Flash flood watch opens 51 schools overnight. Rybakina takes the Open. New York Explained for September 13, 2026.

New York Explained September 13, 2026
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A Flood Watch covers the city from 4 a.m. to noon Sunday, and the city has opened public schools overnight for basement tenants and anyone in a flood-prone home [21]
Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels announced a DOE procurement overhaul he says will save more than $100 million, while the Special Commissioner of Inquiry is still investigating his own no-bid contracts, the Post reports [1]
Tiliek Thompson, 41, was charged with killing Lovay Williams, 27, in her 156th Street apartment in Washington Heights in front of her 7-year-old daughter [10]
Two men, Antoine Utsey and Deon Miller, were shot dead Friday night inside Howard Playground in Brownsville; police have not named a suspect or motive [8]
The Mets hit six home runs off Gerrit Cole and the Yankees bullpen for a 12-2 win in the Bronx, evening the Subway Series with Sunday's finale left [27]
This Morning in New York

Weather

NYC
80°68°

Showers And Thunderstorms

88% chance of rain

Flood Watch

Subway

3 lines with delays
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1Planned Work

In Upper Manhattan, downtown [1] skips 125 St, 116 St-Columbia University, Cathedral Pkwy (110 St) and 103 St

4Suspended

There is no [4] train service between Kingsbridge Rd and Woodlawn in both directions.

6Planned Work

No [6] between Hunts Point Av and 125 St

7Planned Work

In Queens, Flushing-bound [7] skips 52 St and 69 St All trains at Woodside-61 St board from the Manhattan-bound platform

ADDelays

[A][D] trains are running with delays in both directions while we perform track maintenance along the line in Manhattan.

FPlanned Work

In Brooklyn, Coney Island-bound [F] and Church Av-bound [G] skip 4 Av-9 St, 15 St-Prospect Park and Fort Hamilton Pkwy

GPlanned Work

No [G] between Bedford-Nostrand Avs and Court Sq

JPlanned Work

No [J] between Crescent St, Brooklyn and Broad St, Manhattan

NPlanned Work

In Brooklyn, Coney Island-bound [N] skips 8 Av, Fort Hamilton Pkwy, New Utrecht Av, 18 Av, 20 Av and Bay Pkwy

RPlanned Work

No late night [R] between Whitehall St-South Ferry and Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr [R] runs express between Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr and 36 St

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The Sunday morning flood watch

The city opened 51 public schools as overnight shelters Saturday, ahead of storms forecast to drop up to 2.5 inches of rain an hour between 5 a.m. and 10 a.m. Sunday.

The Sunday morning flood watch
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The National Weather Service put the city at a Slight Risk, Level 2 of 4, for excessive rain, and NYC Emergency Management activated its Flash Flood Emergency Plan on Thursday [21]. Eastern Brooklyn and Queens face the heaviest totals; officials told basement tenants there to spend the night upstairs, with a friend, or at a school site, where pets are allowed [21]. The storm follows the city's rainiest August in five years [20]. Full site list at 311 [20].

“If you live in a basement apartment, know your exits before you go to bed and be ready to move to a higher floor if conditions worsen.”
Mayor Zohran Mamdani · [21]
“Heavy rain can overwhelm streets and drainage systems in minutes, and the most intense rain is expected when many New Yorkers will be asleep,”
Christina Farrell, NYC Emergency Management commissioner · [21]
By the numbers
  • 51public schools open as safe overnight locations from 10 p.m. Saturday [21]
  • 1.5 to 3 inchesof rain expected citywide, less on Staten Island [21]
  • 5 to 7 inchespossible in Nassau, Suffolk and southern Connecticut [21]
WatchRain clears east of the city Sunday afternoon; an evening front brings light showers with no flood threat [21].
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Rybakina takes Sabalenka's crown in Queens

Elena Rybakina beat two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka 6-4, 5-7, 6-2 at Arthur Ashe Stadium and takes the world No. 1 ranking Monday.

Rybakina takes Sabalenka's crown in Queens
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Rybakina ended Sabalenka's 19-match U.S. Open winning streak for her third Grand Slam title, her second this year over Sabalenka on hard courts [34]. She got fewer than half her first serves in and won on returns, converting three of 12 break chances [34]. Sabalenka smashed her racket after the handshake [34]. It was the first No. 1 vs. No. 2 women's final here since 2000 won by the challenger [34].

“I honestly was coming here for the last 10 years, and it was never successful”
Elena Rybakina, champion · [34]
“I was just out there competing, trying to do my best with what I had there today,”
Aryna Sabalenka, runner-up · [34]
By the numbers
  • $5.5 millionto Rybakina, the largest prize in Grand Slam history [37]
  • $2.8 millionto Sabalenka [34]
  • 99consecutive weeks Sabalenka held No. 1 [34]
WatchRybakina needs only the French Open to complete the career Grand Slam [34].
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The Knicks banner night costs $1,346 to walk in

The cheapest resale seat for the Knicks' Oct. 20 home opener against the 76ers costs $1,346 with fees, up 526% from last year's opener.

The Knicks banner night costs $1,346 to walk in
Wikimedia Commons / Madison Square Garden

The Knicks raise their first championship banner in 53 years that night, and it is LeBron James' debut as a 76er, according to ticket data firm TicketIQ, as reported by the Post [28]. The opener's get-in price already beats every Knicks playoff game last season except Games 3 and 4 of the Finals [28]. It has dipped 5% in four days, so the market is still moving [28].

“The championship has completely reset the Knicks ticket market,”
Jesse Lawrence, TicketIQ CEO · [28]
By the numbers
  • $215final get-in price for the 2025 opener against Cleveland [28]
  • $344average get-in price for Garden games this season, up from $234 [28]
  • $1,417the opener's get-in price four days ago [28]
WatchOct. 20 at Madison Square Garden; MSG has not commented on pricing [28].
FromBreaking NYC News & Local Headlines | New York Post
  • Queens (Jackson Heights): About two dozen community leaders, including former state Sen. Hiram Monserrate, rallied outside alleged brothels on Roosevelt Avenue demanding enforcement; City Hall and the governor's office did not respond, and the NYPD had no arrest data [5]
  • Brooklyn (Downtown Brooklyn): The Times added an editor's note to its Aug. 4 profile of a "Hoodwill" vendor outside the Bond Street Goodwill after the Post reported he is a Level 3 sex offender; Council Member Lincoln Restler says the vendors leave "an enormous mess every day" [6]
  • Citywide: Lt. Keith Hockaday sued the NYPD, alleging overtime in a Brooklyn Strategic Response Group unit was handed out by race; the department declined to comment [7]
  • Citywide: Every school must name an unpaid "school avoidance liaison" by Sept. 30 to work with chronically absent kids, a role born of a 2024 class-action settlement, after 33% of students were chronically absent in 2024-25 [18]
  • Queens (Jamaica Estates): Donald Trump's childhood Tudor sold for $1.93 million after developer Tommy Lin bought it for $835,000 and gutted a mold-and-feral-cat interior [12]
  • Queens (Flushing Meadows): Kids and adults with disabilities played the U.S. Open courts at the Court of Dreams clinic hours before the women's final [19]
  • Brooklyn (Prospect Park): The 18th annual TEAL 5K raised awareness for ovarian cancer research [22]
  • Brooklyn: Julius Randle hosted a back-to-school clinic for 75 kids at the Brooklyn Basketball Training Center and promised the Nets will "shock the world" [33]
  • Long Island (Amityville): A man was stabbed in the neck in the basement of First United Methodist Church; police arrested Daniel Escobar, 33 [11]
  • Buffalo: Greg Dortch was elevated from the practice squad to return punts in the Bills' opener at Houston, where Josh Allen has never won [30]
  • Buffalo: East Side food-delivery company FreshFix plans to pay $700,000 for a 17,415-square-foot building at 714 Northland Ave. because it is "bursting" out of the Food Terminal [14]
  • Cheektowaga: IKEA takes the former Dick's warehouse space at Walden Galleria for its second upstate store, opening early next year [15]
  • Western New York: Former Sabres center Brent Peterson, acquired in a 1981 blockbuster, died at 68 after two decades with Parkinson's [43]
  • Western New York: Denise Abbott, a year into leading a labor federation of about 140,000 union members, says Buffalo still has no union hotel [2]
  • Subway Series finale: Mets at Yankees in the Bronx, first pitch Sunday at 1:35 p.m., with Cam Schlittler starting for the Yankees [36]
  • Jets at Titans: Geno Smith makes his first Jets start since 2016, Sunday at 1 p.m., against former coach Robert Saleh [42]
  • Bills at Texans: Joe Brady's first game as a head coach opens Buffalo's season in Houston on Sunday [40]
  • Good to know: Text NOTIFYNYC to 692-692 for emergency alerts, and basement tenants can sign up at nyc.gov/notify for automated flood calls [21]
Only in New York
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At Friday's 9/11 ceremony, 9-year-old Andrew Rosenblum read his grandfather's name, then worked in a plug for his teams. He had rehearsed four nights running and got up "at like 5:30" to do it [9]. Asked about the Jets, he said they will do better than last year [9].