🌱 NYC Prosecutors Accused Of Racial Bias + Museum Of Failure In BK

Hi all. Dashiell Allen here with your Wednesday edition of the New York City Patch newsletter, filled with all the things you need to know about what's going on around the boroughs. Today you'll read about:

• Former and current NYC prosecutors are accused of racial bias in jury selection.
• Brooklyn neighbors say they can teach the city how to reduce its rat population.
• Surprise! The museum of failure is a success!

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

1. A former Queens prosecutor is facing an ethics probe over decades-old memos in which he allegedly attempted to exclude Black, Latino, Muslim, and Jewish prospective jurors, among other groups. That's only the fourth ethics complaint this week against current or former prosecutors this week alleging juror bias. (New York City Patch)
2. One block in Brooklyn's Prospect Heights has successfully reducing its rats population by encouraging residents to place lids on their trash cans. Residents say the city could learn a lot from them, as Mayor Eric Adams plans on implementing the same policy city-wide. (Prospect Heights-Crown Heights Patch)
3. A panel of federal judges heard oral arguments on Monday over lawsuits against New York State's concealed carry gun laws. While the laws could take months if not years to wind through the legal system, the panel will determine whether the state has the right to enforce them in the meantime. (Gothamist)
4. Protestors, both for and against former President Donald Trump gathered outside of the Criminal Court House in Lower Manhattan and Trump Tower in Midtown throughout Tuesday amid reports that he would be indicted. For now Trump has waited in Florida for a potential indictment in a federal investigation into alleged hush money payments. (Associated Press)
5. A group of teachers represented by the United Federation of Teachers, a powerful union, are challenging their union's leadership over a controversial plan to change city retiree's healthcare coverage to a Medicare Advantage plan which they worry could leave them with less options. They're calling for a member-wide vote on the plan, against the wishes of President Michael Mulgrew. (THE CITY)

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Today in New York City:

• The Museum of Modern Art Presents Carte Blanche: Guillermo Del Toro (9 a.m.)
• Screening: Lesbian Bar Project at Henrietta Hudson (5:30 p.m.)
• Gay Men Speed Dating @ 3 Dollar Bill | Brooklyn, NYC (7 p.m.)
• Ambush Comedy - Two Boots Pizza East Village (7:30 p.m.)
• Ailey II’s New York Season at The Ailey Citigroup Theater (7:30 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• A street redesign on Ninth Avenue announced on Tuesday means more space for pedestrians and also 14 miles more of water mains and sewers. (NBC New York)
• Forty-six restaurants are participating in Sunnyside, Queens's restaurant week, which starts today. (Sunnyside Post)
• The museum of failure, which provides an inside look at the inevitable missteps in the road towards innovation, has become a smashing success in Industry City. (Brooklyn Paper)
• New York City's billionaire former mayor Michael Bloomberg has been quietly funding $5 million worth of ads supporting Governor Kathy Hochul's state budget proposal, urging New Yorkers to call their state representatives to show their support. (Subscription/The New York Times)
• A physician who has treated patients at Rikers Island for five years was banned from the jail facility in November over his criticism of the Department of Corrections, according to reports. (New York Daily News)

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