🌱 9/11 Anniversary + NY Polio State Of Emergency

Good morning, New York City! This Sunday will mark the 21st anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on Lower Manhattan. A commemoration ceremony will take place on Sunday morning, beginning at 8:40 a.m.

Here's everything else going on:

• 🚨 New York State is under a polio state of emergency.
• 💉 A new COVID-19 booster is available–but the city isn't doing much to promote it.
• 🎾 Former US Open workers say their wages were stolen.

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

1. New York State is now in a state of emergency due to a polio outbreak, Governor Kathy Hochul declared on Friday after the disease was detected in the wastewater of five counties, including in New York City. The city's polio vaccination rate is 86.2 percent, but in some counties it's as low as 58.8 percent. (New York City Patch)
2. A new COVID-19 vaccine booster specifically tailored to two of the most recent omicron variants is available–but the city's government isn't working hard to promote it. The shot is available at just seven city-run sites, in addition to eleven public hospitals and private pharmacies. (New York City Patch)
3. New York City's municipal government hiring practices have come under scrutiny recently, amidst a high vacancy rate at city agencies. Government employees say they have been instructed to "lowball" candidates during the hiring practice, giving the lowest possible salary to prospective workers with the least amount of experience. (Gothamist)
4. Former employees of the US Open say they are owed thousands of dollars in stolen wages. In one case, two women say they were laid off just a week after being hired and promised a $20 per-hour salary, without being payed. (Documented NY)
5. Just 16 percent of New Yorkers considered eligible for supportive housing–which pairs subsidized affordable housing with social services–ended up in an apartment last year, data shows. Hundreds of applicants, potentially dealing with substance or mental health issues, were turned down because the services they needed were more than the program could afford. (City Limits)

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Today in New York City:

• 2022 NYC Labor Day Parade (10 a.m.)
• MoMA Opens New Exhibition: “Never Alone: Video Games & Other Interactive Design” (10:30 a.m.)
• Harlem Wellness Fest (11 a.m.)
• La Bodega Baque NYFW Pop Up Opens (5 p.m.)

Crime and safety corner:

• New York has the highest number of police officers associated with the Oath Keepers, a far-right group that played a role in the January 6th insurrection, out of any sate. (New York City Patch)
• A group of men pretending to be federal agents attacked a man before forcing him into his car and robbing him, police said Thursday. (New York City Patch)
• In a recent lawsuit local entrepreneurs claim they were shut out of $50 million in profits by a Brooklyn film studio. (New York City Patch)

From my notebook:

• One of the professed masterminds of the 9/11 terrorist attacks is still awaiting trial after more than two decades. (Associated Press)
• On the eve of his (temporary) departure to Boston, former mayor Bill de Blasio acknowledges–and makes peace with the fact–that New York is tired of him. (The New York Times)
• A week after the drinking water in the Lower East Side's Jacob Riis Houses tested positive for arsenic, the Adams administration announced that the tests were, in fact, "incorrect" due to a lab error. (Politics NY)
• The new NYPD police commissioner still lives in Long Island where she previously served–and doesn't have any plans to move into the five boroughs. (New York Daily News)
• Get excited for New York City's largest sushi event, returning after two years on September 18th, featuring a 400-pound bluefin tuna. (AMNY)
• A Harlem block which was almost rezoned to make way for two glassy towers and hundreds of apartments will now be the new home of "a rental depot for big-rigs and trucks." (New York City Patch)

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That's it for today. I'll see you around!

— Dashiell Allen

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