up on the
primaries SEE PAGE 6
DOT backtracks after staffer spills info about
potential Brooklyn Bridge bike lane STORY ON PAGE 4
Offi cials claim the staffer “misspoke” about talks with City Hall to commandeer a traffi c lane for bikes. Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates
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