🌱COVID-19 Vax Mandate For NYC Workers To End + NYPD Misconduct Report

Good morning, New York City!

• The COVID-19 vaccine mandate for city workers is ending
• New York's rent stabilization laws could be headed to the Supreme Court
• Flaco, the Central Park owl, is still out and about

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

1. A COVID-19 vaccine mandate for New York City municipal workers — both current and future — will end on Feb. 10, Mayor Eric Adams announced on Monday. He indicated that the more than 1,000 workers who lost their jobs due to a lack of compliance would be allowed to reapply for positions but won't be immediately reinstated. (New York City Patch)
2. A federal appeals court has upheld New York's rent stabilization laws which cap rent increases and provide some tenant protections for people living in around one million apartments across the city. The laws had been challenged by two groups of property owners and landlord trade groups, who are now planning to take the case to the U.S. Supreme Court. (Gothamist)
3. Out of 89 police officers charged with substantiated misconduct during racial justice protests in the summer of 2020, just 12 of them were disciplined, according to a report released by the Civilian Complaint Review Board. Many of them are still going through the NYPD's internal discipline process. (THE CITY)
4. The U.S. public health emergency originally declared for COVID-19 in 2020 is set to lapse and not be renewed in May. Here's how that and other COVID-19 policy changes could affect New Yorkers, who will need to be reassessed for Medicaid eligibility in April. Insurance companies also may no longer pay for the full cost of a COVID-19 test. (Gothamist)
5. An $18 million federal grant will go towards designing a so-called "road diet" for a dangerous portion of Delancey Street in Lower Manhattan, which leads onto the Williamsburg Bridge, including reducing traffic lanes and creating protected bike paths. Thirty-eight people either lost their lives or were injured along the street between 2016 and 2020, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand said when making the announcement. (AMNY)

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Today in New York City:

• Golden Ticket Comedy Show — Pete's Candy Store (7 p.m.)
• It's Getting Weird: The Music of The Real Housewives LIVE (7 p.m.)
• Live at Sweet Polly: Sammi Katz & Olivia McGiff (7 p.m.)
• An Evening with The Secret Science Club (7:30 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Two of the highest-ranking FDNY officials have stepped down from their positions following recently appointed Fire Commissioner Laura Kavanagh demoting three chiefs last weekend. (Subscription/New York Daily News)
• GOP Councilwoman Vickie Paladino reportedly has given $10,000 of City Council funding to an anti-abortion nonprofit in her district, to the dismay of many of her colleagues. (Documented NY)
• Meet the school in The Bronx that's teaching students to think critically about artificial intelligence "chatbots" like ChatGPT. (Subscription/New York Times)
• New York City's $27 million program intended to distribute relief funds to undocumented victims of Hurricane Ida more than a year ago has only distributed a fraction of that amount —$2 million. (City Limits)
• Yusef Salaam, one of the exonerated 'Central Park Five,' has officially declared he's running for City Council in Harlem's district currently represented Kristen Richardson-Jordon, in what's already looking like a crowded primary field. (New York City Patch)
• And lastly, bird fans are flocking to Central Park to get a peek at Flaco, the Central Park Zoo's Eurasian eagle owl who escaped from his enclosure after it was vandalized. (New York City Patch)

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That's it for today! See you tomorrow morning for your next update.

— Dashiell Allen

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