Weekly News Roundup – March 27, 2023

NYPD Blows Overtime Budget by Nearly $100 Million, On Pace for Record - Bloomberg
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-20/nypd-blows-overtime-budget-by-nearly-100-million-on-pace-for-record

Mayor Adams launches crackdown on unregulated e-bike batteries, a growing fire hazard - Gothamist
https://gothamist.com/news/nyc-mayor-eric-adams-launches-crackdown-on-unregulated-e-bike-batteries-a-growing-fire-hazard

The new 'We ❤️ NYC' campaign has sent the internet into a frenzy - Gothamist
https://gothamist.com/news/we-heart-nyc-reaction-new-york

Kathy Hochul’s Plan to Force NYC Suburbs to Approve More Housing Sparks Battle - WSJ
https://www.wsj.com/articles/kathy-hochuls-plan-to-force-nyc-suburbs-to-approve-more-housing-sparks-battle-c40c571f

How Do People Released From Prison Find Housing? - NY Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/20/realestate/prison-parole-housing-shelters.html

Duane Reade Closes UES Store on 2nd Ave, says prescription info sent to 3rd Ave. store - Our Town
https://www.ourtownny.com/news/duane-reade-closes-ues-store-on-2nd-ave-says-prescription-info-sent-to-3rd-ave-store-FA2435007

$2B Lenox Hill Hospital Expansion Heads to City Planning after UESers Vent - Our Town
https://www.ourtownny.com/news/2b-lenox-hill-hospital-expansion-heads-to-city-planning-after-uesers-vent-XF2421671

A hidden divide: How NYC’s high school system separates students by gender - Chalkbeat
https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2023/3/22/23650786/high-school-students-gender-segregation-imbalance-new-york-analysis-career-technical-education

Progressives have a new minimum wage goal: $20 and up - Politico
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/03/22/progressives-new-minimum-wage-20-00087966

Mayor Adams calls for new tax breaks, dormitory housing in NYC to ease affordability crisis - Gothamist
https://gothamist.com/news/nyc-mayor-eric-adams-cites-nimby-ism-as-one-of-the-biggest-challenges-to-his-housing-plan

NYC Council Speaker Adams backs concept of reducing size and scope of NYPD, a key progressive pledge - Daily News
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/new-york-elections-government/ny-city-council-speaker-adrienne-adams-reducing-nypd-budget-progressive-20230321-27btmxwibnbfrbhqifl4hroyaa-story.html

Construction Staging Area Returns to Vest Pocket Park at Foot of 59th St. Ed Koch Bridge - Our Town
https://www.chelseanewsny.com/news/construction-staging-area-returns-to-vest-pocket-park-at-foot-of-59th-st-ed-koch-bridge-BB2452047

Julie Menin Launches Creative New Anti-Dog Waste Contest - Our Town
https://www.ourtownny.com/news/julie-menin-launches-creative-new-anti-dog-waste-contest-LH2449973

Mayor Proposes First Composting Mandate in New York City - NY Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/27/nyregion/composting-mandate.html

How Big Law and Black Brooklyn Fueled Hakeem Jeffries’s Rise - NY Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/27/nyregion/hakeem-jeffries-profile.html

Do bedrooms need windows? Mayor Adams floats controversial office-to-apartment conversions. - Gothamist
https://gothamist.com/news/do-bedrooms-need-windows-mayor-adams-floats-controversial-office-to-apartment-conversions

Democrats agree New York’s minimum wage should be raised. The question is by how much. - Gothamist
https://gothamist.com/news/democrats-agree-new-yorks-minimum-wage-should-be-raised-the-question-is-by-how-much

Street Vendors Decry City’s Move to Put Sanitation Dept. in Charge of Enforcement - City Limits
https://citylimits.org/2023/03/24/street-vendors-decry-citys-move-to-put-sanitation-dept-in-charge-of-enforcement/

The Latest Idea to Bolster New York City’s Subway: Taxing Your Netflix Subscription - WSJ
https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-york-lawmakers-consider-tax-on-streaming-services-for-transit-funding-ab678bba

Norman Siegel goes way back with Eric Adams — now he's out to prove the mayor wrong on homelessness - Gothamist
https://gothamist.com/news/norman-siegel-goes-way-back-with-eric-adams-now-hes-out-to-prove-the-mayor-wrong-on-homelessness

STREETSBLOG EXCLUSIVE: Andy Byford to Join Amtrak - Streetsblog
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2023/03/23/exclusive-andy-byford-to-join-amtrak/

Major City Hall shakeup outlined in executive order - Politico
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/03/23/executive-order-city-hall-00088329

Mapping Tenant Vulnerability: New Data Tool Compares NY’s Legislative Districts - City Limits
https://citylimits.org/2023/03/23/mapping-tenant-vulnerability-new-data-tool-compares-nys-legislative-districts/

793 Madison Avenue’s Renovation Progresses On Manhattan’s Upper East Side - YIMBY
https://newyorkyimby.com/2023/03/793-madison-avenues-renovation-progresses-on-manhattans-upper-east-side.html

Renderings Reveal 200,000-Square-Foot Research Lab At 309 East 94th Street On Manhattan’s Upper East Side - YIMBY
https://newyorkyimby.com/2023/03/renderings-reveal-200000-square-foot-research-lab-at-309-east-94th-street-on-manhattans-upper-east-side.html

It's not just Adderall: The number of drugs in short supply rose by 30% last year - NPR
https://www.npr.org/2023/03/23/1165361416/drug-shortages-adderall-flu-medicine-report
New Super Fast Electric Patrol Cars Come To Upper East Side Precinct - Patch
Upper East Siders Can Now Vote On Projects For Participatory Budgeting - Patch https://patch.com/new-york/upper-east-side-nyc/upper-east-siders-can-now-vote-projects-participatory-budgeting

NYC Cherry Blossoms Start Bloom Early: Here's How To See - Patch

https://patch.com/new-york/new-york-city/nyc-cherry-blossoms

NYC’s expansive curbside composting kicks off Monday - Gothamist https://gothamist.com/news/nycs-expansive-curbside-composting-kicks-off-monday

Twitter Says Parts of Its Source Code Were Leaked Online - Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/26/technology/twitter-source-code-leak.html

‘Catastrophe’ for Poor New Yorkers as Pandemic Food Aid Ends - NYTimes

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/27/nyregion/food-stamps-snap-nyc.html

Central Park's Wollman Rink will become NYC pickleball mecca this summer - Gothamist

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