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A baby was left in Times Square. Your city is reeling.

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Your Knicks just *cannot* make it easy, can they?

So look, you think you've seen it all in this city, right? You've seen wild stuff on the subway, you've seen a rat drag a slice of pizza bigger than itself down the stairs at the L train stop, you've seen a guy singing opera in Times Square with a parrot on his head. But deadass, a six-month-old baby girl, abandoned in a stroller, in the middle of Times Square? Nah. That’s a whole different level of messed up.

### Only in New York?

Here's the thing: Detectives are saying they're looking for the baby's father, someone they believe hangs around Times Square. Like, yo, Times Square? The most touristy, blinking, loud, sensory-overload spot on the planet? It's where you go to get overwhelmed, not to... leave a baby. It's not a drop-off point, it's a spectacle. And it just makes you wonder, what kind of desperation or delusion leads to something like this? The whole city just stopped for a second, right? You hear that and you're just like, "What the hell?"

* **The Shock:** Even for a city that’s seen it all, this is a gut punch. A baby, in a stroller, alone.

* **The Location:** Times Square, of all places, makes it even more bizarre. It’s a place of constant surveillance, yet also constant anonymity.

* **The Outcome:** Thankfully, the baby is safe now, being cared for. That’s the only real good news here.

This ain't some made-up story from a Law & Order episode, this is real life, happening right here in New York City. It’s a stark reminder that beneath all the bright lights and big dreams, there’s some serious darkness, and sometimes, it just shows up in the most public, unexpected ways. That's New York — if you can't keep up, take the bus.

Yo, Dave and the crew break down all the city chaos every morning — catch 'em live at mornings.live.

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