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In Manhattan, no [1] between 14 St and South Ferry
In Manhattan, uptown [2] local skips Franklin St, Canal St, Houston St and Christopher St-Stonewall
In the Bronx, Woodlawn-bound [4] skips Burnside Av
In Queens, Flushing-bound [7] skips 52 St and 69 St All trains at Woodside-61 St board from the Manhattan-bound platform
[A][D] trains are running with delays in both directions due to planned track maintenance in Manhattan.
[E][F] trains are running with delays in both directions while we perform track maintenance in Queens.
No [G] between Bedford-Nostrand Avs and Court Sq
A second person has died in the Legionnaires' cluster in Melrose and Morrisania, where Legionella turned up in cooling towers at 10 addresses, Yankee Stadium and Lincoln Hospital among them.
Health Commissioner Dr. Alister Martin announced the second death Thursday and said every cooling tower that tested positive in initial screening has been disinfected [76]. Those first tests found Legionella DNA but could not say whether the bacteria were alive, and confirmatory testing is still underway [76]. DISPUTED: the Post, citing city data, counts 14 people sickened [72]; abc7 counts 13 confirmed cases [82]. The Yankees say none of the current cases has been linked to the stadium [79].
“We mourn the loss of each New Yorker, and our hearts are with their loved ones as they navigate this difficult time.”
Gothamist
Starting Sunday, First Avenue closes from 41st to 48th Street and 42nd Street closes between First and Second while the General Assembly sits, through Sept. 28.
The General Debate runs Sept. 22 through 28, bringing hundreds of motorcades and rolling closures across Manhattan; 44th through 47th streets close between First and Second each day, and the FDR's 42nd Street exit is blocked [6]. Northbound cars and bikes can still use the First Avenue Tunnel [6]. Gothamist reports gridlock alert days from Sept. 21 through 25 [6]; NBC reports the alert starts Friday, Sept. 18 [7]. Trump speaks Tuesday and Netanyahu is scheduled for Thursday [7][6].
“It is going to be serious gridlock over the course of those days,”
“The mayor is supposed to make sure we have a quiet week with less traffic and issues — but he's doing the exact opposite,”
“My focus in this time is on making sure that we're keeping New Yorkers safe, that we're also still making it possible for New Yorkers to get from Point A to Point B,”
GothamistThe city began installing 17 free, sewer-free bathrooms in all five boroughs, open 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., each unlocked by text, QR code, app or tap card.
The $4 million, one-year pilot is run by Throne Labs, which cleans and maintains the units [37]. The modular units need no sewer or water hookup, which is why they can go in, move or come out faster than a built bathroom [37]. Users get 10 minutes before the door opens [41]. VOCAL-NY and the Coalition for the Homeless warn the phone-or-card entry shuts out people without a smartphone [41].
“Too many New Yorkers know what it's like to have nowhere to go while they're on the go,”
“What's the process gonna be like if someone shows up to a location and they've run out of cards?”
“Publicly accessible private space and misuse—it's a balance,”
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City Limits
Four years after Pete Davidson and Colin Jost paid nearly $300,000 for a decommissioned Staten Island Ferry and became the joke, they docked it at Pier 17 Thursday night and turned it into a free floating comedy club for rising comics [117].