Extra Extra: It's almost Halloween

Good Monday afternoon in New York City, where there are so many varieties of good Chinese food in Queens.

Here's what else is happening:

• Some Upper East Siders are upset that a section of the East River Esplanade has been closed for years.
• JFK's Terminal 5 (the JetBlue terminal) apparently has a fun roof area.
• Taraji P. Henson and Cedric the Entertainer are coming to Broadway next year in a production of August Wilson’s "Joe Turner’s Come and Gone."
• The darts came to MSG last weekend.
• Rich kids from New York City are going to the comparatively cheap St. Andrews for college and instead spending a lot of money on gym memberships and European weekend trips.
• Hedge fund billionaire Ken Griffin, famous for buying that $45 million stegosaurus, just spent $13 million in an auction for an original copy of the 13th Amendment signed by President Lincoln.
• Here's a Staten Island man getting chased around his driveway by a wild turkey.
• Tomorrow is July, which means it's time to start buying stuff for Halloween.
• And finally, he wants a sip: