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Get on up, New York City! Let's get this day started. Here's everything worth knowing in town today.

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Cooler with decreasing clouds. High: 49 Low: 37.

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

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  1. Plainclothes NYPD officers are coming to New York City's streets in the next week or two, according to Mayor Adams, who spoke about the plans in a Fox5 interview on Monday. Adams said the department has spent the past weeks carefully training the controversial officers, adding his commitment to getting it done "right." (Patch)
  2. A 'subvariant' of Omicron, 30% more infectious than the original, is slowly but surely taking hold in New York City. Health experts are mixed on whether or not it will lead to another surge in cases, just as the city is lifting many restrictions, or if it will stay in the background. (Gothamist)
  3. Anti-Asian hate crimes are at an all-time high in New York City. In the past month alone, anti-Asian incidents rose 125%, according to NYPD data. Advocates, like Jo-Ann Yoo, executive director for the Asian American Federation, say they are at a "breaking point" now, and believe the reported cases are an understatement. (New York City Patch)
  4. A group of North Dakotan scholars, historians and artists would like NYC to reconsider the plan to move a controversial statue of President Theodore Roosevelt surrounded by indigenous figures, to a library in their state. They say it would be disrespectful to the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara people, whose land the statue would sit on. (New York City Patch)
  5. A 69-story tower in Long Island City that just began construction is poised to claim the title of the tallest building in Queens. The LIC neighborhood has seen a boom in tall buildings ever since a 2001 rezoning. (Patch)

Today in New York City:

  • Celebrate International Women's Day with The Locker Room's "New York Women" Art Installation (7 p.m.)
  • Maisie Peters, live at 92nd Street Y (7:30 p.m.)
  • Free discussion: Ana Cabrera, Jeh Johnson, Carter Ham: Russia, Ukraine and the State of National Security (7:30 p.m.)

From my notebook:

  • Why did a chicken cross an Upper Manhattan road Monday? Patch isn't quite sure. (New York City Patch)
  • Check out this new snack-friendly Upper East Side French restaurant, Munchies Korner. (New York City Patch)
  • An Atlanta, Georgia-based vegan burger chain, Slutty Vegan, is planning to open its first NYC location in Fort Greene this Spring. (New York City Patch)

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