🌱 MTA Receives Lifeline + Fewer New Yorkers Living In Shelters

Hello, neighbors! Dashiell Allen here with your Thursday edition of the New York City Daily.

First, today's weather:

Times of clouds and sun. High: 43 Low: 35.

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

1. The federal government is paying the MTA $6 billion, which the agency will use to balance its budget over the next four years. The funding comes as the last payment of a series of pandemic relief spending bills. (New York City Patch)
2. Authorities have released the names of the 17 victims of the Bronx fire–including a two-year old child, as well as two five-year-old girls. (New York City Patch)
3. New York State began accepting applications for rental aid Wednesday night, but officials expressed concern over offering New Yorkers "false hope," given that the program is most likely lacking in the necessary funding to meet demand. (Spectrum News NY1)
4. The number of New Yorkers living in homeless shelters plummeted throughout last year after reaching a pandemic high. While the rates of homeless families fell, the rate of single adults is still on the rise. (The City)
5. Mayor Eric Adams's brother had previously been appointed to deputy police commissioner, raising wide-spread allegations of nepotism. After strong push-back Adams gave him a demotion to head of mayoral security. But he's still making over $200,000 per year in the new position. (New York City Patch)

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• POWER® Employment Open House, online, for fully remote positions. (All day)
• Pay What You Wish - The Frick Collection, 945 Madison Avenue, Manhattan.(4:00 PM)
• "The Resilient Vegan" Workshop via Zoom (7:30 PM)
• Book launch: "RBG's Brave and Brilliant Women" at The Museum of Jewish Heritage, 36 Battery Place, Manhattan–online & in-person (8:00 PM)
• Ms. Lisa Fischer with Ranky Tanky at Blue Note NYC Jazz Club, 131 W. 3rd Street (8:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• On Tuesday, January 11, FDNY members joined a candlelight vigil in remembrance of the 17 lives lost in the fatal 5-alarm fire at 333 East 181 Street in Bronx. (Facebook)
• Mayor Eric Adams spoke about his own experiences with PTSD and how teachers can help their students that may be experiencing it, at an event Wednesday. (Instagram)
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— Dashiell Allen