Weekly News Roundup – January 3, 2020

Former homeless man opens soup kitchen on Upper East Side - Fox 5

New UES Soup Kitchen To Distribute 200 Meals Per Day - Patch

Bike Safety Improves On UES Amid Deadly Year For City, Pols Say - Patch

90,000 Jews Gather to Pray and Defy a Wave of Hate - NY Times

Cuomo Administration Begins Medicaid Rate Cut - Capital Tonight

Census report: New York is Losing New Yorkers - Gothamist

DeBlasio misses chance to influence MTA's $51B capital plan - Politico

12 Questions for 2020 - Politico

Several firefighters injured in high rise fire on the Upper East Side - The NY Post

Tip Wage for Workers in "Miscellaneous" Industries to End - Capital Tonight

More People Are Dying on New York City's Streets. What Went Wrong? - NY Times

New York City Wins Flexibility in Building Public-Works Projects - WSJ

Bail overhaul set to take effect in new year - Politico

Ex-teacher harassed, ousted from Upper East Side middle school for being gay: suit - NY Post