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Today is Veterans Day, the day in which the country thanks and honors all living veterans for their service (Memorial Day is for remembering those who died in service--more here). Schools, government offices and courts are closed and there is no regular mail delivery. Alternate side parking regulations are suspended (but other parking rules, like parking meters, are in effect) and it is a santiation holiday--no garbage or recycling collection or street cleaning. There is an opening ceremony at 10 a.m. at Madison Square Park (Fifth Ave & 24th Street) and followed by a parade, starting at 11:30 a.m. at Fifth Ave all the way up to 26th Street to Fifth at 56th Street. There's also a special crosstown march from the Intrepid along 42nd Street, from 12th Ave to Fifth Ave, during the parade, and a street fair on 56th between Fifth and Madison from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Yesterday was the city's day to honor and remember veterans of the U.S. armed forces. The 88th annual Veterans Day Parade started with the Eternal Light Monument Ceremony in Madison Square Park, followed by a parade up Fifth Avenue to 56th Street. An estimated 20,000 gathered for the parade, and there were veterans from World War II, Korean War, and the Iraq War. Mayor Bloomberg said, "You should know that 70 New Yorkers have given...

So about that Congestion pricing that we all got so hot and bothered for yesterday? Maybe not so much. Seems Bloomberg was not amused that only two days after the election his media spotlight got derailed by an issue that he didn't campaign on.