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New York City is typically high on any list of possible terror targets for big public holidays and national events, but this year's election brings an added need for security as the two top presidential candidates will have their election night parties blocks away from one another.

This is the first time in over 70 years that both major-party presidential nominees will be in New York City on election night, and the city's police force is preparing in kind.

NYPD Police Chief of Department Carlos Gomez said the city is planning to deploy more police Tuesday than on any previous Election Day, with "more than double than our previous high." He said more than 5,000 officers will work on Tuesday but would not give a specific number.

the two top presidential candidates will have their election night parties blocks away from one another.

They mean one victory party and one wake. I imagine a rather poorly attended wake.

How is the 2016 election different from all others? For one, it has gotten “mazel tov” to trend on Twitter.

The reason: Critiquing rapper Jay Z on CNN Sunday night, Donald Trump supporter Scottie Nell Hughes alleged that one of his videos started off “with a crowd throwing mazel tov cocktails.” The phrase is, obviously, Molotov cocktails, a combustible mixture of rags, gasoline and glass bottle common in street protests, as host Don Lemon pointed out a few moments later.

Twitter took notice. “Mazel tov,” a Jewish expression of congratulations or good luck, has been tweeted about almost 18,000 times since late Sunday, and was averaging more than 4,000 tweets per hour on Monday afternoon.

MAZEL TOV COCKTAIL
Figures it was a Trump supporter...



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Mazel Tov Cocktail

1 serving

Culinary dried lavender is available at gourmet kitchen stores such as La Cuisine in Alexandria, and through various online gourmet food purveyors.

MAKE AHEAD The lavender syrup can be refrigerated for up to a month.

For the syrup
1/2 ounce culinary dried lavender (1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons)
1/2 cup water
6 tablespoons sugar

For the drink

Ice

1 ounce Averell Damson plum gin liqueur, or good-quality sloe gin
1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
4 ounces chilled champagne or white sparkling wine

For the syrup: Combine the dried lavender and water in a small saucepan; let soak for 5 minutes, then place over medium heat and add the sugar, stirring until dissolved. Cook for 7 minutes, stirring occasionally. Cool completely, then strain into an airtight container or glass jar, pressing on the solids to extract as much liquid as possible. Then discard the solids. The yield is about 1/3 cup. You’ll need 1/4 ounce for this recipe; the rest can be refrigerated for up to 1 month.

For the drink: Fill a mixing glass with ice.

Combine the 1/4 ounce of lavender syrup, the gin liqueur or sloe gin and the lemon juice in a mixing glass. Stir briefly, then strain into a champagne flute. Top with the chilled champagne or white sparkling wine.