🌱 Election Day NYC + Public School Enrollment Down

Good morning, New York City!

• 🗳 It's Election Day and the polls are open until 9 p.m. Here's your voting guide to NYC's four ballot questions.
• 🦠 NYC is seeing an uptick in COVID-19 cases.
• 🍎 Public school enrollment is down nearly 11 percent form the 2018 to 2019 school year in the city.

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

1. It's Election Day, New York City! Over 430,000 New Yorkers across the street had voted early through Sunday, in what's expected to be a close race for Governor between Democrat Kathy Hochul and Republican Lee Zeldin. Close to 100,000 voters headed to the polls on Sunday alone, while Hochul campaigned with high-profile national figures including Bill Clinton and Vice President Kamala Harris. (New York City Patch)
2. New York City is seeing nearly 2,500 COVID-19 cases per day on average–the highest it's been since August, data shows, hinting the city is likely to see a cold-weather holiday surge, as has been the case in the past two years. (New York City Patch)
3. NYC public school enrollment has fallen nearly 11 percent since the 2018-19 school year to 903,000, according to data released this week. In a statement on Monday, Mayor Eric Adams and Chancellor David Banks announced that schools won't lose money if their enrollment dipped, saying the city will use $200 million in federal stimulus funds to boost funding and cover any losses. (New York City Patch)
4. The owners of a Texas-based company hired by New York City to provide wrap-around services to recently arrived migrants, including on the Randall's Island 'tent city,' have been generous supporters of both Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, campaign records show. (Gothamist)
5. Environmental advocacy groups say that Mayor Eric Adams' administration's climate adaptation plan, released in October, doesn't go nearly far enough in addressing the threats of climate change. A local law passed last year required the publication of a comprehensive plan that's updated every decade. (THE CITY)

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Today in New York City:

• A Species Between Worlds: Our Nature, Our Screens - Chelsea art show (12 p.m.)
• Love Local Tuesdays at Time Out Market (12 p.m.)
• coloring club: creativity as self-care (6:30 p.m.)
• When Broadway Was Black: The Unending Fight for Racial Representation on the Great White Way - 92nd Street Y (6:30 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Two Democratic and Republican State Legislators are united in an effort to make daylight savings time permanent in New York. (Spectrum News NY1)
• New York City was unseasonably hot on Sunday, with Central Park breaking previous records for this time of year with a high of 75 degrees. (New York City Patch)
• New Yorkers put their pumpkins on the chopping block over the weekend in Hudson River Park. (AMNY)
• A change in the healthcare provider for over 100,000 9/11 survivors has made it a "nightmare" for many trying enrolled in the program. (New York Daily News)
• A 75-year-old man from Queens was sentenced to two decades in prison after stabbing a World War I veteran in the head and stealing $7,000 more than 40 years ago, the Queens District Attorney said Monday. (New York City Patch)
• One of the Upper West Side's longtime neighborhood staples, Laytner's Linen & Home, has closed after 61 years in business, the linen store announced. (New York City Patch)

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You're officially in the loop for today. See you all tomorrow for another update!

— Dashiell Allen

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