🌱 New Subway Security Cameras + NYC To End Private Vaccine Mandate

Good morning, New York City! Let's get this Wednesday started off right. Here's what's going on today:

• 💉 NYC's private-sector vaccine mandate will end on Nov. 1, while the city workers mandate continues on.
• 📸 All subway cars will soon have security cameras.
• 🏙 See the $250 million Billionaire's Row penthouse that could break New York City's home sale record.

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Sun mixing with clouds. High: 80 Low: 69.

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

1. NYC's private-sector vaccine mandate will end on Nov. 1, Mayor Eric Adams announced yesterday — although shots are still highly encouraged. The public-sector mandate, covering police officers, firefighters, teachers and all other city employees, doesn't yet have an end date. (New York City Patch)
2. The MTA plans on installing two cameras in every car of every subway train, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced on Tuesday. She's hoping the added security measure will make New Yorkers feel safer using public transit, following the mass-shooting that took place in Brooklyn five months ago. All 6,455 subway cars should have cameras by 2025. (New York City Patch)
3. Workers at New York City Chipotle locations say that the company still isn't complying with the city's Fair Workweek law. The law requires that workers be notified of their schedules at least two weeks in advance. The company just paid a $20 million settlement for not complying with the same law. Penalties for continued violations of the law could include "denying, suspending or revoking the licenses of repeat offenders." (The City)
4. Erick Adame, a top weatherman at New York 1, was fired from his job after nude photos of him were leaked from an adult webcam. Adame believes he was victim of revenge porn and said in a statement shared on Instagram "But, let me be clear about something: I don't apologize for being openly gay or for being sex-positive." He has received an outpouring of support from New York City politicians. (New York City Patch)
5. New Yorkers with connections to Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic — many of whom live in The Bronx — are worried for their families in the two Caribbean nations after Hurricane Fiona dumped up to 30 inches of rain on the islands last weekend. At least four people have died from the storm as of Tuesday. (Bronx Times)

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Today in New York City:

• Climate Week NYC 2022: Disrupting Climate Finance by Health in Harmony. (5 p.m.)
• Masala Bhangra — The East Village. (5:30 p.m.)
• Jasmine Guillory + Roxane Gay: Drunk on Love — The Strand. (7 p.m.)
• Latin Nights at Gansevoort Rooftop. (7:30 p.m.)
• Fresh Towels - A Comedy Show — Moxy East Village. (8 p.m.)

Crime and safety corner:

• An inmate at Rikers Island took a five-stories jump off of a barge into the East River on Tuesday, leaving him almost dead. (New York City Patch)
• A Danish tourist on the Upper West Side was reportedly shot in the back after not giving a person on the street $1 on Sunday. (New York City Patch)

From my notebook:

• A unique lobby in an office building at 60 Wall St. will see another day, having avoided demolition — at least for now. (Spectrum News NY1)
• An Upper West Side Synagogue is refusing to rent out its space to a Republican club for an October event that would feature former Bill Clinton advisor and current Donald Trump supporter Dick Morris. (The City)
• New York City's public libraries are currently observing Banned Book Week, with a special highlight on writer Toni Morrison. (Hyperallergic)
• Kahlil Robert Irving, a prominent Black artist whose work has shown at The Whitney and Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), is accusing staff at The High Line Hotel of attempting to kick him out of his room while mistaking him for a homeless person. (Gothamist)
• A new penthouse on Billionaire's Row (a.k.a. 57th Street) is on the market for $250 million. If it sells, it will break the previous NYC home sale record of $238 million. (New York City Patch)

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