Weekly News Roundup – August 26, 2024

DOT and MTA Begin Crackdown on Vehicles in Bus Lanes - Our Town

New Yorkers with disabilities still fighting MTA over large subway gaps - AM NY

Vast majority of MTA workers say they were assaulted or harassed during the pandemic - Gothamist

Op-Ed | How the 2025-2029 Capital Program can help the MTA achieve its goals (By Janno Lieber) - AM NY

RAMSA’s 255 East 77th Street Rises Above Street Level on Manhattan’s Upper East Side - YIMBY

What’s Happening With The Breuer Building On Madison Avenue? - Patch

New York City supers are begging you to break down your cardboard boxes - Gothamist

You can vote early by mail in New York, state's top court rules - Gothamist

Goldman seeks to let teens pre-register to vote under new bill moving through Congress - AM NY

New York craft spirits, cider and mead can soon be shipped directly to customers - Gothamist

Why Does This Jar of (Legal) Weed Cost $60? Hint: Taxes. - NY Times

Operation Padlock to Protect Could Lock Legal Weed Into Another Endless Cycle of Lawsuits - Hell Gate

Reading scores drop after first year of new literacy curriculum - NY1

A NYC school cellphone ban could dial up suspensions, some advocates worry - Chalkbeat

Every NYC school building now has Narcan to reverse opioid overdoses. Is it enough? - Chalkbeat

NYC public school calendar 2024-25: Key dates, events, essential info for parents - Fox5 NY

Housing crisis: New NYC task force aims to find city-owned land to build new homes - AM NY

Adams calls on city agencies to review properties for potential housing sites - NY1

NYC metro area on pace to lead nation in new apartments constructed in 2024: report - QNS

Tracking Community Boards’ Feedback on City of Yes for Housing - City Limits

Garodnick Says That “City of Yes” Zoning Push Is Nearing Key Vote - Our Town

Congestion pricing replacement plan could come by year’s end, Hochul says - Politico

$155 Million in Environmental Commitments in Limbo After Congestion Pricing Pause - The City

State Legislators Say They Never Gave Hochul the Power to Pause Congestion Pricing - Streetsblog

Fare Evasion Surges on N.Y.C. Buses, Where 48% of Riders Fail to Pay - NY Times

Planting Certain Trees Can Make NYC’s Polluted Air Worse, New Study Finds - City Limits

With Hurricane Season Underway, Flooding Concerns Rise Among New York Commuters - City Limits

Looking for a pain-free IUD placement in NYC? Relief depends on where you go. - Gothamist

NYC public hospital doctors ordered to shorten appointments to see more patients - Gothamist

What New Yorkers need to know about the international mpox outbreak - Gothamist

New York City’s Trees Work Hard. Still, They Could Use a Little Help. - NY Times

Applications open for NYC off-hour delivery incentive program - AM NY

New York City considering 60-day limit for migrant families in homeless shelters - ABC7 Eyewitness News

State Greenlights NYC Evicting More Migrant Families From Shelters - The City

City’s Public Hospitals Mark Milestone in Surprising Role: Housing Patients - City Limits

Complaints of parking placard abuse by NYC employees double in a year, 311 data shows - Gothamist

President Biden spares 20,000 New Yorkers from deportation with executive action - Gothamist

City to spray Manhattan, Brooklyn for mosquitoes - NY1

WCBS 880 radio retires all-news program after 57 years: ‘Giant loss for NYC’ - New York Post

Lithium-ion batteries are exploding in NYC's garbage trucks. Only you can stop them. - Gothamist