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"Congrats On Your Condo" Greeting Cards Still Optimistically Exist

Photographer Katie Sokoler went shopping for a sympathy card at a 99 cent store in Williamsburg today but she says all she found were "tons" of "Congratulations on Your New Condo" cards. Does this mean more people are buying condos than dying? We thought condos were dying; according to The Real Deal, 1,841 condos are expected to enter the Williamsburg market by the end of this year.

NY1 reports that the NYPD is looking into possible bomb threats, as three people "received post cards warning of bombings in the Financial District" on Friday. And the cards read, "You're invited to a party so put on a happy face...Bombs! Bombs! Bombs! Lower Manhattan, July, August, September," and are signed "New York Jihad." Investigators do not think there is "actual terrorist activity" but are looking into the cards which seem to be printed from desktop computer at home.

Good news for metro mammals; the New York City tap water is still safe to drink, according to a report card released yesterday by Riverkeeper and the Clean Drinking Water Coalition. The longstanding environmental advocacy group gives our water system A grades for reducing fecal coliform from waterfowl, managing stormwater runoff and waterborne disease risk assessment. High-five!

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