🌱 Trump Arrives In New York City + Papaya King Moves 300 Feet

Hey, everybody! It's Tuesday in New York City and I'm back in your inbox with everything that's fit to print about what's happening locally. In today's issue of the newsletter, you'll read about these stories and more...

• Trump is in New York.
• New York's budget is delayed until at least the 10th.
• The iconic Papaya King is moving...at least 300 feet.

But first, today's weather:

Variably cloudy and warmer. High: 68 Low: 52.

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

1. Donald Trump is back in New York City to be arraigned. According to reports he landed on Monday and traveled to Trump Tower in Midtown, having turned down an offer to be arraigned under-the-radar on Zoom instead. (New York City Patch)
   • New Yorkers should expect street closures around the Manhattan Court House and Trump Tower, Mayor Eric Adams said during a briefing on Monday. (New York City Patch)
2. New York State's budget is still being negotiated passed its April 1 deadline, and likely won't be finished until April 10, Governor Kathy Hochul and state representatives said. The two biggest issues slowing negotiations are changes to the state's bail reform laws and a housing development plan. (Gothamist)
3. Three Brooklyn individuals were among those awarded cannabis licenses in New York on Monday, making them the first in the borough, including Misha Morse-Buch, the owner of I Love My Pet Food and Supplies. Overall other boroughs and regions, including Queens and Long Island, still got larger amounts of licenses. (THE CITY)
4. The City Council released its own budget proposal, two months after Mayor Adams released his own. It calls for expanding reduced-price subway and bus fares to New Yorkers making up to 200 percent above the federal poverty line–meaning an income of $60,000 for a family of four–and greater spending on a range of city services. (Gothamist)
5. The iconic Papaya King hot dogs joint is officially being evicted from its home for the past 90 years on the Upper East Side, and moving just 300 feet away, its attorneys say, following a court battle that's been ongoing since 2020, and as a developer has plans for an undisclosed project at Papaya King's current location. (Upper East Side Patch)

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• "Size Matter's" Speed Dating for Women That Want To Date Tall Men (NYC) (7 p.m.)
• Be Obsessed Triviafest NY: A Geeks Who Drink Trivia Event sponsored by Hulu (7:30 p.m.)
• Riverside Choral Society Presents A Celebration of Love and Joy at Carnegie Hall on April 4 (8 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• New York City Housing Authority residents want rent relief funding included in the state budget. They rallied last Friday morning. (City Limits)
• You can watch the so-called Corpse Flower blooming on a livestream to the New York Botanical Gardens. (New York City Patch)
• Manhattan Councilman Erick Bottcher wants to ban "all single-use paper products, including paper towels, napkins, tissues and toilet paper"...wait, just kidding, April Fools! (Midtown-Hell's Kitchen Patch)
• Patch spoke to some of the hundreds of New Yorkers who came out to support trans rights on the Transgender Day of Visibility last Friday in Washington Square Park. (New York City Patch)

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