Polar Vortex Has 'Fractured' And Is Venting Fury | Patch PM

Conversion Therapy Ban | Fatal Hammer Attack | Turkey Demands Knicks Player

Posted Wed, Jan 16, 2019 at 5:00 pm ET

Share-worthy stories from the New York City Patch network to talk about tonight.

It's about to get brutally cold.

The bills are the most significant pieces of LGBT legislation to pass since New York legalized same-sex marriage in 2011.

Public Advocate candidates who came to Brooklyn to discuss climate change worked hard to distance themselves from the governor and mayor.

Fufai Pun, 34, was beaten to death and two others critically injured inside a Sheepshead Bay restaurant Tuesday evening, police said.

Knicks center Enes Kanter is wanted in his home country. Kanter is an outspoken critic of Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

Patch PM shares a few of the day's must-read items from our New York City network.

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