Early Addition: Things have been better for indicted Sen. Bob Menendez's famous and successful kids

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Good Wednesday morning in New York City, where the magic time to book an IDNYC card appointment appears to be 3 p.m. on Fridays.

Here's what else is happening:

• The city's law department has decided to represent Mayor Eric Adams against a civil sexual assault lawsuit. Here's why he's not being forced to hire — and pay for — a private lawyer. 
• All these indictments for New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez are making things uncomfortable for his kids, MSNBC host Alicia Menendez and first-term Congressman Rob Menendez.
• A recently-announced $117 million federal grant to build a park over abandoned Long Island Rail Road tracks in central Queens came as bad news to locals who say what they really need is a new transit line.
• A Queens man who charged at Black Lives Matter protesters back in 2020 wearing an Edward Scissorhands-looking glove — and then tried running them over with his car — has been sentenced to 14 years in prison.
• Manhattan has the worst cell service of all five boroughs.
• Congrats to the NYPD runners on winning the Commissioner’s Cup contest-within-the-contest at the NYC Half Marathon. (Also, shout out to the NYPD dance team.)
• Young people are becoming less happy than older people, according to the 2024 World Happiness Report.
• "The Neverending Story" is getting adapted into a new film series.
• The Wagner men's basketball team beat Howard in a First Four thriller last night, securing their ticket to Round One of the NCAA tournament.
• And finally, no context needed: