🌱Asylum Seekers To Be Housed In Massive Tents + NY Unemployment Rises

Good morning, New York City! Happy Friday! Here's everything going on today:

• New York City plans to house newly arrived asylum seekers in two massive centers covered by tents.
• The fate of free 3-K in NYC is unclear.
• Queens is getting a new planetarium.

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

1. NYC will house asylum seekers arriving from Texas under tents in two massive "Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief" centers. One of the sites will be at Orchard Beach in The Bronx, with the other still to be determined. Asylum seekers are supposed to spend just 1 to 3 nights there, although times could vary. (New York City Patch)
2. New York's unemployment rate rose to 6.6 percent in August, with a total of 108,000 people unemployed that were employed before the pandemic. During the same period, the state has seen an influx of job hunters, according to the Center For New York City Affairs. (New York City Patch)
3. The commission tasked with redrawing the New York City Council's district boundaries voted to reject the most recent map they created, potentially significantly dragging out the redistricting process. The commission is supposed to finish its work by Dec. 7. (Gothamist)
4. It looks like Mayor Eric Adams' administration could abandon a planned expansion of the previous administration's free pre-k-for-all program to include 3-K. The funding for the program was allocated in more than $7 billion of stimulus funding, but as the city faces a $10 billion shortfall after the pandemic-era funds run out, it's unclear how it would be paid for. (Chalkbeat New York)
5. Brooklyn politicians rallied to support congestion pricing, the plan to toll drivers entering and exiting Manhattan below 60th street, on the day before the MTA's comment period ends. Some of the elected officials added that there should be exemptions for for-hire vehicle drivers, including taxis, Lyft and Uber. (AMNY)

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Today in New York City:

• MoMA Presents: Films of Moyra Davey (10:30 a.m.)
• Free Friday at the Intrepid Museum. (5 p.m.)
• 7th Annual Imagine This Women's Film Festival 2022 — Regal Essex Crossing (5 p.m.)
• Fall for Dance Program 2 with Alvin Ailey & Pre-show Reception (6 p.m.)
• Third Annual Taste w111th Local Restaurant (6 p.m.)

Crime and safety corner:

• Amy Cooper, who became well-known in 2020 for calling the police on a Black birder in Central Park, has lost a lawsuit against her former employer, alleging that she was fired unjustly following the controversy. (New York City Patch)
• Police discovered two suitcases containing human body parts in a Brooklyn apartment on Wednesday. (New York City Patch)
• Charges against a Staten Island grocery worker who slapped Rudy Giuliani are likely to be dismissed in six months. (New York Daily News)

From my notebook:

• Disabled New Yorkers are taking issue with the MTA's recent reversal of its public transit mask mandate. They say the lack of a mandate could put some of the most vulnerable people at greater risk. (THE CITY)
• This anonymous group of artists and tenants is pasting posters across NYC calling attention to the city's 'Marshalls' who enforce evictions, utility shutoffs and more. (Hyperallergic)
• It's almost time for the New York Film Festival, which premieres on Sept. 30. Here's some of this year's "must-see" movies. (Time Out)
• The first restaurant dedicated to Haitian cuisine on Staten Island, Delmas 48, is now open for business. (SILive.com)
• New Yorkers will get the rare chance to watch Jupiter rise over the night sky on Sept. 26. It'll be visible with the naked eye, but make sure you don't miss it — the next time it will be this close is in 107 years. (Gothamist)
• Speaking of the night sky, Queens is getting a new planetarium! (New York City Patch)

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You're officially in the loop for today! See you tomorrow for your next update.

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