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In the Bronx, Woodlawn-bound [4] skips Burnside Av
In Queens, all Manhattan-bound [7][7X] local/express trains stop at 74 St-Broadway
Uptown [A][C] trains are holding in stations in Brooklyn and Queens. Some downtown [A] end at Chambers St or World Trade Center. Some downtown [C] end at 2 Av on the [F].
[N] trains are running with delays in both directions after we requested NYPD assistance for someone being disruptive at Coney Island-Stillwell Av.
The city issued a travel advisory through Sunday morning, with gusts forecast at 40 to 50 mph on Saturday and coastal flooding at each high tide.
The storm passes southeast of the city but pushes ocean water into southern Queens and Brooklyn, the northeast Bronx and Staten Island's East Shore; the city told people there to move cars to higher ground [73]. Saturday is the peak [81]. The weekend is already rearranging itself: the Yankees moved Saturday's Orioles game into a Friday doubleheader [242], and the Broadway Flea Market moved indoors to the Hammerstein Ballroom [193]. Cross Sound ferries are canceled through Saturday [98].
“It's getting a little old, but on the other (hand) we have gotten really good at it and can clean up pretty fast,”
“The good news is it looks like it warms up a little bit by early next week into the low 70s,”
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The Met will release 10,000 free tickets a month this season, 70,000 in all, in every section of the house except standing room.
Mayor Mamdani and the Met launched "Opera for All," a monthly lottery entered through the Met's app or the city's website, with a valid NYC ID required [114]. DISPUTED: 6sqft says it is for New Yorkers who have never bought a Met ticket [114], while Time Out says anyone who hasn't bought one since 2019 qualifies [208]. This season's titles include "Macbeth," "Lincoln in the Bardo" and "La Bohème" [114].
“But art should not be reserved for those who can afford it.”
“With this new initiative, we hope to further demonstrate that the Met is a vital part of life in the city.”
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Police arrested 104 people blocking First Avenue at 39th Street as Netanyahu used his General Assembly speech to accuse Mayor Mamdani of making Jews unsafe.
The Jewish Voice for Peace sit-in drew roughly 250 people, including Council Members Chi Ossé and Alexa Avilés and congressional nominee Darializa Avila Chevalier, all arrested [1]; everyone got a disorderly-conduct summons and was released [97]. Delegates walked out as Netanyahu began [133]. Gov. Hochul, an Israel supporter, sided with the mayor on the Hamas charge [71].
“Mr. Mamdani, since you were elected mayor of this city, many Jews no longer feel safe in New York,”
“As he has done time and again, Prime Minister Netanyahu used his speech to repeat baseless lies meant to sanitize his genocide of Palestinians,”
“The mayor has never said he supports Hamas.”
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Gothamist reporter Brittany Kriegstein has spent years finding the bathroom behind the bodega counter, and she took a colleague on a South Bronx tour to show how [74]. The first shop had a sign reading "no public restrooms"; two minutes later they were in the restroom [74]. Felix, behind the counter, explained his policy: "There are times, if you see someone who is truly having an emergency, you make the effort" [74]. Kriegstein has shared the facilities with cats in litter boxes and whole shower setups, and passed on the one with a man asleep on a mattress next to the door [74]. She brings her own toilet paper and buys a snack on the way out [74].