Mike Flynn, a former intern who rose to the top of the agency, will be under a microscope, but far from the spotlight.

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A tour guide goes one step beyond, a macaw on the Q and more reader tales of New York City in this week’s Metropolitan Diary.

The outreach by Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s team has demonstrated how the mayor is taking care to not inflame tensions on either side of the Israel-Gaza war.