🌱 New Yorkers Remember 9/11 + Con Ed Winter Utility Prices To Rise

Good morning, New York City!

• New Yorkers gathered on Sunday at the 9/11 Memorial in Lower Manhattan to remember the lives lost 21 years ago.
• Governor Kathy Hochul hasn't indicated whether she will renew pandemic-related executive powers set to expire this month.
• Expect your Con Edison bill this winter to be higher than last year, the utility says.

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

1. New Yorkers gathered at the National September 11th Memorial Sunday to mourn the thousands of lives lost in the terrorist attack 21 years ago. "Twenty-one years. Twenty-one seconds. The anger is still there. The pain is still there. The grief is not something you check off a list and finish. It’s the new normal," said Jim Giaccone, who lost his brother on that day and now volunteers with an organization providing long-term support to the families of victims. (Spectrum NY1) (photos: AMNY)
2. Several pandemic-related executive powers enjoyed by NY Governor Kathy Hochul are set to expire in September. Hochul has yet to indicate whether she would extend the measures, which allow the state to purchase medical supplies without a competitive bidding process, and permit healthcare providers from outside of New York to practice in the state. (Gothamist)
3. Con Edison expects utility prices to be higher than normal this winter, projecting that the average customer could pay $460 per month for natural gas heating between November 2022 and March 2023. The utility attributes the increase – up 32 percent from last year – to an increase in the market cost and the "global impact" of the war in Ukraine. (Spectrum NY1)
4. A lawsuit filed last week demands that Empire State Development, a state agency, release documents which would reveal the financing for a controversial project which would redevelop the neighborhood surrounding Penn Station. The agency has thus far refused to release documents with a major developer, Vornado, claiming they are "trade secrets." (The City)
5. Mayor Eric Adams visited Jacob Riis Houses, a public housing complex in the East Village, on Saturday to prove that the drinking water is safe – by drinking it himself. The city now believes there is not and has not been arsenic in the water supply, and attributes the past results to a lab testing error. (Gothamist)

Today in New York City:

• MoMA Opens Major Photography Exhibition: “Wolfgang Tillmans: to look without fear” (10:30 a.m.)
• Glam Week: Mani's at Moxy - Chelsea (6 p.m.)
• How the James Webb Space Telescope is Changing Astronomy - online and in-person (6:45 p.m.)
• Evan Puschak: Escape into Meaning - The Strand (7 p.m.)

Crime and safety corner:

• A man from Queens stands accused of hiring a hitman to kill a witness who saw him slash another man in the face, the Queens District Attorney announced on Friday. (New York City Patch)
• A 20-year-old from Brooklyn was sentenced to 45 days in prison for his participation in the January 6th insurrection, which he documented on a since-deleted TikTok account. (Gothamist)

From my notebook:

• Here's the latest celebrity looks form New York fashion week. (Vogue)
• A New York City woman on her way home was pleasantly surprised when her cab driver produced two cans of her cat's favorite brand of cat food – free of charge. (Subscription: The New York Times)
• It's the first week of the football season for the NFL. (New York Jets via Instagram) (New York Giants via Instagram)
• Meet the 21-year-old "miracle babies" that were born on the morning of September 11 2001, whose parents worked at or around Ground Zero. (New York Post)
• Google is sharing information on how to get free security cameras to Asian American and Pacific Islander business owners in Queens. Here's what you need to know. (New York City Patch)
• A Jewish preschool in Yorkville is unsure why it has received up to 1,000 toys from Amazon it didn't order over the past several months. (New York Post)

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— Dashiell Allen

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