🌱Plan To Commit More Mentally Ill Legal Challenge + NYPD Resignations

Happy Saturday, New York City!

• NYC's plan to involuntarily send mentally ill New Yorkers to hospitals has met a legal challenge.
• The city's libraries could see millions in cuts over the next years.
• The NYPD has seen a high number of resignations this year.

But first, today's weather:

Sun mixing with clouds. High: 42 Low: 34.

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

1. The city's plan to involuntarily commit mentally ill New Yorkers to hospitals has met its first legal challenge, filed by New York Lawyers for the Public Interest among other groups, who say that it dangerously puts NYPD officers at the forefront of such decisions. Mayor Eric Adams and officials are pushing back against that characterization. (New York City Patch)
2. New York City residents, along with the rest of the country, are encouraged to wear masks in indoor settings during the winter, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said. "We would encourage all of those preventive measures — handwashing, staying home when you’re sick, masking, increased ventilation — during respiratory virus season, but especially in areas of high COVID-19 community levels," she told reporters. (New York City Patch)
3. NYC's public libraries could see budget cuts of over $13 million this fiscal year, and $20 million in the following two, under a proposal from Mayor Eric Adams to close the city's spending gap. That could mean a reduction in programs and open hours and laying off employees. The City Council will need to approve the budget proposals. (Gothamist)
4. The NYPD has seen more resignations this year than any time in the past two decades, with many police officers being recruited to other departments across the country, city records show. That includes 1,225 that resigned through November before completing five years of service. Reasons could include lower salaries and longer hours compared to other jobs. (Subscription/The New York Times)
5. Phil O’Brien, the British publisher of a local Manhattan paper W42ST, is unable to return to New York City from across the pond after his visa renewal application was denied, with immigration officials saying his business was "marginal" due to it being scaled down during the pandemic. (THE CITY)

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This weekend in New York City:

Saturday:

• SantaCon is coming to town: whether you like it or not. (10 a.m.)
• Edible Brooklyn Food + Design Fair (12 p.m.)
• “Christmas Grand Market: A Caribbean Celebration”: Merrick Academy Charter School (5:30 p.m.)

Sunday:

• Japanese Food & Winter Festival: Bushwick, Brooklyn (12 p.m.)
• Santa Claus Parade and Tree Lighting: Dyckman Street, Manhattan (3:30 p.m.)
• A man has been indicted on hate crime charges for the November murder of a transgender woman in Harlem, according to Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office. (New York City Patch)
• A man was hit and killed by a subway train on the Upper West Side Thursday night, police said. (New York City Patch)

From my notebook:

• In a new StreetEasy study experts forecast the NYC housing rental market will dip next year — but it's still not known by how much. (New York City Patch)
• The Bronx Borough President and a local foundation are co-hosting a cannabis retail experience this weekend, with everything from showrooms to health information. (News 12)
• In Queens, a Mexican Christmas show is coming this weekend, not to be confused with "The Nutcracker." (Gothamist)
• New York Attorney General Letitia James said this week that a ring of deed theft scammers stole million-dollar homes from elderly residents of Jamaica and St. Albans, Queens. (New York City Patch)
• The MTA's "East Side Access" project to bring Long Island Railroad trains to Grand Central also means extended service in parts of The Bronx, with new stations on the Hell Gate line projected to open by 2027. (Bronx Times)

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