🌱 8,000 Bees Swarm World Trade Center + Gun Control Bills In Albany

Good morning, New York City! Rikers Island saw its seventh death this weekend, NYC schools are considering locking their front doors, and the top police beekeeper removed 8,000 bees from the World Trade Center. Here's the news in five minutes or less.

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

1. A 20-year-old detainee, Emanuel Sullivan, was found dead in his cell on Rikers Island Saturday afternoon, making him the seventh person to die in the city's jails this year, and the third in May. Sullivan was facing murder charges for the home invasion killing of Tamer Shaarawy. (NBC New York)
2. Approximately 8,000 honey bees swarmed at the base of a World Trade Center office tower Saturday night. They were removed by the NYPD's chief beekeeping squad. The bees were attempting to relocate their colony after outgrowing their previous home. It's hard to find housing in New York City–even for the insects. (New York City Patch)
3. New York State could require the "microstamping" of gun bullets this week, more than 10 years after the idea was first introduced. The new technology would put a number on every bullet fired by a gun, identifying the machine it came from. It's one out of several gun-control bills in Albany right now, and has received pushback from the National Rifle Association and other lobbyist groups. (Gothamist)
4. False reports of an active shooter at Barclay's Center in Brooklyn at around 1 a.m. on Sunday led to a frantic stampede, sending several people attending a boxing match to the hospital. Among those in attendance was tennis star Naomi Osaka. (The Hill)
5. In response to recent mass shootings in Uvalde, Texas and Buffalo, top NYC officials are considering locking the main entrances to schools, which up until have always remained open. Parents have conflicting views of the proposal. (Gothamist)

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Crime Corner:

• At least four people were shot, and are facing non-life threatening injuries, on Sunday night and Monday morning across NYC. (New York Post )
• Police are asking for help in finding 15-year-old Reginald Sanders who was last seen on Sunday in his East New York home at 11 a.m. (NBC New York)
• Train service was temporarily suspended at Grand Central while police investigated an unidentified package on the 7 train platform. (Patch)

From my notebook:

• Here's some photos from the Little Neck-Douglaston Memorial Day Parade Monday. (Twitter)
• The deadline to register in New York's upcoming June 28 primaries for Governor and State Assembly is Friday. (New York 1)
• This townhouse dating back to 1795, touted by some as "Manhattan's oldest home," is now on the market for $8.9 million. (New York Post)
• Mayor Adams described New York City as facing its own "Pearl Harbor Moment" during a Memorial Day address, citing COVID-19. He made his remarks onboard the World War II fighter vessel and museum USS Intrepid. (New York Daily News)

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