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The brush fire in the park's woodland Ravine is now extinguished. According to FDNY, the fire engulfed a roughly two-acre area. We thank FDNY and its sister agencies who responded quickly to get the fire under control.

Inbox: New York City is banning grilling in all public parks following last night's forest fire in Prospect Park.

ICYMI, here's a little post-election advice from Hell Gate about how to look beyond hopelessness and build something sustainable. hellgatenyc.com/oh-hell-electi…

So long forced broker fees. City Council is expected to pass the FARE act Wednesday which would require whomever hired the broker to pay the fee. thecity.nyc/2024/11/12/bro…

SCOTUS declined to take this case up today: supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?fi… More context on these NY rent stabilization challenges going back to last fall: citylimits.org/2024/02/20/sup… citylimits.org/2023/10/02/sup… citylimits.org/2023/09/05/sco…

An unexpected effect of the drought is seen in the Central Park Reservoir, where a typically hidden middle divider is now visible. Cant remember ever seeing it. Makes you realize the reservoir is actually 2 bodies of water.

Two years into the mayor’s anti-rodent siege, infestations persist, despite a major uptick in fines to homeowners. “The summonses started escalating,” said 80-year-old Crown Heights retiree Betty Davis, who received $930 in rat-related fines this year. bit.ly/4fXPV0Q

Two years after NYC jail commissioner Louis Molina warned of a flood of fentanyl-laced mail entering Rikers Island, spurring a push to ban mail for detainees, a new city report finds the city is using faulty drug test kits with an 85% false positive rate. apnews.com/article/fentan…

“[Vendors] constantly come into our homes doing what they feel like they want to do, or don’t do, and then leave out and close the ticket,” said Beverly MacFarlane, the tenant association president at Taft Houses. bit.ly/4eBqOzW

Programing notes! Today I started a new job - and beat - at MLex, where I'll be covering AI regulation At the same time, I'm heading for bluer skies: @eawhitford.bsky.social If you're grappling with this huge topic in any capacity, let's talk... over there :)

NEW: Mayoral candidate Senator Zellnor Y. Myrie 米维 unveils extremely ambitious housing plan that would yield 1M homes by relying heavily on market forces. Janaki Chadha breaks down the details and gives a sober assessment of how realistic that goal is. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2024/1…

.Mayor Eric Adams just released list of migrant shelters the city plans to close by the end of March, which includes the controversial Floyd Bennett Field shelter, the only one located on federal land. background here: thecity.nyc/2024/11/25/flo…

Scenes from Absolute Bagels on Friday. Employees confirmed "no chance" of a reopening. The staff is throwing out items from the business into a dumpster outside. Crowds continue to gather with people trying to get info. "Please let us work," an employee quietly repeated.

While the spectacle of Mangione’s “perp walk” unfolded at the Wall Street helipad, Ingrid Lewis-Martin was also being led, in handcuffs— down the dark, dreary hallway of Manhattan Supreme Court. The Mayor’s top advisor did not answer when I asked if she had anything to say.

The Bushwick complex—the fifth NYCHA campus asked to vote on a funding model—may be headed for a runoff election, after tenants voted evenly between joining the Preservation Trust and converting to private management. bit.ly/3Buykzh

NYC approved 955 people living on the streets and subways for supportive housing last year. Only 18% actually moved into an apartment. Gwynne Hogan @gwynnefitz.bsky.social for THE CITY thecity.nyc/2025/01/06/hom…

BREAKING NEWS: Workers at 5 high-end DC restaurants—including Le Diplomate and Rasika—have announced plans to unionize. washingtonian.com/2025/01/17/wor…

“There is no choice really. You just kind of have to take what you can get and you have to feel like a beggar and beggars can’t be choosers,” said one voucher holder of the seven-month search for a unit where she could use the subsidy. bit.ly/3CBd3Ey

Breaking my silence to say: there’s still time to sign!!