🌱 NYC Tick season + homeless New Yorkers could lose pandemic benefits

Good Friday, New York City! It’s cross season in New York, elderly homeless people can be placed in dormitory-like surroundings, and tenants in Brooklyn are protesting against a faulty door and elevator. Also, check out the best LGBTQ + bars in NYC.

First today’s weather:

A morning bath; clearing. High: 79 Low: 63.

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

1. The ticks are back, New York! Health officials warn New Yorkers to be vigilant at the start of the tick season. Hundreds of NYC residents are infected with Lyme disease each year by the “creepy, disease-carrying little bloodsuckers,” especially in Staten Island and the northern Bronx. (New York City Patch) Speaking of diseases, an outbreak of legionnaires in the Bronx has now left two people dead and four hospitalized.
   
   
2. The Homeless Services Department seems to be planning to end the protection measures introduced at the beginning of the pandemic which required the homeless persons over 70 must be placed in single rooms, and persons over 66 in double rooms. Now they can be moved back to congregate settings. (Gothamist)
   
   
3. State lawmakers have passed a bill that would allow the New York City Public Housing Authority (NYCHA) to raise private funds to pay for repairs by creating a “conservation trust.” It is estimated that NYCHA needs $ 40 billion. Many residents of public housing were against the bill. (THE CITY)
   
   
4. Two ‘safe injection sites’ in Upper Manhattan – East Harlem and Washington Heights – have been successful in reversing 314 drug overdoses since they first opened in November. However, two subway stations near the sites have become places of visit for drug users after closing time. (New York City Patch)
   
   
5. Tenants of an apartment building in Crown Heights require their landlord to replace a defective door and elevator. The door, which they say does not lock properly, led to a burglar being robbed and beaten last month. (New York City Patch)

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Here’s the latest development news in NYC:

• The Queens Borough president approved a proposal for redevelopment in Astoria to build three 23-, 31- and 34-storey buildings – not to be confused with two other high-rise buildings in the immediate vicinity. (New York City Patch)
• Residents of the Upper East Side are concerned that a 400-foot medical tower under construction could worsen traffic in their neighborhood. (New York City Patch)

Today in New York City:

• Museum of Modern Art holds UNIQLO NYC Night (16.00)
• Brooklyn Film Festival (7.30pm)
• Felix Cavaliere & Micky Dolenz: Legend Live in Times Square (20.00)
• Friday Night Laughs at Comedy in Harlem (21.00)
• MGMT DJ series returns to Schimanski (22:00)

Crime Corner:

• A New York appellate court on Thursday upheld Harvey Weinstein’s 23-year prison sentence and rape. Weinstein had challenged that a judge “unfairly allowed women to testify about allegations that were not part of the case.” (WABC-TV)
• Bayard Rustin Educational Complex in Chelsea was briefly closed on Thursday after gunshots were heard nearby. (New York City Patch)
• A suspect was arrested for a violent anti-Semitic attack that took place in Crown Heights in May. (New York City Patch)

From my notebook:

• It’s Pride Month – look no further than these five West Village venues, which were named among the best LGBTQ bars in NYC. (New York City Patch)
• And you certainly will not want to miss Jacob’s Pickles and Magnolia Bakery’s mouthwatering crossover Banana Pudding Fried Chicken Pancake. (New York City Patch)
• A rail fire in Brooklyn delayed three trains during rush hour yesterday morning. (New York City Patch)