🌱 38 Injured In Midtown Apartment Fire + NYC Marathon Winners

Good morning, New York City!

• 🔥 A fire started by a lithium-ion battery injured 38 people in Midtown.
• 🏙 A data error means hundreds of buildings were falsely given F energy efficiency grades.
• 🐶 v. ⚾️: There's a "turf war" in Bushwick between dog owners and baseball players.

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Breezy, warm. High: 76 Low: 46.

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

1. Thirty-eight people were injured on Saturday during a fire on the 20th-story of a high-rise apartment building in Midtown which was started when a lithium-ion battery in an electric bicycle ignited a massive blaze, according to the fire department. (New York City Patch)
2. Several hundred New York City buildings were falsely issued F grades for energy efficiency due to a Con Edison data error, according to the Department of Buildings. Overall more than a thousand–or 9.8 percent–of all buildings that posted new grades this months had received an F, but it's unclear exactly how many were affected by the 'snafu.' (The City)
3. At the Crown Heights school with the greatest drop in math testing scores in New York City since 2019, 81 percent of students have experienced poverty and classrooms are chronically overcrowded. Parents and students at the school point to remote learning during the pandemic as one of the reasons for its drop. (Gothamist)
4. A bomb threat lead an East Harlem voting location to temporarily be evacuated on Sunday morning, city officials said. Yesterday was the last day of early voting ahead of Tuesday's general election. (Gothamist)
5. Kenyan runners Sharon Lokedi and Evan Chebet won the women's and men's races respectively in the 51st New York City marathon this weekend, both with finishing times a little over two hours. Chebet also won Boston's marathon earlier this year, and both runners finished NYC's race faster than last year's winner. (AMNY)

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Today in New York City:

• Petipa and the Ballet - 92nd Street Y (2 p.m.)
• Harlem Nights Comedy Open Mic Show (6 p.m.)
• New York Comedy Festival (7 p.m.)
• MoMA Presents: Modern Mondays an Evening with Alfredo Jaar (7 p.m.)
• Havana Film Festival New York (throughout the day)

From my notebook:

• An " influx of gentrified dog lovers" has led to a "turf war" conflict between dogs and children in a Bushwick ball field, some residents say. The field is now padlocked off, to keep out dog owners. (Subscription/New York Daily News)
• A former NYPD cop has been found guilty for murder in the death of his eight-year-old son, who was allegedly forced to sleep in the cold in his family's Long Island garage in 2020. (NBC New York)
• Did you know that New York City has its very own native cactus, the eastern prickly pear? (Hell Gate)
• Republican political leaders in Brooklyn are upset at sanitation workers and an elected official for taking down signs for GOP gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin which were posted on public property (where it's illegal to post political or business signs, according to city officials.) (Curbed)

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