Hot-dog guy: Swift wedding doesn't cut the mustard
Taylor Swift’s wedding wasn't doing much business for Malek Mesely, 19, who was running a hot-dog cart at the corner of 34th St and Seventh Ave. “It’s Fourth of July, it’s summer, it’s slow,” he said, adding that the temperature felt like it could be over 100. One thing he’s grateful for: the World Cup. “That’s making some business,” Mesely said. “A little bit.”
'Democrats say this is a misuse of taxpayer funds' Nassau Republicans awarded over $1 million in taxpayer-funded legal contracts to the one-man law firm of Sheharyar Ali, a longtime GOP ally. Ali's father is an adviser to Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa and Newsday Nassau County politics reporter Bahar Ostadan have the story.
