🌱Mayor Adams Questions Church & State + MTA's Train Reduction Stalled

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• Mayor Eric Adams doesn't seem that keen on the separation of church and state
• An arbiter has stalled a plan by the MTA to cut some rush hour subway service
• Yoko Ono's moving upstate

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

1. Mayor Eric Adams sparked uproar after appearing to dismiss the need for a separation of church and state at an interfaith breakfast on Tuesday. Among his remarks, he said "When we took prayers out of schools, guns came into schools," drawing criticism from the New York Civil Liberties Union among others. His press secretary said the remarks represented just his personal views. (New York City Patch)
2. A series of four demotions of high-ranking officials in the fire department will lead to an "unimaginable level of unpreparedness" and impede the FDNY's ability to put out blazes, a new lawsuit argues. Newly-appointed Fire Commissioner Laura Kavanagh had demoted the chiefs, who she said were "bad apples," in February. (New York City Patch)
3. Seventy households that were displaced by Hurricane Ida in the fall of 2021 were moved out of a Lower Manhattan hotel yesterday. Ten of them secured permanent housing, while others said they would stay with friends and family, and others still are planning to move to shelters. (Gothamist)
4. Parents and teachers in New York City public schools have until March 14 to fill out a survey to participate in a working group the state plans on creating. The group will create strategies for reducing class size, in compliance with a state law passed last year. (City & State)
5. A labor arbiter has stalled the MTA's planned reduction of rush hour subway service on the 1, 6, 7, E, F, L and Q lines–which would have also included an increase on several other lines. The arbiter said it was a violation of union contracts. (New York Daily News)

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Today in New York City:

• 5-Course Prix Fixe Dinner with Chef Fernando Trocca @ Mostrador NYC (6 p.m.)
• Book Talk: Hostile Homelands w/Azad Essa and Linah Alsaafin — The People's Forum (6:30 p.m.)
• Small Batch Trivia from Geeks Who Drink at Margaritaville Restaurant — Times Square (8 p.m.)
• Hiromi & Michel Camilo — Blue Note Jazz Club (8 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• There's potentially more snow coming to the New York City area this Thursday and Friday... stay tuned. (NBC New York)
• In The Bronx, this mosque serves as a refuge for asylum seekers and migrants. Since 2021 it's housed more than 380 people. (Documented NY)
• Delivery workers biked on undeterred through the snowy night on Monday, although the precipitation made it difficult for them to see where they were going at times. (AMNY)
• A tree in Prospect Park will memorialize the dog, Moose, who died after a man's attack last August. (New York City Patch)
• Yoko Ono, the wife of the late John Lennon, is moving out of the famous Dakota apartment building on the Upper West Side to live on an Upstate New York farm. (New York City Patch)

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