🌱 NYC Primary Election Day + Judge Strikes Non-Citizen Voting Law

It's Election Day, New York City! It's actually the first of two primaries this cycle, thanks to redistricting.

Today New Yorkers are voting in the Democratic and Republican primaries for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, State Assembly, and other local positions; on August 23rd you'll get a chance to vote for Congress and State Senate.

You can find your polling site and a sample ballot here. Also check out Patch's voting guides for The Upper East Side, Astoria, Washington Heights, Park Slope, Fort Greene, and Forest Hills.

Find out more about the Governor's race at THE CITY.

First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny and less humid. High: 78 Low: 64. Plan for a hot week.

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

1. A Staten Island judge struck down New York City's recently passed non-citizen voting law, which would have allowed roughly 800,000 city residents with green cards the right to cast a ballot in city elections and ballot measures. The law was opposed by Republican lawmakers, as well as former Mayor Bill De Blasio. In a statement, the New York Immigration Coalition vowed to support an appeal. (New York City Patch)
2. New Yorkers have one more reason to drive slowly in NYC, after the governor signed a law requiring speed cameras near schools to remain on 24/7. Previously they had been turned off between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. and on weekends. (New York City Patch)
3. Hundreds of essential workers on Broadway — among them custodians, elevator operators and restroom attendants — reached a new union contract agreement on Monday, for the first time since 2016. The new contract includes a pay raise and increased health benefits.(Gothamist)
4. Ride the waves, just not on top of the subway! MTA and NYPD officials report a 'dangerous' 560% increase in 'subway surfing'–when a person rides on the outside of a train car–between January and May of this year when compared to 2021. That's 449 surfing incidents in total. They suspect that social media is playing a role in the practice's growing popularity. (New York Post)
5. Speaking of the subway, Governor Kathy Hochul signed a bill on Monday that would extend legal protections against assault to over 11,000 previously excluded workers, among them maintenance and repair workers. (amNY)

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Today in New York City:

• Key to the City: FREE Financial Clinic (10 a.m.)
• Intro: Leading Classes for the Virtual Senior Center (12:30 p.m.)
• Taco Tuesdays After Work Sunset Cruises NYC on the Cabana Yacht (6 p.m.)
• PRIDE Projection on Façade of the Museum of Arts and Design - free (8:30 p.m.)

Crime and safety corner:

• A 36-year-old woman was rescued by authorities after she dove into the Central Park reservoir on Monday afternoon. (New York City Patch)
• Unexpected fireworks in Washington Square Park sent pride goers into a state of panic on Sunday evening, with many worrying there was an active shooter. (New York City Patch)
• Ten people suffered minor injuries at a three-alarm fire in a Sunset Park e-bike shop on Sunday. It took 150 fire fighters to put out the blaze. (Brooklyn Paper)

From my notebook:

• Pride was back fully in person for the first time since 2019 on Sunday. For many attendees it took on added meaning due to the Supreme Court's overturning of Roe V. Wade. (New York City Patch)
• NFT.NYC 2022, a convention celebrating the new form of unique digital art, was not all it's cracked up to be, at least according to this critic. (artnet News)
• Amid expected budget cuts to the Department of Education next year, many schools are already letting go of teachers. Here's how one middle school in Kensington, Brooklyn is struggling to cope. (The City)

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