🌱 'High' Flu Activity In NYC + Manhattan-BX March Against Gun Violence

Hi all. Dashiell Allen here with your fresh copy of the New York City Daily. Keep reading to find out everything you need to know about what's happening in our community, including updates on:

• The FAA is taking public comments on the minimum dimensions for airplane seats.
• An anti-gun violence march on Sunday.
• The CDC is reporting high levels of flu activity in New York City.

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

1. U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer wants New Yorkers to make their voices heard in the face of shrinking commercial airplane seats. The space between seats has shrunk from 35 inches to 31 over the past several years. Right now through Nov. 1 the Federal Aviation Administration is taking public comments on regulations for minimum seat dimensions. (Gothamist)
2. For more than a decade the MTA has been misleading the public about the cost and timeline of its massive East Side Access project that will soon connect the Long Island Railroad with Grand Central, a New York Daily News investigation has found. The project, now estimated to be $11.6 billion, was initially given a price tag of just $2.8 billion in 1997. (Subscription/New York Daily News)
3. Residents and elected officials including–Mayor Eric Adams–marched from Washington Heights in Manhattan to Highbride in The Bronx to call for an end to gun violence on Sunday. The march took place just hours after a police-involved shooting in Inwood when a 29-year-old gunman reportedly refused to drop his weapon and was shot upon. (AMNY)
4. The New York Post reports that two close allies of Mayor Eric Adams–one a Council Member's wife and the other a Bronx Democratic Party leader–have been promoted to top roles in the city's Parks Department with high-paying salaries. (New York Post )
5. A recent report from the Centers For Disease Control found high levels of flu activity in New York City, but low levels in New York State overall, potentially signaling an early start to flu season. The CDC recommends everyone over 6 months old get vaccinated by the end of October. (SILive.com)

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Today in New York City:

• A Wine Seminar with Salvatore Ferragamo of Il Borro Toscana - Eataly NYC Flatiron (6 p.m.)
• Listening in the Dark Panel with Amber Tamblyn - The Strand Bookstore (7 p.m.)
• Baryshnikov Arts Center Presents Owls at Howard Gilman Performance Space - 450 W. 37th Street (7:30 p.m.)
• Spin The Block Comedy at Carolines on Broadway (8 p.m.)
• Jacob Collier at Blue Note Jazz Club (8 p.m.)

Crime and safety corner:

• A stray bullet grazed an off-duty New York City Correction officer while driving along the Cross Island Parkway in Queens on Saturday, authorities say. (New York Post )
• A car crash in Midwood on Friday left one person on an electric scooter dead and three others injured. (AMNY)

From my notebook:

• Meet 'Mr. NYC Subway' who turns New Yorkers riding the trains into models by giving them on-the-spot photo shoots. (Spectrum News NY1)
• Some NYC politicians across the political spectrum appear to be increasingly supportive of building more housing in their districts, given the city's "housing shortage and affordability crisis." (Subscription/The New York Times)
• After their daughter died before being born, a New York City couple traveled to Washington, DC to raise awareness about stillbirths. Currently paid family leave is not granted to families in New York following a pregnancy in the case of a stillbirth. (Gothamist)

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