🌱 NYC Chokehold Band Returns + City Council Passes Fire Safety Bills

Happy Friday! New York City's full chokehold ban is back, we may have been over-counted in the 2020 census, and the City Council takes steps to address fire safety. The final iteration of Congressional and State Senate redistricting maps will also be released sometime today, and the MTA wants you to win prizes for transiting around while eating locally.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny and warmer. High: 73 Low: 64. This weekend you can expect "summer like temps," per The New York Post, who characterized it as "Baked Apple."

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

1. New York City's chokehold ban is back in place, after being unsuccessfully challenged in court by the police officer's union, which argued it infringed on their ability to perform their job. The "diaphragm law," which was signed by former Mayor De Blasio after the murder of George Floyd, made it a misdemeanor for cops to restrict an individual's ability to breathe. (New York City Patch)
2. New York may have been overcounted in the 2020 Census, a recently conducted survey determined. The state has actually been experiencing a slowing population growth rate for over a generation. Either way, we're losing one Congressional seat because other states are growing faster. (Spectrum News NY1)
3. The City Council passed a series of bills on Thursday, meant to address the conditions that led to the tragic Bronx fire in January which took 17 lives. The bills include required fire safety and increased regulations on both space heaters and self-closing doors. (Politics NY)
4. New York City and state lawmakers are rallying in support of the state's 'clean slate' bill, which would automatically seal the records of all New Yorkers "three years from sentencing misdemeanors and seven years for felonies." The legislation is meant to address racial disparities in the criminal justice system. (amNY)
5. Saturday would have been the 50th birthday of the late Brooklyn rapper Biggie Smalls, born Christopher Wallace, who was killed in a still-unsolved murder at only 24-years-old. The Empire State Building will host a photo exhibit in his honor, and the MTA is releasing 50,000 limited edition Biggie MetroCards. (New York City Patch)

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Here's the latest in entertainment:

• "A Beautiful Noise, The Neil Diamond Musical " about the singer-songwriter's life is set to open on Broadway later this year. (Playbill)
• A K-pop musical is coming to Broadway on November 20, with previews starting October 13. Featuring Korean-pop star Luna. (Time Out NY)
• "Oh God, A Show About Abortion," off-Broadway at the Cherry Lane Theatre is showing through June 4. The show's timing and the recent Supreme Court leak were a coincidence, we are told. (Time Out NY)

Today in New York City:

• Free Eating Disorder Support Group - NYC Friday (noon)
• Cooking Class "Italian Dinner with Tiramisu Finale" at 16 Beaver Street (6 p.m.)
• New York Cares Annual Soiree at the Brooklyn Museum (7:30 p.m.)
• Stone Temple Pilots at Palladium Times Square NYC (8 p.m.)

Crime Corner:

• A Staten Island so-called "troll," Brian Maiorana, 55, was sentenced to three years in prison, after he threaten to "exterminate" Democrats and stockpiled weapons. (New York City Patch)
• An 18-year-old student at Fort Hamilton High School in Brooklyn was arrested for calling in three separate bomb threats, as we reported Thursday. (New York City Patch)

From my notebook:

• Missing teen: fifteen-year-old Gisell Munoz who lives in Astoria was last seen at her High School on Tuesday. Police are asking for assistance. (New York City Patch)
• All eyes are on New York's "special master," Jonathan Cervas today. He's set to announce the final version of the state's redistricting maps. One issue of concern: the Upper West and East Sides of Manhattan are merged into a single district. As one commenter complained, "While both the East Side and the West Side support synagogues and Jewish schools of national stature, East Side Jews can be clearly differentiated from West Side Jews." (New York City Patch)
• NYC didn't even make the list in the latest iteration of America's top 100 cities to live in. (NBC New York)
• The MTA has a new campaign designed to encourage New Yorkers to use public transit by guiding them to restaurants across the train network. There's also some sweet prizes involved. (mta.info)
• The CDC is investigating a possible case of 'monkeypox' — similar to but less contagious than chickenpox and smallpox — in New York City. (ABC 7)
• Lifeguards at Rockaway Beach have safety concerns about the city's plans to shut them down over part of the summer. They worry it will lead to unsupervised swimming. (Gothamist)
• Bryant Park will kick off its summer season programming on May 28 with a live outdoor opera performance. (Facebook)

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• Rita Hayworth The Heat Is On! starring Quinn Lemley (May 23)
• FREE Reading Theatre [Untitled] Reading Series featuring "Hitting" by Christian Thompson (May 23)
• Cold Process Soap Making Class in New York City (May 24)
• Gay Marshall Sings Back on Boogie Street - Songs of Leonard Cohen (May 24)
• Living Our Jewish Values: A Conversation with Rabbi Mosbacher and Ruth Messinger (May 25)
• Justice in Action: The Future of NYC with New York State Attorney General Letitia James (May 26)
• Accentuate the Positive (May 28)
• Jazz By The Water™ Celebrating Jazz Yesterday and Today™ (June 4)
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Now you're in the loop and ready to start this Friday off right! See you tomorrow for another update.

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