A Night on Eric Adams’s Lawn at the Made in NY Awards

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Gracie Mansion itself was ironically off-limits at the Made in New York Awards. Though the event was advertised as taking place at the mayor’s home in New York City, the awards show was firmly on the garden of the premises. “I thought we’d get to go inside,” said an older woman in an oversize fashion-ish blazer standing in front of me, craning her head around the corner of the patio.

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