Weather: ☀️ Mostly sunny, hazy from incoming wildfire smoke, highs in the upper 90s with heat index values up to 104. Public libraries are giving out free KN95 masks today for anyone struggling with the air quality.
It's Wednesday in New York City, where food pantries say they’re already seeing longer lines as schools that offer free meals close for the summer and gas prices remain stubbornly high.
And they worry they’ll run out of supplies once more New Yorkers — as many as 42,000, according to city officials — begin losing their federal food stamp benefits under the Trump administration's new work requirements.
The office-to-residential conversion plans at the 42nd Street building that nearly collapsed earlier this month were not peer reviewed. Some engineers say that was a mistake.
The number of Upper East Side buildings that have tested positive for Legionella has more than doubled since the city identified 31 affected sites last week.
Mahmoud Khalil, the former Columbia University graduate student and pro-Palestinian activist detained for more than 100 days by immigration officials, filed a federal lawsuit yesterday accusing several Trump administration officials and pro-Israel groups of conspiring to suppress his constitutional rights.
Disabled Upper West Siders are suing to block a protected bike lane project on West 72nd Street, arguing that the plan would restrict their ability to get into cars and turn them into "virtual shut-ins."
“To help prevent cyclosporiasis, we strongly recommend cooking your food whenever possible and washing fresh produce thoroughly under clean, running water," said Chantal Gomez, a spokesperson for the city health department.
