Weekly News Roundup – October 11, 2022

October 11th, 2022

Redistricting Commission Sends New Map to City Council for Review - Gotham Gazette

Upper East Side No Longer Sliced Up By New Council Maps - Patch

State court keeps possibility of permanent outdoor dining program alive for NYC - Gothamist

Lone Upper East Side Tenant Defeated By Extell In Quest For New Tower - Patch

‘Stand Up for What's Right': Passerby Stops Vandal Damaging, Urinating on NYC Sukkah - NBC NY

Northwell Health Breaks Ground On New Facility At 1345 Third Avenue On Manhattan’s Upper East Side - NY Yimby

NYC to Use Vacant Newsstands as Hubs for Food-Delivery Workers - Bloomberg

Sanitation Department Hires McKinsey for Containerization Study - Streetsblog

The Influential Group Helping Eric Adams Identify a Vision for New York - NY Times

Changing course, mayor relocates Bronx ‘tent city’ to Randall’s Island - Gothamist

Hochul activating National Guard to help Adams run NYC’s migrant tent city - NY Post

Mayor Adams says migrant crisis is ‘undermining’ NYC’s economy - Gothamist

NYC to cover college costs for students in foster care - Chalkbeat

The SUV-ification of Police Fleets - Curbed

Prosecutions for Fire Safety Violations Dropped by 98% in New York City - NY Times

Hochul lauds incentivized semiconductor investment in New York - Politico

Solitary by Another Name: How State Prisons Are Using ‘Therapeutic’ Units to Evade Reforms - NY Focus

NYC Issues Thousands of Federal Housing Vouchers, But Finding an Apartment Remains Tough - City Limits

New York Announces Thousands of Additional Monkeypox Vaccine Doses - NY Times

Supreme Court strikes down New York gun law along ideological lines - Politico

MTA faces $4.6 billion budget gap in just 4 years: state comptroller - Gothamist

As NYC rents soar, dysfunction in Adams administration fuels housing crisis - NY Post

Disparity between wage growth, rent increases hits 14-year high in New York - Crain's

City’s 3-Year-Old Climate Protection Law Finally Gets Some Details Ahead of 2024 Deadline - The City

NYPD’s failure to submit crime data to feds could cost NYC millions - NY Post

NY COVID case count down but hospitalizations up 24% over past month. What to know - D&C

New York City asks voters to take a stand on racial justice — at the ballot box - Gothamist

AG James files stay to continue a gun ban on the NYC subways and in Times Square - Gothamist

Yellow Cabs Are Struggling. Congestion Pricing Could Deal a New Blow. - NY Times

New York health officials launch campaign for flu shots, COVID-19 boosters - Spectrum

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