🌱 Bk Cannabis Dispensary Licenses Blocked By Judge + NY's Tattoo Laws

Good morning, New York City!

• A judge has temporarily stopped Brooklyn and other parts of New York from issuing licenses to sell cannabis.
• The Museum of Broadway will pull up its curtain tomorrow.
• NYC Council Members are preparing to run for re-election.

But first, today's weather:

Mostly sunny. High: 47 Low: 34.

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

1. A federal judge has temporarily blocked New York State from issuing cannabis dispensary licenses in Brooklyn and four other regions, as part of an order issued in a lawsuit brought by a man from Michigan, who argued NY's rule that the first licenses go to New Yorkers who have previous pot convictions or their relatives violates his "constitutional interstate commerce rights." (Subscription/New York Daily News)
2. The Museum of Broadway is set to open its doors tomorrow in the heart of the theater district on 45th Street. It will feature a timeline of theater in the city, including "milestone moments" like a 1920s musical set on an island where men stay home and women go off to work. (Gothamist)
3. Some Democratic City Council Members attending a conference in Puerto Rico are already getting concerned about their primaries next June, in an unusually short two-year term due to redistricting. After seeing Republicans making gains in the city, and even ousting three Brooklyn incumbents last week, they are expecting steep challenges in some districts. (THE CITY)
4. U.S. Senator from New York Chuck Schumer is set to stay the Senate Majority Leader, after Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto was projected to win her race in Nevada on Saturday. Control of the House of Representatives was still undecided over the weekend. (AMNY)
5. The Upper Manhattan nursing home where a Legionnaire's disease outbreak left seven people dead over the summer had been cited by inspectors seven times for not properly maintaining its cooling tower, which could have caused the conditions needed for the bacteria to grow. (Subscription/The New York Times)

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Today in New York City:

• Josh Dorman: In the Presence at Brookfield Place (all day)
• Harlem Nights Comedy Open Mic Show (5:30 p.m.)
• Reading Dante's "Inferno" with Joseph Luzzi - 92nd Street Y (6:30 p.m.)
• MoMA Presents Modern Mondays: An Evening with Simon Liu (7 p.m.)
• Draw-mania! Returns! - Karine Theater (9 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• The first snowflakes are already falling not far from New York City, just days after the city saw record high temperatures for the season. (NBC New York)
• New York City's Girl Scouts are bounding back into action after enrollment dropped during the start of the pandemic. (Subscription/New York Daily News)
• One man was shot dead in New Lots, Brooklyn on Saturday, while another person was in critical condition after a shooting close to Barclay's Center, according to police. (AMNY)
• Did you know it's illegal to get a tattoo if you're under 18 in New York–regardless of parental consent? New York's unique law led to a ten-year-old's mother and tattoo artist's arrest last month. (Subscription/The New York Times)
• A Mexican religious subculture is growing in Queens and around the city, dedicated to the "Saint of Death," who according to followers sees over marginalized people without judgement, including undocumented immigrants and people in the LGBTQ+ community. (Gothamist)

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