🌱 2 More NYC Monkeypox Cases + School Shooting Threats In BK, Queens

Good morning New York City. Monkeypox is still spreading unfortunately, Hochul signed a slew of gun regulation bills into law, and wind energy is coming to The Big Apple. Plus, you won't want to miss the Upper West Side street corner turned into a "Cylindrical Art Gallery." Have a great day.

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Here are the top five stories in New York City today:

1. Two more cases of monkeypox have been identified in New York City, bringing the total to seven. The disease appears to be primarily sexually transmitted, with most cases being found in gay and bisexual men. (New York City Patch)
2. In preparation to build a massive wind farm 14 miles off New York's Atlantic coast, government agencies are preparing to build two massive facilities in NYC that will serve as shipping and building hubs for wind turbines. The facilities will be located in a wooded coastal section of Staten Island and in southern Brooklyn. (Gothamist)
3. LGBT groups and out politicians are upset that the right-wing Republican Governor of Florida Ron DeSantis is set to speak at a conference at Chelsea Piers in the West Village on Sunday about “the Florida model and why it’s good for religious Americans.” DeSantis recently signed a controversial "Don't Say Gay" law. (Politics NY)
4. Governor Kathy Hochul signed a series of gun-regulation bills into law on Monday at an event in The Bronx. They raise the minimum age to purchase semiautomatic weapons to 21, increase the state's red flag laws, and mandate micro-stamping technology on new weapons. (New York City Patch)
5. Amid a heightened awareness nationally over gun violence, given recent mass-shootings in Buffalo, Uvalde and Tulsa, New York City has seen several threats:
   • In Forest Hills a teenager stands accused of threatening to shoot up his school "just like in Texas." That's what he wrote on his high school desk on May 26. (New York City Patch)
   • In Park Slope this week, a person — unidentified as of Monday — threatened to open fire at Millennium Brooklyn High School. (New York City Patch)
   • A law just passed the state legislature which would require schools to consider adding silent panic buttons to classrooms. (Patch)

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Today in New York City:

• Lunch & Learn Talk: Spaces of Enslavement in Early New York, online (1 p.m.)
• Taco Tuesdays After Work Sunset Cruises NYC on the Cabana Yacht (6 p.m.)
• Screening "Dreaming: The Burning of Black Wall Street" + talk w/ filmmaker at Revolution Books Harlem (7 p.m.)
• Piano Jazz Series: Geoffrey Keezer at Zinc Bar, West 3rd Street (7 p.m.)
• Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra Debuts at Carnegie Hall with Maxim Vengerov (7:30 p.m.)

Crime Corner:

• NYC shootings were down 30% in May, while overall crime rates increased when compared to 2021 levels, according to recently released data. The city saw 118 shootings last month, down from 172 in May 2021. (New York City Patch)
• Ronald Anthony Smith died in April when an NYPD van hit and dragged his body 35 feet before he was taken to the hospital. Now lawyers representing his estate are suing the police department. (New York City Patch)
• Police are looking for a killer who shot a 21-year-old man dead outside a recording studio in Queens. (amNY)

And now for the latest in sports:

• This week, The Rangers will face the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday–see the schedule here. Meanwhile, The Mets are away playing the San Diego Padres and Los Angeles Angels. The Yankees are playing the Minnesota Twins (away) and the Chicago Cubs (home).
• Based on their record this season, The Mets appear to be the best team in the National Baseball League. (New York Post)

From my notebook:

• Tenants of a Harlem apartment building are protesting and planning a rent strike six months after a deadly fire took three lives. Some residents say they've lost all their belongings and repairs haven't been made. (New York City Patch)
• Monday the Queens District Attorney dropped murder charges against Prakash Churaman, who was first accused six years ago at 15-years-old. He's spent the time attempting to clear his name since first being accused. (Hell Gate)
• Mayor Eric Adams called 911 for a second time in his six months in office. This time it was after his sister reported overhearing a shooting threat at a Manhattan ferry terminal. (New York City Patch)
• Check out this Upper West Side kiosk which has been converted into a "Cylindrical Art Gallery" for students with disabilities from a nearby school. (New York City Patch)

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