The Times’s Brian Thomas Gallagher writes:

“If you really want to cause a stir at the family table this Thanksgiving, don’t bother with gun control, reproductive rights, kneeling during the national anthem or her emails. Just say you don’t like turkey. … “To wit, in the vast New York Times photo archive, there are very few pictures of Americans turning their noses up at turkey. But, as evidenced by the photos here, there are legions of tryptophan try-hards mugging it up with their table fowl.”

5. What else is happening

Big law vs. Trump: One of the city’s biggest corporate law firms has become a fierce opponent of the Trump administration’s immigration policy. [NYT]

Cab fare increase: Starting New Year’s Day, it will cost “$5.80 just to sit inside a cab.” [NY1]

Mistrial in jogger case: A Queens jury could not agree on whether to convict a Brooklyn man accused of murdering a woman from Howard Beach in 2016. [NYT]

Taxpayers cover de Blasio’s legal bills: The mayor overrode an objection from the city comptroller and is using more than $2 million in city funds to pay his legal bills. The bills stem from an earlier investigation into his political activity. [NY1]

Cuomo’s future: Governor Cuomo, who made opposition to President Trump a cornerstone of his re-election campaign, denied a report by The Associated Press that he reached out to Democrats in Des Moines, Iowa, which holds the first-in-the-nation presidential contests. He blamed “dark forces” for spreading a “conspiracy theory.” [NYPost]

Rape in Prospect Park: The New York Police Department released video and a description of the suspect they say assaulted and robbed a woman at 4 a.m. Sunday near Parkside Avenue and Parade Place. [Bklyner]

Toughest job in New York is available: The Metropolitan Transportation Authority spokesman Jon Weinstein is leaving. In an email, he wrote “After two years in the middle of what I consider New York’s biggest challenge, it’s time for a new endeavor.” [h/t Emma Fitzsimmons]

6. Coming up today

Grab the kiddies and make your way to the Swedish Cottage Marionette Theater in Central Park for an original production of “Yeti, Set, Snow!” 10:30 a.m. [$8 - $12]