🌱Adams: Don't Make NYC Pay More For MTA + Chick-Fil-A Deliverista Hub

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• Mayor Adams doesn't want New Yorkers to pay more money to the MTA
• Chick-Fil-A is opening a hub for delivery workers
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Here are the top five stories in New York City today:

1. Mayor Eric Adams doesn't want New Yorkers to foot the bill for $500 million in additional funding requested by the MTA and included in the Governor's state budget proposal. He also took issue with Medicaid cuts during his annual visit to Albany in what's often referred to as 'tin can day.' Click into the full story to find out why. (New York City Patch)
2. A massive fire at the border of Bed-Stuy and Bushwick on Tuesday morning was caused by 50 electric bicycle batteries catching on fire, the FDNY announced. This year the city has already seen 24 fires caused by the lithium batteries commonly seen in e-bikes, the Department said. (New York City Patch)
3. City Corrections officers coordinated with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers at least several times over the past years when releasing incarcerated immigrants, emails presented at a City Council meeting show. An official Department of Corrections policy prohibits that type of communication. (Gothamist)
4. The fast-food chain Chick-Fil-A is opening a two-month pop-up rest stop for delivery workers on the Upper East Side — a first of its kind — although some workers wondered if there was a catch. Meanwhile, the city's own plan to open permanent rest stations has seen little progress. (THE CITY)
5. The State Senate voted to reject Gov. Kathy Hochul's pick for Chief Justice of the New York Supreme Court on Wednesday, with 39 out of 63 lawmakers voting against Judge Hector LaSalle. Opponents had objected to what they perceived as his past anti-abortion and anti-union record. (THE CITY)

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Today in New York City:

• BAE Virtual Concert Hall: Afro-Caribbean Music and More (1 p.m.)
• NYC's 11th Annual Winter Film Awards International Film Festival (7 p.m.)
• Alexis Daria + Laura Lovely: Take the Lead (7 p.m.)
• Live Music Thursdays: Miki May & Paul Mahos (7:30 p.m.)
• Jems x Love Spells with Shelby Sells: Sexcetera (8 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Mitchell-Lama tenants in Far Rockaway are suing their landlord for harassment. The building received $29 million in state loans in 2020 for rehabilitation. (The City)
• Here's some of the looks from New York Fashion Week 2023, featuring feathers and 90s Style. (New York City Patch)
• A Wydham hotel in Long Island City, Queens will serve as the city's seventh "Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Center" to house recently arrived asylum seekers. (New York City Patch)
• A Broadway landlord is joining forces with a theater company in London's West End, the British city's equivalent of Broadway. (Subscription/New York Times)
• Close to 200 New York Times contributors have penned an open letter to the news organization, criticizing its coverage of transgender issues, which it described as having "an eerily familiar mix of pseudoscience and euphemistic, charged language." You can read the letter here. (NPR)

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