🌱 Optimistic New Yorkers + NYC Could Add Warnings To Sugary Drinks

Good morning, New York City!

• NYC lawmakers want to warn you about the risks of consuming sugary beverages.
• Two people with Legionnaire's Disease in Manhattan have died, although the cause is unclear.
• New Yorkers are getting a chance to decide how $5 million should be spent.

First, today's weather:

Nice with plenty of sunshine. High: 75 Low: 55.

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

1. A newly introduced City Council bill would add sugar warnings to sweet beverages in chain restaurants with fifteen or more locations across New York City. Former Mayor Michael Bloomberg's last attempt to reform the sweet beverage industry by reducing the legal size of drinks was shot down for good by the courts in 2014. (New York City Patch)
2. Two people with Legionnaires' disease at a Manhattan nursing home have died, amidst an outbreak that has infected at least eight people. It's unclear whether their cause of death was the disease itself, and the infection's source hasn't yet been determined. (subscription: The New York Times)
3. "The People’s Money," New York City's first-ever citywide participatory budget process, will soon give New Yorkers the opportunity to decide how to spend $5 million to support resident's day-to-day lives. New Yorkers over 11-years-old can share their ideas at meetings. Voting will begin next spring. (Pix 11)
4. Would you believe it? New York City dwellers' consumer sentiment — a measure of economic optimism or pessimism — stood at 78.4 points over the summer months, according to a new poll. That's higher than the national average of 58.2. (New York City Patch)

1. Mayor Eric Adams wants to "reassess" the way New York City handles emergency shelter requests, according to a statement on Wednesday, after news outlets questioned whether the administration recently broke the law by not providing beds to dozens of men at a homeless shelter. The mayor's press secretary said he doesn't indent to end the city's 1979 right-to-shelter law . (Gothamist)

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Today in New York City:

• NYPL Career & Resource Expo 2022 - The Bronx Library Center (10 a.m.)
• MoMA Presents: “Making Waves: A New Generation of Indian Filmmakers” (10:30 a.m.)
• Music at the 9/11 Memorial Garden (4 p.m.)
• Randall Munroe: What If? - The Strand at Cooper Union (7 p.m.)
• Comedy Nite Live - Casa Mezcal (8 p.m.)

Crime and safety corner:

• The mother of three young children who were found dead on the beach at Coney Island this Monday is now charged for murder. (New York City Patch)
• Another detainee, Kevin Bryan, died at Rikers Island on Wednesday, making him the third person to die at the jail complex since August and the 14th this year. He had been detained just a week earlier on charges of second degree burglary. (AMNY)

From my notebook:

• An artist is taking a (literal) stand against climate change in the East River as the tide rolls in and out over a 12 hour period. (Gothamist)
• Ahead of the upcoming UN General Assembly, Little Amal, a "12-foot-tall puppet of a 10-year-old Syrian refugee," is embarking on a 17-day tour around New York City after exiting a plane at JFK. (QNS)
• It's almost time for “White Girl in Danger,” Michael R. Jackson's (the write of Strange Loop) next off Broadway musical and soap opera satire. (Subscription: The New York Times)
• This year's New York Fashion Week was all about the "hats, neon and pastel floral prints." Here's some photos. (New York City Patch)
• Controversy ensued after an Upper West Side Synagogue announced it would be removing smoked salmon from its weekend Kiddish menu. (New York City Patch)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to head out the door on this Thursday! See you all tomorrow for another update.

— Dashiell Allen

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