🌱 Manhattan Congestion Pricing $23 Tolls + Trump Invokes The 5th

Good morning New York City, and happy National Hip-Hop Day. Here's what else is going on:

• Congestion pricing could mean tolls of up to $23 per day for people commuting by car to Manhattan.
• Donald Trump invoked the 5th amid a probe into his organization by NY's Attorney General.
• NYC was ordered by a judge to pay detainees at Rikers Island that missed medical appointments.

Now, today's weather:

A shower. High: 86 Low: 69.

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

1. Congestion pricing could mean tolls as high as $23 per day for cars entering Manhattan below 61st Street during peak hours, according to an assessment released on Wednesday. The plan is expected to begin in 2023, and there's two virtual public hearings later in August. (New York City Patch)
2. Former President Donald Trump invoked the Fifth Amendment to avoid answering questions under oath on Wednesday, amid a probe led by New York Attorney General Letitia James into The Trump Organization. James believes the organization exaggerated the value of its holdings in order to impress lenders or slash tax burdens. (New York City Patch)
3. New York City was ordered by a state judge to pay Rikers Island detainees that missed medical appointments, after reports stated that up to 10,000 appointments are missed per month. The payments would be $100 per appointments. (Gothamist)
4. Former New York Lieutenant Governor Brian Benjamin asked that charges against him be dropped in a federal court case. He resigned after being arrested and accused of bribery this spring, for allegedly accepting campaign donations from a Harlem developer in exchange for directing funding to the developer's nonprofit. Benjamin denies there's explicit proof of a “quid-pro-quo.” (New York Post)
5. LGBTQ+ members of the NYC Council plan on introducing legislation today aimed at improving the city's response to monkeypox, a virus that has thus far predominantly been detected in men who have sex with men. Their bills would require city agencies to report more detailed data on the outbreak, call on the federal government for more vaccines and prioritize the neighborhoods and communities most at-risk. (THE CITY)

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Today in New York City:

• Wolfnights will celebrate its grand opening in Murray Hill (11 a.m.)
• Community track night on Randall's Island (6:3o p.m.)
• Tubav - Jewish Singles Outdoor White Party in Riverside Park (7 p.m.)
• Elizabeth Hand + Grady Hendrix: Hokuloa Road at The Strand Bookstore (7 p.m.)
• Love All Alices, The Play at Connelly Theater (7:30 p.m.)

Crime and safety corner:

• A double-decker bus traveling from New York to Philadelphia overturned on the New Jersey Turnpike on Tuesday evening, killing one person and leaving several more injured. (New York City Patch)
• A man in Prospect Park killed a dog named Moose last week after attacking its owner unprovoked. (New York City Patch)
• Gunshots were fired around 4 a.m. on Wednesday outside of the Apple Store at 5th Avenue between 58th and 59th Streets–for the second time this year. (New York City Patch)

From my notebook:

• It's splooting season for NYC's squirrels. If you see one of them flopped out on the ground don't be alarmed, that's how they cool off. (Instagram)
• A carriage horse that collapsed in a city street yesterday, on the other hand, was not splooting. (Gothamist)
• A federal judge tossed out a suit alleging that low-income residents of Hudson Yards were discriminated against by being required to use a separate entrance and live on separate floors compared to wealthier tenants, a practice sometimes referred to as a "poor door." (New York City Patch)
• The 40th Annual NYC Dominican Day Parade will take place on 6th Avenue this Sunday. (WABC-TV)
• Almost 1,700 homes lost power in NYC on Wednesday, as the city continues to experience hot (and humid) conditions. (News 12 Bronx)

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You're officially in the loop for today. A quick programming note–I am going to be away for the next few days. I'll see you back here on Tuesday.

— Dashiell Allen

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