🌱 NYC 2022 'Worst Landlords' Revealed + Asylum Seeker Commits Suicide

Good morning, New York City! Happy Winter Solstice. In today's headlines:

• 🏙 NYC's "100 worst landlords" of 2022 are revealed.
• 💵 New York State lawmakers are considering giving themselves a raise on Thursday.
• 🍽 A Bronx community fridge comes under scrutiny.

But first, today's weather:

Partly sunny. High: 41 Low: 35.

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

1. Public Advocate Jumaane Williams released a list of 2022's "100 worst landlords" with the most housing violations yesterday, stating that "across the entire list, there were a staggering 69,018 violations, nearly a 30 percent increase from the previous year." The worst building in the city was in Middle Village, Queens and had 505 violations. (New York City Patch)
2. State lawmakers are set to decide on Thursday whether or not they should get a pay raise —from $110,000 to $142,000 — which would make them the highest-paid state lawmakers in the country. A bill to approve the raise would also limit their ability to make other forms of income, except for from investments and pensions. (Spectrum New York 1)
3. A second asylum seeker who recently arrived in New York City committed suicide at a Queens shelter last week, according to reports. The first death was a young mother in September. (New York City Patch)
4. Citing a 'tridemic' of diseases this holiday season Mayor Eric Adams released updated public health guidelines for New Yorkers, including mask wearing indoors and getting tested before gathering with family. (AMNY)
5. A community fridge nonprofit in The Bronx has come under scrutiny from local mutual aid groups, who criticized it for not sharing more than half-million dollars raised over the past year, including donations from real estate developers. (THE CITY)

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Today in New York City:

• Celebrate Winter Solstice with MoMath and Flatiron NoMad Partnership (12 p.m.)
• Lights Up at Lincoln Square’s WinteRamble with the Frost Giants Procession to Ring In the Winter Sol (5 p.m.)
• Speed Dating @ Radegast Hall & Biergarten (20s & 30s) (7 p.m.)
• OY GEVALT Comedy Night: Holiday Edition (7 p.m.)
• Ambush Comedy at Two Boots Pizza in Williamsburg (7:30 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Former Donald Trump political advisory Kellyanne Conway was spotted sharing a late-night meal with former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, which she insists was not romantic. (New York Post)
• Two people died after they were hit by an L train in Manhattan on Tuesday, according to police. Mayor Eric Adams later arrived on the scene. (New York City Patch)
• Here's your guide for how to tip this holiday season, despite rising inflation, from the Emily Post Institute. (New York City Patch)
• The sidewalk outside Manhattan City Councilman Erik Botcher's house was vandalized by anti-LGBTQ+ protestors on Monday night, as well as his district office. (New York City Patch)
• The Amazon Labor Union held its first-ever holiday part in Brooklyn's iconic Kings Theater Monday night. (Hell Gate)

• OY GEVALT Comedy Night: Holiday Edition (December 21)
• Posada y Parranda - A Celebration of Holiday Traditions & Community with Los Pleneros de la 21 (December 22)
• Holiday Lights At The Bronx Zoo (December 23)
• Kate Oh Gallery Exhibition Dec 23rd 3-6PM (December 23)
• Celebrate Christmas Eve at Marble Collegiate Church (December 24)
• Christmas Eve Candlelight Service (December 24)
• Christmas Day Services at Marble Collegiate Church (December 25)
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That's it for today. See you all tomorrow morning for another update!

— Dashiell Allen

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