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In Manhattan, no [1] between 14 St and South Ferry
No [2] between 149 St-Grand Concourse, Bronx and 96 St, Manhattan
[3] is suspended
In Manhattan, downtown [4] local [6] run express from Grand Central-42 St to Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall
In Queens, no [7] at Flushing-Main St
In Upper Manhattan, [A] runs every 30 minutes between Inwood-207 St and 168 St
In Queens, Manhattan-bound [E] skips Briarwood
In Manhattan, uptown [D] runs local from 59 St-Columbus Circle to 125 St
In Queens, Manhattan-bound [F] skips Sutphin Blvd and Briarwood
No [G] between Bedford-Nostrand Avs and Court Sq
In Brooklyn, Manhattan-bound [N] local skips 25 St, Prospect Av, 4 Av-9 St and Union St
In Brooklyn, Manhattan-bound [R] skips 25 St, Prospect Av, 4 Av-9 St and Union St
Mets40-57
Phillies54-43
Liberty13-11
Wings16-8Central Park's carriage horses may have pulled their last ride: a dead teenager and a City Council speaker's reversal did in one month what three mayors couldn't do in thirty years.
The City Council's Health Committee heard hours of testimony Wednesday on Romanch's Law, which would phase out Central Park's horse-drawn carriages by June 2028 [31][46]. Speaker Julie Menin announced her support the night before, and with 26 co-sponsors the bill now has a working majority in the 51-member Council [31][124]. Mayor Mamdani backs "the spirit" of the ban but wants stronger worker protections before it becomes law [4][124]. Romanch Mahajan's father testified by video from India, describing the moment his 18-year-old son died after a spooked carriage horse threw him from the vehicle in June [46][124].
“Those screams, those cries, those sounds of agony and desperate sounds have not left me and I am sure they will never leave me”
“I don't need to be told to go work in a hotel or something like that”
The comptroller is finally counting the receipts on a shelter operator whose executives are accused of pocketing bribes while the last comptroller looked away.
Comptroller Mark Levine launched a comprehensive audit Wednesday of $243 million in no-bid shelter contracts the city awarded to BHRAGS Home Care between October 2022 and February 2024 [47]. The nonprofit's former president, Ronald Tirelus, and former executive director, Roberto Samedy, were indicted in March on charges of embezzling more than $1 million and taking bribes from a subcontractor [47]. Predecessor Comptroller Brad Lander never opened an audit despite bribery allegations surfacing in December 2023, even after the Department of Homeless Services put BHRAGS on a corrective-action plan in fall 2024 [47]. Brooklyn Councilmember Farah Louis steered more than $450,000 in discretionary council funds to BHRAGS over five years, and Samedy has donated to Louis and the Brooklyn Democratic Party since 2020 (Gothamist).
“This audit will help us determine whether DHS' oversight and control methods are adequate”
A month-old bacterial outbreak just found its 63rd victim, and this week's heat is exactly the fuel it needs to keep spreading.
The Legionnaires' disease cluster centered on Carnegie Hill and Yorkville grew to 63 confirmed cases as of Tuesday night, with 12 people still hospitalized and no deaths so far [123]. Of 183 cooling towers tested in the affected ZIP codes, 31 came back positive for Legionella bacteria; the city says all 31 have since been drained, cleaned and disinfected [123]. Health Commissioner Alister Martin is telling residents to keep running their air conditioners even as officials worry this week's heat will let the bacteria multiply in standing water [123].
“The heat is something that we worry about”
“People can continue to walk. It's not something that they have to be overly concerned about”
This Saturday, three goats with actual names, Mallomar, Romeo and Big Buddy, will face off in Riverside Park's Great Goat Graze-Off, a timed eating contest emceed by Nathan's Hot Dog Contest announcer George Shea, who calls it "the only known competitive eating contest among goats" [179]. Mallomar is defending his title. Romeo, a two-time fan favorite, reportedly just wants a hug. After the ribbon-cutting, the herd goes back to its actual job: spending ten weeks chewing through poison ivy and mugwort on a West Harlem slope, because someone has to, and it might as well be someone with four stomachs [179].