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starts getting back to normal, sort of. Pandemic capacity restrictions will be lifted almost everywhere, as will the mask mandate for vaccinated New Yorkers in most locations.
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On an icy Saturday afternoon, on Myrtle Avenue in Bushwick, a homeless man missing an eye walked up to the campaign office of the mayoral candidate Paperboy Love Prince. He grabbed a bejewelled lilac blazer that was hanging on a hook near the open front door. Afrobeats blared from a boom box, and the man danced a little in the street before abandoning the stolen blazer on the hood of a Prius and taking off. âAt least he has good taste,â Briana Calderón Navarro, a longtime volunteer, said afterward. âI was, like, you know what? Iâm just gonna let him have his moment.â She added, âI think it was done with love.â