Early Addition: Kips Bay scaffolding that was nearly old enough to drive finally comes down

Good Thursday morning in New York City, where you should leave right now if you're trying to avoid Labor Day weekend traffic.

Here's what else is happening:

• It's finally happening: The scaffolding outside the city medical examiner's office in Kips Bay, which had been up for an inexplicable 15 years, is coming down.
• So as to prevent "extremely creative entrepreneurs" from stealing confiscated weed from a landfill, Mayor Eric Adams yesterday personally used a giant claw machine to load four tons of illicit cannabis products into an incinerator.
• It's been a chill summer for the geese-chasing dogs of Governor's Island, where geese aren't really an issue in the warmer months.
• Elite tennis racket stringers from all over the world have descended on the U.S. Open.
• Long Island officials are fighting over whether ferry access to the idyllic Ho-Hum beach on Fire Island should be open to others besides residents of the very white town of Bellport.
• Farther out in Southhampton, an extremely rare orange lobster was rescued from a tank in the local Stop & Shop.
• YES and MSG networks are merging into one streaming app that'll run you $360 a year. 
• Shout out to the rescued bald eagle who was too fat to fly.
• And finally, chill summer for her, too: