🌱 NYC's First Juvenile Monkeypox Case + DOE Budget Dispute Continues

Happy Saturday, New York City!

• 🦠 The city recently recorded its first juvenile case of monkeypox.
• 📚 Disputes over the Department of Education's budget are likely to drag into the school year.
• 🏕 NYC is considering placing some migrants arriving from Texas in summer camps due to limited shelter capacity.

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

1. New York City has detected its first juvenile case of monkeypox, health officials announced on Friday, while also stressing that the overall risk to children remains low. Cases in the city peaked earlier in August with an average of 72 per day, although rates appear to be dropping, as The New York Times reports. (New York City Patch)
2. A dispute over NYC's education department budget likely won't be resolved before the start of classes in less than two weeks. Arguments are scheduled to be heard on September 29 in a lawsuit between a group of parents and teachers, and the city, over budget cuts. (Gothamist) Meanwhile, Governor Kathy Hochul indicated in a radio interview on Thursday that she is considering signing a bill passed this spring that would reduce classroom sizes in New York City's public schools. (Chalkbeat)
3. New York City is considering housing some migrants arriving from Texas by bus in summer camps as a last resort if all other options are exhausted. A total of 6,300 asylum seekers and other newly arrived immigrants have entered the city's shelter system between April and August 22. (City Limits)
4. A golf course in The Bronx owned by former President Donal Trump will host a Saudi-back golf tournament in October. Last year, then-Mayor Bill de Blasio was blocked by a judge from ending Trump's contract to run the course. (New York City Patch)
5. An NYC-based nonprofit call Lemontree is connecting food-insecure New Yorkers with food pantries and benefits that are often difficult for them to find, through a text-message hotline and online directory. Now, amid inflation, they're expanding in other parts of the northeast. (New York City Patch)

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Today in New York City:

• 4th Annual Caribbean Carnival in the Rockaways (11 a.m.)
• Bronx night market (1 p.m.)
• Da' Block Music & Arts Festival at The Bronx Brewery (1 p.m.)
• Comic Nicky Sunshine Hosts Monthly Ladies Night Showcase at Comedy In Harlem (8 p.m.)
• Pakistan Day Parade NYC (Sunday, 10 a.m.)

Crime and safety corner:

• A woman claims she was wrongfully arrested and detained for multiple hours after approaching Lady Gaga at a concert last summer and handing her a screenplay she had written, according to a lawsuit. (New York City Patch)
• A teenager has been missing from Harlem for over a week, police say. (New York City Patch)

From my notebook:

• Thunderbirds were go on Thursday, when the Air Force jets flew over New York City. (Mayor Eric Adams via Instagram)
• A new musical production co-written by Lin Manual Miranda based loosely on Martin Scorsese's New York, New York is coming to Broadway in March 2023. (Deadline)
• The entrance to Williamsburg's Marsha P. Johnson Park will soon be adorned with a colorful 'ornamental' gateway that honors the LGBTQ+ trailblazer's legacy. (Brooklyn Paper)
• Ryder, the horse that collapsed recently on a city street, is now happily retired on a farm in Upstate New York, according to the union that represents carriage drivers. (NBC New York)
• A Harlem block now honors tennis player Althea Gibson, the first Black player to win a Grand Slam singles title. Thursday would have been her 95th birthday. (New York City Patch)

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