🌱 NYC Buildings Commish Resigns + $1.5B Powerball Jackpot

Good morning, New York City!

• 🎲 The NYC Department of Buildings Commissioner resigned amid an illegal gambling probe.
• 💊 New York could receive up to $524 million in a settlement with a pharmaceutical company.
• 💰 Saturday's Powerball jackpot is now a topping $1.5 billion!

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

1. NYC's Department of Buildings commissioner Eric Ulrich resigned on Thursday, just days after his phone was seized amid a probe into illegal gambling. According to the New York Post, the probe centers on Ulrich's conduct as a member of the City Council — where he represented Queens' District 32 — when he may have partaken in backroom card games with mob associates. (New York City Patch)
2. Sixteen children were among the 188 people killed in traffic crashes in New York City this year–surpassing 2021's 11 child traffic fatalities, data released by the Transportation Alternatives and Families For Safe Streets shows. That's more child deaths than any year since city officials implemented Vision Zero, an initiative to eliminate traffic deaths, nearly a decade ago, advocates said. (New York City Patch)
3. Donald Trump filed a lawsuit in a Florida court against New York Attorney General Letitia James yesterday, describing her lawsuit against the former president's company, The Trump Organization, as a "war of intimidation and harassment." (New York City Patch)
4. New York State is set to receive up to $524 million in a settlement with Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. to settle claims that the company participated in the U.S. opioid crisis, Attorney General James announced. Last year Teva and its affiliates were found liable for public nuisance charges by a jury on Long Island. (Associated Press)
5. The City's Department of Education announced it would begin to speed up reimbursements to early childhood providers, after weeks of reports that some education centers had to use their own personal savings to cover costs. The Citizens' Committee for Children estimates the city owes $400 million to child care programs, although the city has a lower number. (Gothamist)

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Today in New York City:

• The Other Art Fair Brooklyn (4 p.m.)
• Free evening at The Frick (5 p.m.)
• "Spirit Drenched in Gold" 5Rhythms Dance & Movement Meditation (7 p.m.)
• Cherry On Top Comedy — Gowanus (7:30 p.m.)
• Fun Lovin’ Criminals LIVE @ Elsewhere, Brooklyn NYC (7:30 p.m.)
• The Stone Residency — Lisa Bielawa: Centuries in the Hours (8:30 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• There's a new mural in Harlem at 280 Malcolm X Blvd. inspired by the upcoming premiere of Marvel's "Wakanda Forever." (WABC-TV)
• Mayor Eric Adams is planning to fill vacancies in the legal departments of New York City agencies with pro bono lawyers paid for by private firms. (THE CITY)
• Friends of Elizabeth Street Garden in Lower Manhattan won a victory this week when a judge ruled the plan to turn the garden into an affordable housing complex would need to undergo an environmental review. (AMNY)
• Following the recent collapse of Ryder, a Central Park carriage horse, in a Midtown Street, a group of Queens High School students took a visit to the stables where the horses live to see their conditions first-hand. (New York City Patch)
• Saturday's Powerball jackpot is now up to $1.5 billion, the third-largest lottery prize in U.S. history. Your odds of winning the jackpot? One in 292.2 million. But the odds of winning any prize are 1 in 24.9. (New York City Patch)

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