Garbage piles cast shadow over NYC's festive grandeur - NEW YORK, UNITED STATES - DECEMBER 29: A view of overflowing trash bins and piles of refuse lining the streets just a block away from the iconic Times Square, New York, United States on December 29, 2025. Despite the ambitious "trash bin revolution" launched by New York City's outgoing, one-term mayor ERIC ADAMS, the city's streets tell a different story as preparations for the magnificent New Year's Eve celebrations are in full swing, with persistent waste issues creating a stark contrast to Manhattan's festive splendor and global prestige. (Photo by Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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END OF THE YEAR DEP'T.
City Haul
AT THE STROKE of midnight, the world says farewell to 2025—and New York City, along with the politico-cultural blast radius of New York City, says farewell to the mayorship of Eric Adams. The mayor, like the year, departs having put everyone into a state of complete exhaustion yet also endlessly renewed amazement, right up to his parting declaration to the press that he next wants "to use cryptocurrency, you know, to go after violence, educate our children, and really deal with antisemitism that we're seeing globally." In tribute to a singular political career, Indignity dedicates this month's surplus allotment of our Getty Images subscription to the municipal multiplicity, from Brooklyn borough president to mayor, of ERIC ADAMS.
Michael Kors - Spring 2023 RTW - Front Row - (L-R) Anne Hathaway, Anna Wintour, Serena Williams and Mayor ERIC ADAMS attend the Michael Kors SS23 runway show at Highline Stages on September 14, 2022 in New York, NY. (Photo by Rebecca Smeyne/WWD via Getty Images)Balloons Prepped And Inflated In New York City For Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade - NEW YORK, NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 26: Mayor of New York City ERIC ADAMS exits after briefing the media on Thanksgiving Day Parade Safety on November 26, 2025 in New York City. This year will be the 99th annual marching of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, and will feature a new Mario and Buzz Lightyear balloons and a LABUBU float, among others. (Photo by Adam Gray/Getty Images)Us-animals-rats-extermination-animal - Brooklyn Borough President ERIC L. ADAMS holds a bag of rat poison as he announces the results of a pilot program aimed at curbing the rat population around Brooklyn Borough Hall on September 5, 2019 in New York. - Ninety rats were caught and killed over the course of a month using cutting-edge technology to capture and kill rats in a hygienic, humane and sustainable way. (Photo by Angela Weiss /AFP via Getty Images)NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 07: ERIC ADAMS and Robert De Niro attend 2022 ReelAbilities Film Festival Opening Night at IAC Building on April 07, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images)"The Music Man" Broadway Opening - ERIC ADAMS, Mike Bloomberg at "The Music Man" Broadway Opening held at the Winter Garden Theatre on February 10, 2022 (Photo by Nina Westervelt/Variety/Penske Media via Getty Images)NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 23: (L-R) Assembly Member Rodneyse Bichotte, New York City Council Member Dr. Mathieu Eugene, and Brooklyn borough president ERIC ADAMS attend the Kings Theatre ribbon-cutting ceremony at Kings Theatre on January 23, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Desiree Navarro/WireImage)New York City Celebrates Lunar New Year - NEW YORK, NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 01: New York City Mayor ERIC ADAMS attends the Lunar New Year celebration in Sara D. Roosevelt Park on February 01, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by John Lamparski/Getty Images)R. Couri Hay Birthday Celebration at the Opening Of La Piazza - NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 24: Mayor ERIC ADAMS and R. Couri Hay attend R. Couri Hay Birthday Celebration at the Opening Of La Piazza at La Piazza on April 24, 2025 in New York. (Photo by Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)US-ART-CAPTAIN AMERICA STATUE - Editor-in-Chief, Marvel Comics Axel Alonso (L) with Brooklyn Borough President ERIC L. ADAMS, speaks during the Captain America statue ceremony at Prospect Park in Brooklyn, New York, on August 10, 2016. Marvel unveiled the 13-foot (3.96m) , 1 ton(1000kg) bronze statue of the superhero in Wednesday in honor of Captain America's 75th anniversary. (Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images)NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 05: U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and New York City Mayor ERIC ADAMS attend the New York City Ballet 2022 Spring Gala at David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center on May 05, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Jared Siskin/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)
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I LOVE YOUR sandwich recipes but, wow, the Italian one today (Indignity Vol. 5, No. 210) was a bit sketchy. —Jeff
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SANDWICH RECIPES DEP'T.
WE PRESENT INSTRUCTIONS for the assembly of a sandwich selected from Cassell's New Dictionary of Cookery, published in 1912by Cassell and Company, London, New York, Toronto, and Melbourne, and available at archive.org for the delectation of all.
LEMON SANDWICHES.
Take one pound of rich puff paste and roll it out very thinly. Divide it in halves, and spread over one half a layer of lemon cheesecake mixture. Put the other half upon it, press it closely, mark it lightly into diamonds, and bake in a moderate oven for twenty minutes. Probable cost, 2s. Sufficient for four or five persons.
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