🌱 NYC Migrant Crisis 'State Of Emergency' + $165M Columbia Settlement

Good morning, New York City! Here's some news to catch up on while you're enjoying your Saturday:

• Mayor Eric Adams has declared a State of Emergency due to the surge of asylum seekers arriving in the city.
• The NYCLU is accusing New York's GOP of trying to 'wreak havoc' ahead of November's general elections.
• New York City failed to make the top 10 in a recent ranking of the U.S.'s best foodie cities.

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

1. New York Attorney General Letitia James is appealing a federal judge's decision to reserve the state's ban on guns in sensitive spaces such as Times Square. Her appeal could put the law back in place while the case is still pending. Mayor Eric Adams is also in support of the appeal. (New York City Patch)
2. Mayor Adams declared a State of Emergency over the massive influx of asylum seekers entering New York City over the past several months — now putting the total number at 17,000. The city is on track to spend $1 billion on the crisis this fiscal year, he added. (New York City Patch)
3. The New York Civil Liberties Union is alleging in court that the state's Republican and Conservative Parties' recent challenges to absentee ballot reforms is an attempt to 'wreak havoc' ahead of the Nov. 8 general elections. Their suit concluded that the challenge to New York's law allowing for mail-in ballots to be canvassed as they are turned in, is without merit. (Gothamist)
4. The number of citywide shootings in September decreased more than 13 percent compared to last year, while the murder rate decreased 23.5 percent — although the city's overall crime index saw an increase. The NYPD has confiscated over 5,600 firearms year-to-date in 2022. (NBC New York)
5. Columbia University will pay a $165 million settlement to 147 women who were the victims of former gynecologist Robert Hadden, who committed sexual abuse while he was their doctor. The victims include Evelyn Yang, the wife of former presidential and NYC mayoral candidate Andrew Yang. Hadden pleaded guilty to two state charges of a "criminal sex act in the third degree" and forcible touching in 2016. (CBS News)

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This weekend in New York City:

Saturday:

• 27th Annual Panamanian Day Parade — Brooklyn (12 p.m.)

Sunday:

• Hester Street Fair Vintage Day: Pier 17, Manhattan (11 a.m.)
• Indigenous People's Day 8th anniversary celebration — runs through Monday (11 a.m.)
• Artmageddon: Flatbush, Brooklyn (12 p.m.)

Crime and safety corner:

• A 77-year-old man was pepper sprayed on Friday morning at Union Square, police said, causing delays on multiple trains. (New York City Patch)
• A 2 year old, 5 year old and two cops were injured when a police car jumped a curb on Thursday afternoon in The Bronx. The NYPD SUV was rushing to stop a reported vehicle theft, police said. (New York City Patch)
• The office of Democratic Socialist City Council Member Tiffany Cabán has been the target of violent threats over the past week. The threats largely began after she and Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani released a public safety resources guide for small businesses. (New York City Patch)

From my notebook:

• Would you believe that NYC is all the way down at 18th place in a ranking of the best foodie cities in the United States? To create the ranking, WalletHub considered "the cost of groceries, wine and alcohol; restaurants per capita; the ratio of full-service and fast-food restaurants," and more. (New York City Patch)
• With just 3 months left in office, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney is being investigated by the House Ethics Committee for unspecified reasons, the panel announced on Friday. (New York City Patch)
• Iranians in New York are holding protests in support of a women-led movement in Iran that was ignited by the killing of a Kurdish woman by the country's morality police several weeks ago, leading to outrage over enforcement of Iran's hijab law. (Subscription/The New York Times)
• This week, city inspectors found roaches in a Park Slope apartment, no hot water in Astoria, mice in the West Village, and more. Check out Patch's interactive map of hazardous housing violations over the past 7 days. (New York City Patch)
• Lincoln Center is set to open a newly renovated hall today that will pay tribute to the predominantly Caribbean neighborhood that was displaced by its construction. (Gothamist)

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