New York, NY
- Some East Village regulars want the city to preserve the not-so-fancy bars at Tompkins Square Park as the park gets a makeover.
- Mayor Zohran Mamdani appointed Liz Vladeck, the Department of Education’s top lawyer, to lead New York City’s Office of Labor Relations and handle collective bargaining with the city’s unions.
- Free flower market in Greenpoint this weekend.
- Free women’s health fair in uptown Hoboken this Sunday.
- New York City is forming a long-term program to keep the East River bridges standing through the 21st century, after an earlier repair plan helped them recover.