New York, NY
- friday the NYC Council debates a bill that would create mayor Zohran Mamdani's promised Department of Community Safety, which may soon become real.
- Essex County Stellas went to a retired MLB umpire and a Best Lawyers in America pick.
- Mamdani joined Hochul at McCarren Park. NYC turnout could decide the governor race, tbh.
- trash containers are taking over hundreds of parking spots in some of Brooklyn's most populous neighborhoods as NYC gets garbage bags off the sidewalks.
- pressure is growing on the Mamdani administration to deal with the rising number of small schools in NYC. Chalkbeat has part two of a three-part series on it.