🌱 Migrant Bus From Texas Arrives In NYC + Education Budget Restored

Happy Saturday New York City! Good news, Jacob Riis Park's beach is open for swimming again.

In today's headlines: a busload of migrants arrived in NYC from Texas on Friday, a judge ruled the City must restore the schools budget to previous levels, and a landlord group is paying up large sums for tenant harassment.

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

1. Migrants and asylum seekers arrived in New York City on Friday, sent in busses from Texas by GOP Governor Greg Abbott. Mayor Eric Adams accused the Governor, who he has been arguing with for several weeks, of using people's lives as 'political pawns.' Adams also called on the federal government to provide the city with resources. (New York City Patch)
2. A judge ruled against the City's more than $215 million in budget cuts for the Department of Education, ordering the City Council and Mayor to pass a revised budget, reverting spending levels to what they were last year. City Hall filed a motion to appeal the decision hours later. (City & State)
3. A notorious landlord group must pay $2 million for harassing low-income tenants that lived in rent-regulated apartments, according to a settlement announced by Attorney General Letitia James. The money will go towards preserving affordable housing, and a direct payout to wrongfully evicted tenants. (New York City Patch)
4. Crime was up by an average of 30 percent last month when compared to July 2021 in almost every category. Overall, there's still been a net 8.7 percent reduction in shootings thus far this year, and shootings are slightly down as well. (AMNY)
5. The Queens Borough President issued an advisory decision on Thursday rejecting Innovation QNS, a massive five-block upzoning proposed for Astoria that would build 2,800 new units in the neighborhood–only 700 of which would be affordable. President Donovan Richards cited the need for increased affordability as key to his decision. (New York City Patch)

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Today in New York City:

• Car-free summer streets on Park Avenue, Lafayette, and Centre St. (7 a.m. - 1 p.m)
• COVID March to Remember (Across the Brooklyn Bridge) (9 a.m.)
• The Brooklyn Mile race (9:30 a.m.)
• Jamaica Jams Festival (11 a.m.)
• NYPL Presents: Dance Party NYC - various locations (all day)

Crime and safety corner:

• A man accused of killing a Queens deliveryman after a dispute over duck sauce committed suicide before he was supposed to appear in court. (New York City Patch)
• A fire broke out in a newly-built 50-story luxury apartment building on the Upper East Side around 10 a.m. (New York City Patch)

From my notebook:

• "Barking, Dog Poo And Pics": here's how NYC women respond to catcalling street harassment. (New York City Patch)
• The beach at Jacob Riis Park in the Rockaways is open for swimming again, one day after it was closed due to high bacteria levels. (Spectrum News NY1)
• NYC's three major airports are seeing the highest rates of flight cancelation this summer nationwide. Can you guess which airport was the worst? (New York City Patch)
• An NYC correction officer–who doesn't technically work inside of a jail–tested positive for monkeypox this week. The city accounts for roughly 25 percent of cases nationwide. (New York Daily News)
• A center where New Yorkers apply for food benefits, rental assistance, and other government services near Union Square was abruptly closed this week, leaving many people confused as to where to go. The City said the closure shouldn't affect services. (Gothamist)
• Lightning that struck the Verrazzano Bridge on Thursday night made for some pretty dramatic shots. See the photo below. (New York City Patch)

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