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• De Niro causes controversy in TriBeCa over his penthouse [NYS]

• Tonys bring in cash money for Broadway [Crain's]

• Not going anywhere fast: the average speed on the Cross Bronx is often under 10 mph [Crain's]

• Manhattanites move to Brooklyn; Brooklynites move...elsewhere [Brownstoner]

• Students give teachers a laxative-spiked cake (ew) [NYDN]