🌱 Arsenic Found In LES NYCHA Development Water + Met Artifacts Seized

Good morning, New York City! I hope you had a restful Labor Day Weekend. Here's everything that's been going on:

• Test results detected dangerous levels of arsenic in the drinking water at a NYCHA public housing development in the East Village.
• Donald Trump is now fundraising for New York GOP gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin.
• An E-Coli outbreak, first seen in the Midwest, has also been detected in New York.

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

1. Levels of arsenic "higher than the federal standard" were detected in the drinking water of Jacob Riis Houses in the East Village, a NYCHA public housing development. NYCHA and NYC officials announced the discovery on Friday night, but top NYCHA managers appear to have known about preliminary results two weeks ago. Over the weekend, a federal monitor overseeing the housing authority requested that the agency keep a paper trail of all documentation relating to the arsenic discovery. (THE CITY)
2. Former President Donald Trump was set to appear at a fundraiser in New Jersey for New York GOP nominee for Governor Lee Zeldin on Sunday. Trump had previously stayed out of backing a candidate in the Republican primaries. In mid-July Governor Kathy Hochul had raised $11.7 million, compared to Zeldin's $1.6 million. (Gothamist)
3. An E. coli outbreak that began in the Midwest has now been reported in Kentucky and New York State, according to the Centers For Disease Control. Eight out of ten people infected had recently eaten at Wendy's, however a source has not been officially identified. (NBC News)
4. NYC principles are upset after the president of the New York City Principal's Union fired a top-ranking executive, which they say was done without due process. Sana Nasser, who was in charge of direct support to members, said she was fired after asking to add more staff – a claim which the union leadership denies. (New York Daily News)
5. Twenty-seven Greek, Italian and Egyptian artifacts were seized by investigators from the Metropolitan Museum of Art last week, as part of an ongoing crackdown on networks used to traffic antiquities. The artifacts will soon be returned to their countries of origin. They have a collective value of over $13 million. (The New York Times)

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Today in New York City:

• Love Local Tuesdays at Time Out Market (noon)
• Preschool Admissions Virtual Workshop - Parent's League of New York (1 p.m.)
• Women of Culture Intro: Night of Discovery & Connection (6 p.m.)
• Yoga in the park - Randall's Island (6:30 p.m.)
• US Open: Tiny Tennis Tournament - Moxy Lower East Side (7 p.m.)

Crime and safety corner:

• One person was killed and three others were wounded in separate Brooklyn shootings from Sunday afternoon to early Monday morning, according to the NYPD. (AMNY)
• A man identified as a Bed, Bath & Beyond executive jumped off of a building in Tribeca on Friday. (New York Post)

From my notebook:

• NYC public school classes are starting Thursday, September 8th. Here's the school calendar for the 2022-23 academic year. (Pix 11)
• Meet Robert Dillon, a Bayside resident known as "Otto the Clown," who's still making children laugh at 83 years old. (NY1)
• These are the art shows you need to see now (according to Artnet News) during NYC Armory Week. (Artnet News)
• Here's pics from the West Indian Parade which hit the streets of Brooklyn on Monday in celebration of Caribbean culture. (AMNY)
• The union representing NYC's horse-drawn carriage drivers has a new "pro-horse platform" in response to new efforts to ban the practice in Central Park for good. (Gothamist)

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