🌱 Reduced Service On 7 Subway Lines + No Pay Raise For Uber Drivers

Good morning, New York City!

• 🚊 The MTA is making changes to the frequency of multiple subway lines.
• 📝 A Queens and Long Island Congressman-elect appears to have fabricated a large portion of his resume.
• NYC is struggling to keep up with food stamp applications amid agency staffing shortages.

But first, today's weather:

Mostly sunny. High: 40 Low: 28.

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

1. Seven subway lines will see reduced service on Mondays and Fridays starting in June 2023, the MTA announced yesterday, attributing the changes to shifts in ridership since the pandemic, partially due to remote and hybrid work. Several lines (G, J and M) will see increased trips on the weekends. (New York City Patch)
2. Uber and Lyft drivers protested on Monday morning after a judge blocked city-approved rate increases from going through due to a lawsuit by Uber. The increase began yesterday for taxi drivers, who now have a $3 initial charge, 70 cents per 1/5 mile when traveling above 12 mph or per 60 seconds in slow traffic or when the vehicle is stopped and more. (New York City Patch)
3. Republican Congressman-Elect George Santos allegedly deceived New Yorkers by fabricating his past work and educational experiences, according to an investigation by The New York Times. Santos is set to take over the Eastern Queens and Long Island seat currently held by Tom Suozzi, who left it to run for governor. (New York City Patch)
4. New York City's Human Resources Administration is currently processing just 46 percent of food stamp applications it receives, an agency official told the City Council. That's down from 60 percent in fiscal year 2022 and 92 percent before that. (City Limits)
5. Brooklyn Bishop Lamor Whitehead was arrested on charges of fraud, extortion and lying to federal agents, federal prosecutors announced on Monday. The so-called “Bling Bling Bishop” is known for flaunting hundreds of thousands of dollars in jewelry. He was famously robbed during a live-stream sermon over the summer. (New York City Patch)

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Today in New York City:

• Buba Blouse: Nigerian Hand Sewing & Stories — Brooklyn Public Library (9 a.m.)
• International Holocaust Survivors Night 2022 (1:30 p.m.)
• Lantern Festival & Spiral of Light for the Winter Solstice — Domino Park, Brooklyn (5 p.m.)
• Movie Night with Machine: Xanadu — Museum of Arts and Design (7 p.m.)
• A Very Sweet Xmas comedy holiday show — Chelsea Music Hall (9 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• “Nothing is off the table when dealing with a crisis,” Mayor Eric Adams said on Monday, referring to the expect influx of asylum seeker in the next weeks, indicating that NYC might reopen its "tent city" on Randall's Island. (New York City Patch)
• Test your subway knowledge with this quiz of iconic stations from around the boroughs. (THE CITY)
• The NYC Department of Sanitation's eighth annual calendar is out now, honoring the agency's employees. (Gothamist)
• Officials confirmed that Long Island Rail Road service will not come to Grand Central this year — but they are planning to offer a shuttle service between Midtown and Jamaica, Queens ahead of the full opening. (AMNY)
• The scandal-tarred American Irish Historical Society will stay in its Upper East Side townhouse, after an outpouring of community opposition and the state stepping in to prevent a sale. (New York City Patch)

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