🌱 $8.5B Needed To Protect NYC Coasts: Adams + Gov.'s Island Proposals

Good morning, New York City!

• 🌊 Mayor Eric Adams estimates the city needs $8.5 billion to fund coastal resiliency projects.
• 🦠 Health officials are monitoring a potential outbreak of a bacterial infection in Brooklyn.
• 👻 See the NYCHA hallway transformed each year into a Halloween haunted house.

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

1. Marking the 10th anniversary of Superstorm Sandy, NYC local politicians and Mayor Eric Adams broke ground on a resiliency project for the Two Bridges neighborhood of Lower Manhattan which includes movable flip-up walls. Adams estimates $8.5 billion in federal funding is needed to protect New York City's coastlines from future storm surges. (New York City Patch)
2. See renderings of three competing proposals for building a climate change research center on Governor's Island that were unveiled this week. The winning proposal for a Climate Solutions Center will be selected next year, officials said. (New York City Patch)
3. NYC health officials are investigating a possible outbreak of campylobacter, a bacterial infection that causes flu-like stomach symptoms, in parts of Brooklyn. So far 50 cases have been diagnosed, although there may be far more unreported. Most people recover from the infection in about a week without antibiotics. (THE CITY)
4. The number of homeless students in New York City's public schools rose to 104,000 in the 2021-22 school year, despite an overall fall in enrollment, Advocates for Children of New York revealed in a study on Wednesday. That means that a school district made up of New York City's homeless students would be larger than 99.5 percent of districts nationwide, advocates say. (New York City Patch)
5. The MTA plans to add bike racks at every subway station in the city and is set to open two of its seven toll bridges to bicycle traffic. There's currently "bike parking infrastructure" within 100 feet of 90 percent of stations, the agency said. (AMNY)

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Today in New York City:

• Frida Kahlo the Immersive Biography Comes to Brooklyn — Opening Oct. 27 (all day)
• Mexico Week: Día De Muertos at Rockefeller Center (11 a.m.)
• Movie Night with Machine: Eyes of Laura Mars (7 p.m.)
• The Actors Studio 75th Anniversary Benefit — United Palace Theater (7 p.m.)
• The Green Amendment: The People's Fight for a Clean, Safe, and Healthy Environment Book Talk — Pace University (7 p.m.)

Crime and safety corner:

• A man was sentenced to 22 years-to life for the 2019 murder of his mother in Tribeca, the Manhattan District Attorney's office said. (New York City Patch)
• A person fell into a 25-foot hole at an Upper East Side construction site, according to the Fire Department. (New York City Patch)
• Advocates held a rally for an Upper West Side nurse charged with murdering her husband, in what she says was an act of self-defense. (New York City Patch)

From my notebook:

• NYC's former 'worst landlord' will pay an additional $82,500 in fines for lead paint violations inside six of his Brooklyn apartment buildings. (City Limits)
• Less than two years after it opened, an Ikea in Rego Park is set to close in December. It was meant to cater to the needs of New Yorkers that want items for small spaces. (New York City Patch)
• Meet the retired teacher in East New York who transforms her NYCHA apartment building's floor into a haunted Halloween hallway every year. (Pix 11)
• A holiday fiar is returning to Grand Central's Vanderbilt Hall after a two-year pandemic hiatus. (NBC New York)
• Candidates for Gov. Kathy Hochul (Democrat) and Lee Zeldin (Republican) met for their first and only debate on Tuesday night — here's a breakdown of what they discussed, from crime to abortion to the cost of living. (THE CITY)

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• NYC Halloween Pub Crawl 2022 only $15 (October 29)
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• Blue Midtown NYC Halloween Saturday Night General Admission 2022 (October 29)
• The DL Halloween Saturday Night General Admission 2022 (October 29)
• Hip Hop vs Reggae® NYC Halloween Saturday Midnight Jewel Yacht 2022 (October 29)
• The High Line Hotel's Annual Dog Costume Parade Returns to Chelsea (October 30)
• Regina Opera's 'Gotta Sing' Concert (October 30)
• NYC Freaknight EDM Techno House Halloween Sunday Sunset Jewel Yacht Party (October 30)
• Bhagavad Gita Lecture Series Oct. 27 - 30 (October 30)
• To Life — Again! Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish Returns (October 30)
• Carnaval Halloween Party at Copacabana Loft 2022 (October 30)
• Bohemia Nightclub Halloween with Nora Van Elken live at Coda Williamsburg (October 30)
• The Funnies NYC @ Stand Up NY @ 8pm @ Free Show (October 30)
• Carnegie Hill Neighbors Annual Spooktacular (October 31)
• Latin Vibes Halloween Costume Yacht Cruise at Cabana Yacht 2022 (October 31)
• Art is Life: Jerry Saltz in Conversation with Roberta Smith (October 31)
• Hotel Chantelle Halloween Night General Admission party 2022 (October 31)
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