Today's newsletter curated by Brooks Brunson

Weather alert ☀️: It's Wednesday in New York City, where Mayor Zohran Mamdani said a heat wave will cause "extremely dangerous conditions" across all five boroughs. Through Saturday, high temperatures are expected to hit above 90 degrees each day and could reach 105. The historic heat wave could make this the hottest July Fourth since 2010.

Health reporter Caroline Lewis wrote about ways to stay safe and signs of heat-related illness to look out for. 

How a tax break program killed 538 affordable apartments in NYC

Under a tax exemption known as the state’s 485-x program, buildings with 99 units or fewer are only required to reserve 20% of apartments for low- and middle-income tenants in their buildings. For buildings with 100 or more units, the requirement increases to 25% of apartments.

Reporters Joe Hong and David Brand analyzed permit data from the start of the tax program in April 2024 to April of this year and identified 48 clusters of adjacent buildings with 99 units or fewer across New York City. 

What does that mean for the city's affordable housing crisis? Read their story here. 

And here's a look at more headlines to know this morning:

• An exterminator discovered possible human remains inside a chimney at a Queens public school Tuesday morning, police said.
• A 93-year-old Bronx great-grandmother was fatally struck by a hit-and-run motorcycle rider on Monday afternoon 
• Rep. Tom Kean Jr. said he was hospitalized with depression, speaking publicly for the first time Tuesday after the New Jersey Republican went missing in action for nearly four months.
• Two people were killed and 20 injured after a coach bus crashed into several other cars and flipped over on the Long Island Expressway Monday night.
• Equipment problems have shuttered Red Hook’s sprawling public pool, leaving a neighborhood that’s home to Brooklyn’s largest public housing complex without a free place to swim during this week's historic heat wave. 

• New Yorkers didn't invent pizza, but the city made it what it is today. You're welcome, America.
• Mamdani and the City Council struck a handshake deal on a $126 billion city budget Tuesday morning, just hours ahead of a legally mandated deadline for the new fiscal year.
• Hillary Clinton made a surprise appearance at Carnegie Hall. 
• You'll probably drink a lot of New York City's famous tap water than usual this week. Why do New Yorker's love its taste so much?
• There's a national diarrhea outbreak, and New Yorkers are getting hit the worst.