🌱 NYC Fare Evasion Summons Spike + BK McDonald's Work Violations

Good morning, New York City!

• The MTA is cracking down on fare evasion in the subway.
• A McDonald's franchise owner in Brooklyn will pay more than $1 million for workplace violations.
• More funding is coming to NYC's schools that are taking in the children of asylum seekers.

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

1. The MTA is amping up its efforts to deter fare evasion on the subway, handing out a total of more than 1,500 summonses to straphangers that jumped the turnstile last week. That's 81 percent more than the same time last year, according to the transit agency. The advocacy group Transit Alliance is concerned, however, that cracking down on fare evasion won't necessarily make the subways. (New York City Patch)
2. The owner of a Prospect Heights McDonald's is set to pay $1 million in a settlement with the city's Consumer and Worker Protection department after multiple workplace violations were found in seven fast food joints across the borough, city officials announced Monday. The violations include failing to pay premiums when changing work schedules, failing to obtain employee consent to work extra hours and more. (New York City Patch)
3. New York City is allocating $12 million in additional funding to public schools that have seen higher enrollment due to recently arrived asylum seekers. The funding will go towards hiring Spanish-speaking staff, although advocates and the city's comptroller say it's not enough. (Gothamist)
4. The Manhattan judge who sentenced Harvey Weinstein to 23 years in prison won't be reappointed to the bench, after not being recommended by Mayor Eric Adams' Mayoral Advisory Committee on the Judiciary. During the trial, Weinstein was represented by, among others, a lawyer who is close friends with Adams' Chief-of-Staff, according to THE CITY. Weinstein's case is currently pending in the states' Court of Appeals. (THE CITY)
5. Over the weekend, community leaders and activists gathered in Far Rockaway to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Superstorm Sandy, calling on New York State to make greater public investments to prevent future climate disasters. (New York City Patch)

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Today in New York City:

• MoMA Presents: Mike De Leon Film Retrospective (10:30 a.m.)
• Ghost Stories with Clay McLeod Chapman - Days Of The Dead Festival (7 p.m.)
• Remaking American Democracy: The Ballot and Beyond - The Workers Circle (7 p.m.)
• Dia de los Muertos at Darling (7 p.m.)

Crime and safety corner:

• A 26-year-old detainee died while in custody at Rikers Island on Monday, according to the Department of Corrections, making him the 18th person to die in the city's jails or shortly after being released. (Gothamist)
• A city corrections officer was injured after being stabbed multiple times in the head on Monday, according to Corrections Department sources. (Subscription/New York Daily News)

From my notebook:

• President Joe Biden visited the Upper East Side for the second time this month on Monday. This time he was attending the funeral of Secretary of State Antony Blinken's father. (New York City Patch)
• A tiny zip code on the Upper East Side, made up of a single apartment building complex, is one of the few zip codes in the country to be made up entirely of renters, according to a new study. (New York City Patch)
• About 128,000 New York City voters cast ballots during the first three days of early voting ahead of the Nov. 8 general elections. (Subscription/New York Daily News)
• This West 69th Street block on the Upper West Side went all-out for Halloween this year. (New York City Patch)

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