🌱 Historic $101 Billion NYC Budget + New York Assembly Maps Tossed

Happy Saturday! Yesterday the City Council and Mayor reached a historic $101 billion budget agreement, judges threw out recently redrawn Assembly districts, and the price of gas is 50% higher than last year. Plus, Jay-Z is teaching kids how to invest in Bitcoin and Staten Island residents say they have the city's highest quality of life.

First, today's weather:

An afternoon shower. High: 77 Low: 64.

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

1. NYC's two main Adams – City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams and Mayor Eric Adams – reached a record-breaking $101 billion city budget deal on Friday. The deal includes 90% of what the council requested according to Speaker Adams – including $4 billion in childcare funding and $223 million for subway safety outreach programs. (New York City Patch)
2. Judges on Friday tossed out New York's redistricted Assembly maps, ruling that they were unfairly drawn. The June 28 primary elections will continue as scheduled this month on the currently approved maps, but new ones must be drawn within the next two years. (New York City Patch)
3. The Department of Transportation plans to test out physical barriers next to bike lanes, which are intended to increase safety for both bikers and pedestrians. The agency would like rider's feedback. The first barriers will be installed on Union Square East. (AMNY)
4. Gas prices in New York City rose by more than 50% in May, when compared to last year. That's just one jarring statistic from what's now President Biden's top economic priority: inflation. Similarly, the price of meat rose 15% and the price of consumer goods overall rose 8.5%. (New York City Patch)
5. New York City is a "dinning hot spot" for bottle-nose dolphins, based on the results of a recent study that surveyed their eating habits across the harbor. Dolphin feeding activity tends to be at its peak in late summer and early fall. (AMNY)

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Today in New York City:

• Free Community Resources Fair in the Bronx (10 a.m.)
• Super Summer Tag Sale - Upper West Side Presbyterian Church (10 a.m.)
• South Bronx Art Tour (3 p.m.)
• World Ocean Festival in Brooklyn (4 p.m.)
• The Dinner Detective Comedy Murder Mystery Dinner Show (6 p.m.)

There's lots more exciting events this weekend:

• The 2022 Tony Awards, hosted by Ariana DeBose, will take place on Sunday at Radio City Music Hall, as Broadway celebrates a year of theater's return.
• Brooklyn Youth Pride, specifically geared towards young people between the ages of 13 and 20, will hit the streets of Park Slope Sunday starting at noon.
• Buunni Coffee shop in Inwood is hosting an art show about homelessness. On Sunday it will also be screening the film "Conversations" by Yael Ben-Zion, featuring Michael Deeganand Maaji Newbold.
• The 2022 Puerto Rican Day Parade will begin marching up 5th Avenue at 11 a.m., also on Sunday.

Crime and safety corner:

• Two teenage boys drowned to death in Jamaica Bay on Friday. (New York City Patch)
• A 63-year-old man was beaten by two strangers at a Forest Hills subway station on Wednesday, robbing him of jewelry and approximately $1,000 cash. (New York City Patch)

From my notebook:

• Staten Island ranks the highest in a new quality of life poll from New York 1/Siena College. A whopping 91% of residents described themselves as "satisfied." The Bronx came in the lowest at 57%. (SILive.com)
• Rapper Jay-Z is teaming up with former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey to teach youth living in the NYCHA public housing development where he grew up the wonders of investing in Bitcoin. (Gawker)
• Mayor Adams wears special crystals on his wrist that he thinks give off healing energy. In fact, New York City itself sits on top of one giant crystal, he says. (New York Post)
• And to top it all off, here's two gorgeous bodega cats. (Twitter)

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• Italian Cooking Class and Dinner with Tiramisu Finale, NY (June 18)
• Benefit Concert - Sweet Honey in the Rock & Nona Hendryx: 'Juneteenth 2022: The Struggle Continues' (June 19)
• Hire A Pro To Clean Up The Yard For Dad (June 19)
• Five Free Historic Erben Pipe Organ Concerts for Make Music Day 2022 (June 21)
• Free speech on hiring a personal injury lawyer in New York, NY (June 21)
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