Michael Appleton for The New York Times Anthony D. Weiner, a Democratic candidate for mayor, and his wife Human Abedin appeared at a packed news conference on Tuesday where he acknowledged exchanging sexually explicit images and messages after he resigned from Congress. Mayoral candidates are scheduling various events for Wednesday, but it seems clear that all anyone will want to discuss are new revelations about Anthony D. Weiner’s raunchy online conversations.
Bill De Blasio is speaking at a Bronx forum. Bill Thompson is campaigning at subway stops in Harlem.
The day, though, will most likely be dominated by the fallout from Mr. Weiner’s news conference on Tuesday, where he and his wife, Huma Abedin, acknowledged that he had continued to have sexually explicit conversations with women he met online after he resigned from Congress.
Already, some of his rivals have demanded that he drop out of the race.
What to watch for: Will other candidates, including one of the frontrunners, Christine C. Quinn, join that call on Wednesday? Or will they sidestep questions about Mr. Weiner and see whether a public backlash builds?
The editorial pages of The New York Times and The Daily News said he should abandon the race. The New York Post was also harshly critical.
And where is the candidate at the center of it all? Mr. Weiner is testifying at a hearing on public housing in Manhattan and speaking at a mayoral forum in the Bronx.
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COMING UP TODAY
- An anatomical specimen made of an actual human and a horse â€" preserved with plastic polymer â€" from the exhibit “Body Worlds,†will be on display in Times Square for only one day. [Free]
- Dancers splash through the fountain and cavort in the courtyard outside Lincoln Center at 6 p.m. [Free]
- “Divine Felines: Cats of Ancient Egypt†opens at the Brooklyn Museum. [Free]
- Socrates Sculpture Park in Long Island City hosts an outdoor screening of “In Another Country,†by the South Korean director Hong Sang-soo at 7 p.m. [Free]
- Watch “Argo†on Pier 36 in Hudson River Park. 8:30 p.m. [Free]
-Admission is free on Wednesday at the Bronx Zoo. Take a peek at the future home of the Komodos.
- There’s a family capoeira class in Inwood Hill Park at 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. [Free]
- Subway musicians perform at the third annual N.Y.C. Busker Ball at Spike Hill in Williamsburg at 7 p.m. [Free]
- Sovereign Bank, which has over 75 branches in the city and on Long Island, announces that it will change its name to Santander on October 17. In 2009 it was acquired by the Santander Group.
IN THE NEWS
- Keron Thomas, who took an A-train on a joyride as a teen, died. He was 37. [Pix 11]
- A Queens woman threw out a fridge, forgetting she stashed $5,000 in the freezer. She got the money back. [New York Daily News]
- More than 1,000 CitiBike users had their personal information exposed because of a glitch. [Gothamist]
- An apartment fire in Hamilton Heights displaced 150 people. It was sparked by an air conditioner, officials said. [DNA Info]
- Some people wait years for an apartment in public housing while others jump the line. [New York Times]
- It’s been nine months since Sandy… and the storks are working overtime. [CBS]
- A tenant turned a rent-stabilized NoLiTa apartment into a bed and breakfast, landlord says. [PIX 11]
AND FINALLY…
A repatriation ceremony will be held on Wednesday at the United States Attorney’s Office in Manhattan â€" for two antique books. They are being returned to the National Library of Sweden. They were stolen in the 1990s, and had been owned by Swedish royalty. They contain early depictions of America’s interior by explorers.
Michaelle Bond and Michael Barbaro contributed reporting.
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