Early Addition: Throwing eggs, spiking coffee with Viagra, sticking a guy with a needle and other alleged misdeeds of the North Bergen police chief

March 27, 2025, 10:45 a.m.

Because the town denies the allegations, here are your early links: Bathhouse allegedly giving people UTIs, deadly driving on Long Island, F.I.T. textile lab tests out Levi's from Amazon and more.

a North Bergen Police minivan

Good Thursday morning in New York City, where someone who works on Wall Street should buy you a drink.

Here's what else is happening:

  • "Every 7 minutes on average, a traffic crash causing death, injury or significant property damage happens on Long Island": Newsday has a big feature on the island's extremely dangerous drivers.
  • A New York City law requires the mayor to spend 50% of the city's ad budget on things like public health announcements and school registration reminders in ethnic and community media outlets. Mayor Eric Adams has repeatedly failed to hit that mark.
  • The hot tub at Bathhouse, the vibey spa in Williamsburg, is giving people urinary-tract infections, according to some Redditors.
  • Several New Jersey cops preparing to sue North Bergen Police Chief Robert Farley are accusing him of spiking coworkers’ coffee with Viagra and Adderall, pooping on floors, sticking a hypodermic needle into an officer’s penis, sneaking hot peppers into officers' food, throwing eggs and other bad behaviors. (The town denies the allegations.)
  • The head of a Bronx charter school network said they've instated all-day phone bans and it's going great.
  • The F.I.T. textile lab looked into the difference between Levi's from Levi's and Levi's from Amazon.
  • Boogie!