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While it may feel like the cooler autumnal weather has just arrived in New York, the winter months are not far away. You may, however, be able to delay digging out your snow gear this season since the forecast calls for a potentially mild fall and early winter.

The annual National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's U.S. winter outlook report from the Climate Prediction Center predicts above average temperatures for much of the country - including New York - through December. The three month outlook through February in New York does also does not call for wetter/drier or warmer/cooler conditions in New York. The forecast

It does however look to be warmer and drier than average in the southern United States and also predicts a warmer winter in the northeast.

NOAA fall forecast for New York

NOAA winter forecast for New York

Will New York see snowstorms and blizzards this winter?

The NOAA winter forecast does not specify how much precipitation will fall as rain, snow or ice, only that more or less is likely overall. Snow forecasts depend upon the strength and track of winter storms, which generally cannot be predicted more than a week in advance, according to Weather Service meteorologists.

Old Farmer's Almanac prediction for 2025-26 winter in New York

In New York, some regions — particularly central New York and the Southern Tier — are expected to see a colder-than-normal winter, according to The Old Farmer’s Almanac. Other parts of the state, including western New York, the Capital Region, Adirondacks, Hudson Valley, and New York City/Long Island, are forecasted to experience slightly milder-than-usual temperatures.

Nationwide, the almanac predicts a winter that will be “mostly mild — with pockets of wild,” featuring near-normal to mild temperatures across much of the U.S. However, certain areas should brace for colder-than-usual conditions.

Inspired by the “bakery renaissance” that’s currently underway across New York City — if you spot a line somewhere, there’s a very good chance there are baked goods at the end of it — T: The New York Times Style Magazine has assembled a list of “The 25 Essential Pastries to Eat in New York City.”

Among those on the list are several Jewish treats, including a buttery, chocolatey babka that’s made New Yorkers’ mouths water since 2013 and a tiny knish filled with sauerkraut and dill from a buzzy new bakery on the Lower East Side.

To assemble their of list 25 standout pastries — a tough task, we imagine — the magazine assembled a panel of renowned bakers: pastry chef and writer Tanya Bush; pastry chef Camari Mick; chef and Milk Bar founder Christina Tosi; Bánh by Lauren founder and pastry chef Lauren Tran; Shaun Velez, executive pastry chef at Daniel; and baker and cookbook author Melissa Weller.

Among the panel’s picks are some beloved old-school sweets like Lloyd’s Carrot Cake and the sour cream glazed doughnut from Peter Pan Donut & Pastry Shop; upscale creations like the Lysee mousse cake from Lysee and four Jewish-inspired desserts. Keep scrolling to see, in alphabetical order, which Jewish pastries are on the Times’ list.

1. Agi’s Counter’s cheesecake

Opened in 2021 by Brooklyn-based Jewish chef Jeremy Salamon, Agi’s Counter (818 Franklin Ave.) was inspired by Salamon’s grandmother, Agi, a Hungarian Jew and a Holocaust survivor.

“Most people, when they hear Hungarian, if they have any idea the first thing that comes to mind is probably paprika or goulash — maybe chicken paprikás,” Salamon, a James Beard Award-nominated chef, told the New York Jewish Week last summer. “The concept is so limited.”

The cheesecake at Agi’s Counter has been on offer since the restaurant opened — in fact, for a while, it was the only dessert on the menu. “A riff on the dense, creamy New York style often credited to Arnold Reuben, who made it a century ago at his Jewish diner, Reuben’s Restaurant in Midtown, and later popularized at diners like Junior’s, which first opened in 1950 in Downtown Brooklyn, Salamon’s version is a thick wedge made with Philadelphia cream cheese on a crushed graham cracker crust,” the magazine describes.

At Agi’s Counter, the “well-executed take on a classic” is served topped with extra virgin olive oil, Maldon salt and a lemon wedge during dinner service. As part of the weekend brunch menu, it is topped with a blueberry and coriander compote.

“It was like $18, and I was there for lunch, so the dessert was actually the most expensive part,” said Tran. “I thought, ‘Oh, bold.’ And then I was blown away.”

While you’re there, don’t miss Agi’s Counter’s tuna melt, which features “oily, slow-cooked tuna, alpine Cheddar, pickled peppers, celery, dill and Kewpie mayo. Last year, it was one of 11 Jewish sandwiches on the New York Times’ list of “57 Sandwiches That Define New York City.”

2. Breads’ chocolate babka

The chocolatey, buttery, braided babka at Breads Bakery has been delighting New Yorkers since 2013, when the Israeli-inspired spot first opened near Union Square.

Breads’ buttery, laminated dough — “crispy-edged, springy and oozing with a Nutella-and-chocolate filling” per the Times — reignited the popularity of this Ashkenazi dessert across the city (and eventually in Paris, too.)

Today, Breads has six locations around the city, and its babka has become a New York icon — the bakery reportedly sells over 1,000 babkas a day during the winter holidays, per the Times. Co-founder and owner Gadi Peleg refers to his baker as “the house that babka built.”

According to panelist Weller, Breads “started a trend of babka, and also the trend of laminated doughs being used in different ways.”

Added Tosi: “He really defied the odds of how much chocolate one could put in babka.”

3. Elbow Bread’s potato sauerkraut knish

The Lower East Side’s buzzy Elbow Bread (1 Ludlow St.) opened last October, where baker Zoë Kanan has been busy creating old-school Jewish baked goods with a modern twist.

Backed by partners Eric Finkelstein and Matt Ross, the founders of the popular Flatiron Jewish luncheonette S&P, Kanan — who’s been called “a baker’s baker” by New York Magazine — turns out delicacies like bialys and rugelach, as well as contemporary hybrids like a challah honey bun, which is part croissant, part challah and “our sweetest ooey, gooey item,” Kanan told the New York Jewish Week.

“There aren’t many Jewish bakeries here anymore,” Kanan said. “I saw an opportunity to do something here [on the Lower East Side], in a location with so much Jewish history, and bringing my own personal style to it, which borrows from a lot of different techniques and ingredients. I love the classics and tradition is important, but what I find myself thinking about is ways to reinterpret.”

The pastry that made the T Magazine list is a savory one: a tiny sauerkraut knish, made of flaky laminated pastry wrapped around mashed Yukon Gold potatoes “flecked with crunchy salt and flavored with sauerkraut, onions, sour cream and fresh dill.”

“Knish was this thing that you just didn’t want,” panelist Weller said of the small pastry. “I love that she decided to reinvent it. Because it needed that.”

4. Fan-Fan Doughnuts’ guava and cheese fan-fan

After successfully launching the NYC mini-chain Dough Doughnuts and ice pop company La Newyorkina in 2010, Mexican-Jewish pastry chef Fany Gerson opened her Brooklyn doughnut shop Fan-Fan Doughnuts (448 Lafayette Ave.) in the fall of 2020. Despite launching during the pandemic, lines formed out the door.

In her work, as in her life, Gerson enjoys reflecting on the richness of her Jewish and Mexican heritages. “I feel like through time I’ve explored it through food and I’m kind of bridging the two worlds,” Gerson told the New York Jewish Week in 2021.

During Hanukkah, Gerson sells delicious and inventive sufganiyot, which are traditionally fried, round jelly-filled doughnuts that are enjoyed during the holiday. But the pastry that made the Times’ list can be enjoyed year-round: an éclair-inspired doughnut, known as a fan-fan, that’s filled with cream cheese, glazed with guava and topped by a brown butter walnut cookie crumble.

The treat is “inspired by the guava cheese roll from one of her favorite Mexico City bakeries,” according to the Times.

“That’s the thing about food, it’s not ephemeral,” Gerson told us. “How many memories are tied to food? A smell can take you back.”

Newly installed CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss had a phalanx of six bodyguards in New York City on Tuesday as she has faced heightened security concerns, a source with knowledge of the matter told The Post.

Weiss had guards described as “beefy” and “chiseled” as she attended a conference at the New York Historical Society put on by private equity giant RedBird Capital.

The source said the detail was hired because “there are enhanced security concerns.”

“It’s highly unusual for a news executive to have six bodyguards,” a former network exec told The Post.

Weiss, the 41-year-old co-founder of the Free Press who recently sold her newsletter to Paramount Skydance for a reported $150 million, seemed to be in good spirits as she entered the venue on Manhattan’s Upper West Side.

Weiss was photographed by Breaker News as she was surrounded by a protective detail that formed a “ring” around the new CBS News boss — including one bodyguard who was described as having “chiseled looks” and a “buff physique” reminiscent of Hollywood hunk Hugh Jackman.

Another of Weiss’ protectors had “Enrique Inglesias’ looks,” according to Breaker News.

Weiss has been spotted at CBS News headquarters with bodyguards, though it is unclear if all six who were protecting her during this event were also alongside her at the network’s Manhattan offices, according to the newsletter.

CBS News declined to comment.

Weiss was among those who attended this year’s annual RedBird Capital General Meeting at the New York Historical Society.

The A-list attendees also included NBA Commissioner Adam Silver; PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp; WME’s Mark Shapiro; Jon Kelly of Puck News; Weiss’ boss, Paramount Skydance president Jeff Shell; Paramount TV chief George Cheeks; and former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, who delivered the keynote.

RedBird founder Gerry Cardinale highlighted his expanding media empire and AI ventures, according to the report.

The crowd also included executives from the Telegraph, Daily Mail and Air Mail, with panels focused on media disruption, athlete branding and Paramount’s turnaround under RedBird’s ownership.

Cardinale’s private equity firm invested between $1.8 billion and $2 billion as part of Skydance’s $8 billion acquisition of Paramount Global.

By dint of its investment, RedBird Capital owns approximately 22.5% of the newly merged company.

David Ellison, the Skydance boss, holds around 50% of voting control and his father, Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, owns 27.5%.

Weiss’ first weeks as head of CBS News have been marked by internal upheaval and culture shock inside the newsroom.

At a tense meeting with “60 Minutes” staff last week, Weiss reportedly startled producers by bluntly asking why Americans view the program as biased.

Weiss, who has no TV background, was brought in by David Ellison to make CBS “rigorous” and “fact-based,” but her push for change has met resistance.

The former New York Times opinion editor has complained about leaks, demanded accountability from staff and urged producers to book high-profile political figures, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Jared Kushner.

Within days of Weiss taking over, CBS News’ longtime standards chief Claudia Milne exited, the first senior casualty of the new regime.

The newsroom remains on edge as employees brace for more shake-ups, including a round of layoffs that is expected within days.

Next Gen NYC is returning for a second season, Bravo has officially announced.

The news of the renewal comes exactly three months after the series concluded its eight-episode first season earlier this year, on July 22.

Bravo has additionally confirmed that the full Next Gen NYC season one cast is returning for season two.

Season one of Next Gen NYC notably featured four children of Real Housewives stars, marking the first time the kids of beloved Bravo women stepped into the spotlight solo of their mothers. Brooks Marks (son of RHOSLC‘s Meredith Marks), Ariana Biermann (daughter of RHOA‘s Kim Zolciak-Biermann), Riley Burruss (daughter of RHOA‘s Kandi Burruss) and Gia Giudice (daughter of RHONJ‘s Teresa Giudice) all starred in season one.

When speaking with The Hollywood Reporter earlier this year, Next Gen NYC creator and executive producer Michaline Babich explained that the idea for the series arose from her time working on The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City. The crux of the cast was assembled around Marks’ friend group in New York City — not the idea of a show with the offspring of housewives.

“I think many production companies will say that they’ve pitched, you know, ‘We should do something with the housewives’ kids.’ But that’s a concept, not a cast,” she said. “It really did come out of Brooks, and he had a group of friends in New York.”

The Real Housewives‘ children weren’t the only cast members accustomed to the limelight, as Ava Dash, daughter to Damon Dash, also took part in the series. Charlie Zakkour, Shai Fruchter, Georgia McCann, Emira D’Spain and Hudson McLeroy rounded out the cast.

Season two of Next Gen NYC will have no shortage of content, as the cast continues to juggle many shifting dynamics. Biermann and McLeroy, who dated on and off for years since high school, recently announced their split, while Ava’s father, Damon, also filed for bankruptcy.

Additionally, before season one aired, Page Six reported Zakkour was allegedly at the scene of the arrest of crypto investor John Woeltz, who has been charged with kidnapping and torturing a man alongside William Duplessie, per AP News. Zakkour has not faced any charges.