🌱 NY 'Disadvantaged Communities' List + Wall Street's $33.7B Bonuses

Good morning, New York City!

• A list of NYC's 'disadvantaged communities' leaves some neighborhoods out.
• Wall Street execs got $33.7 billion in bonuses last year.
• The rate of STIs in New York City is increasing, city data shows.

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Breezy in the afternoon. High: 60 Low: 51.

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

1. New York State released its list of so-called "disadvantaged communities" last week that have suffered from historical environmental racism and disinvestment, that would be prioritized in future funding for clean energy programs. They make up 35 percent of all NY census tracts. But some residents, like those in a predominantly Black neighborhood in Southeastern Queens near JFK airport, are upset they're being left out. (Gothamist)
2. Wall Street executives made $33.7 billion in bonuses last year, despite reports of layoffs and a significant–56 percent–decline in profits, state comptroller Tom DiNapoli announced last week. The average bonus was $176,700, which is higher than the city-wide average household income, $113,315. (THE CITY)
3. The rate of many sexually-transmitted infections increased in New York City between 2020 and 2021, a new report from the Department of Health shows. The increase–about 13 percent for men and 5 percent in women in the case of chlamydia for instance–is also disproportionately impacting low-income New Yorkers. (Gothamist)
4. Population changes varied across the five boroughs in 2022, census data suggests–while Manhattan saw an increase of 17,000 residents, Queens' population dipped by 50,000, in Brooklyn by 47,000 and in The Bronx by 41,000. (NBC New York)
5. Some Ukrainians refugees escaping the war in their home country who were hoping to resettle in New York City through a federal program have been left homeless–even sleeping under the piers in Coney Island, a New York Times investigation found Their sponsors, who are vetted by the Department of Homeland Security, sometimes didn't show up at the airport to greet them. (subscription/The New York Times)

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Today in New York City:

• Kenneth Dake to Perform Free Pipe Organ Concert at Marble Church (12:30 p.m.)
• Conversations on Reproductive Justice and Intersectionality: The Janes - Sarah Lawrence College (7 p.m.)
• The Last Drop Comedy - Union Hall (7:30 p.m.)
• Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band - Barcalys Center (7:30 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• A suspect wanted for murder in connection to a string of overdose deaths at Manhattan nightclubs last year has surrendered to police. (New York Daily News)
• "Gotham Whales," a Staten Island nonprofit that leads whale watching tours and promotes interest in the natural marine world, is at a pivotal point as its founder considers who to continue his legacy. (SILive.com)
• A new exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art showcases the work of Juan de Pareja, an artists who was enslaved by the famous Spanish painter Diego Velázquez for two decades in the 1600s. (CBS News New York City)
• At the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens, the "Corpse Flower" is preparing to bloom for the first time in four years–but it will only last 24 to 36 hours and releases an odor likened to rotten meat. (CBS News New York City)
• pastaRAMNE, a pop-up coming to SOHO this month fuses Italian and Japanese cuisines. (AMNY)

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