New York Today: Free Spirits? Or ‘Idiots’ of the East River?

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Free Spirits? Or 'Idiots' of the East River? The New York City Pirates ride near the Manhattan Bridge during the Jet Ski Invasion in June. Johnny Milano for The New York Times By ALEX NORCIA Kayakers fear them. Commercial captains hate them. But once a year, the Jet Ski Invasion takes over New York's waterways for a couple hours of controlled chaos.

Sara Naomi Lewkowicz for The New York Times A Wake for New York's Last Pirate Bookseller By ALEX VADUKUL Whisky, wine and memories as friends mourned Michael Seidenberg — and also Brazenhead, a secret bookstore he ran out of his Manhattan apartment. Barton Silverman/The New York Times Big City The N.Y.C. Roots of Trump and 'Go Back Where You Came From' By GINIA BELLAFANTE The president's remarks, directed at four congresswomen of color, evoke the city in which he came of age.

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Sunday Routine How the Founder of Clark's Botanicals Spends His Sundays By ALIX STRAUSS Francesco Clark, who was paralyzed 17 years ago, has defied the odds in his recovery while running a skin care company.

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