Early Addition: Why Carbone got a 'B' grade from the health department

Aug. 29, 2025, 10:16 a.m.

Because dirty dishes are one reason, here are your early links: Funkmaster Flex is leaving HOT 97, free merch for brides-to-be, NYT mini-crossword puzzles go behind a paywall and more from around the city and internet.

Exterior view of Carbone in the West Village.

It’s Friday morning in New York City, where Mayor Eric Adams says he'll be deploying 1,000 police officers to the Bronx.

Here's what else is happening:

  • It’s the end of an era for Funkmaster Flex, whose signature bomb-drop sound effect on HOT 97 will grace our airwaves one last time on Sept. 1.
  • NYC isn’t getting millionaires like it used to.
  • A lot of brides-to-be are reaching out to small businesses asking for free products for their bachelorette parties, and while some brands like the promotion opportunity, others are sick of the requests.
  • City health inspectors gave Carbone, the hot West Village restaurant popular among celebrities, a ‘B’ rating, and scolded the owners for not posting the grade sign for patrons to see.
  • Princess Diana left a time capsule in the walls of a London hospital in 1991, and it’s just been unearthed.
  • This Brooklyn guy thought he wouldn’t pick up rat mites from his girlfriend’s infested apartment. He was wrong.
  • The New York Times put its mini-crossword puzzle behind a paywall, and longtime players are not happy about it.
  • And finally, best seat in the house: