🌱 NYC Enters Heat Wave + Can Monkeypox Be Contained?

Good morning New York City! Brace yourself, we're about to enter a heat wave–the high tomorrow could be whopping 95 degrees. In today's headlines: the Governor's office is helping workers recover stolen wages, it might be too late to control monkeypox, and Mayor Adams is trying a new approach to getting homeless people off the streets.

First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny, hot and humid. High: 94 Low: 77.

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

1. New York State has recovered $3 million, accounting for the stolen wages of over 200 workers throughout the course of the pandemic, Governor Kathy Hochul announced on Tuesday. Since its inception in 2017 the Governor's Wage Theft Task Force has recovered $11 million. (New York City Patch)
2. NYC has over 600 confirmed monkeypox cases–more than double last week, and likely an undercount. Many health officials believe it may already be too late to contain the outbreak. Those eligible for vaccinations can text "MONKEYPOX" to 692-692 to be alerted when appointments become available. (New York City Patch)
3. If you're feeling the heat this week you're not alone. Most of the city's enormous outdoor pools will be open for an extra hour today and tomorrow–and possibly Friday as well–as the city heads into a 7-day stretch of over 90-degree highs. The parks department is still short-staffed by several hundred lifeguards. (Gothamist)
4. Homeless advocates who previously criticized Mayor Eric Adams's controversial encampment sweeps are now teaming up with the Mayor to form new homeless outreach teams, comprised of volunteers and the formerly homeless, and excluding police. The Mayor isn't stoping the sweeps, though. In fact, a man's makeshift wooden house in Chinatown was destroyed by city authorities yesterday. (New York City Patch)
5. Mayor Adams also released a statement on Tuesday request support from the Federal Government due to 2,800 "arriving asylum seekers in New York City” that he claims are overwhelming the shelter system. Some homeless advocates see the Mayor's statement as deflecting from the overall need for low-income housing in the city. (City & State)

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Today in New York City:

• Flatiron Nomad Partnership Hosts Free Outdoor Fitness Class with Dharma Yoga (6 p.m.)
• Rum Mixology Spotlight: The Daiquiri, AKA the Bartender's Handshake (6 p.m.)
• The Crossword Show with Zach Sherwin (7 p.m.)
• “East/West: A Symphonic Celebration” at Alice Tully (7:30 p.m.)
• MindTravel Live-to-Headphones 'Silent' Piano Journey in Central Park (7:30 p.m.)

Crime and safety corner:

• All Rockaway beaches were closed until further notice on Tuesday after a beachgoer spotted a shark appearing to grab a seagull. (New York City Patch)
• A contracted worker for the NBC TV series 'Law & Order was killed early Tuesday morning in a shooting near the set in Greenpoint. It's unclear what the cause of his death was. (New York City Patch)
• Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced he would ask a judge to drop charges against Jose Alba, a Harlem bodega worker who many argue fatally stabbed an unruly customer in self-defense. (New York City Patch)

From my notebook:

• Mayor Adams appears to be changing his tone on at-home work, suggesting recently that New York City might not even have a central business district in the future. (New York Post )
• It turns out there's a pretty "decent" burger joint in the basement of the Nordstrom on West 57th Street. (Eater NY)
• A massive 20-feet-deep sinkhole opened up in Morris Park in The Bronx, swallowing a van. It's possibly dueto torrential rain the day before. (WABC-TV)
• Congressman Jerry Nadler reminded Twitter that he's the "son of a chicken farmer" after The New York Times reported that his competitor, Rep. Carolyn Maloney, had contributed $900,000 from her own retirement fund to her Congressional bid. The two veteran New York pols will face off on August 23rd. (New York City Patch)

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