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Thursday May 20, 2021 ADVERTISEMENT [Photos: Explore Little Island, NYC's Luxurious New Floating Park On The Hudson]( [Little Island, in the Hudson River, before opening day]( [Park-goers will soon have access to a lush and dazzling green space, intersected by winding pathways and weathered steel arches that towers above the Hudson River in concrete pods.]( ADVERTISEMENT ICYMI: More Stories From Today [Thick arrows on map shows how the coronavirus spread between boroughs in the spring of 2020 with Queens and Brooklyn serving as the major hubs of infection.]( [Map: How The Coronavirus Moved Around NYC During The First Wave]( A new study shows Queens as a top transmission hub for the virus last spring, most likely due to less health surveillance being available for the borough's essential workforce. [empire state building]( [NYC Mayoral Candidates Tell Us Which NYC Building They'd Tear Down & More]( In a survey we sent to the leading Democratic candidates, we asked a few simple questions related to the city they want to run—their answers offer a little bit of insight into who they are as New Yorkers. [Mutual aid group volunteers sit outside the shuttered Bushwick Educational Campus to help direct people who show up to the new site.]( [After City Relocates COVID Vaccine Hub, Bushwick Neighbors Step In To Ease Confusion]( In recent weeks, volunteers from two mutual aid groups offered information, directions and free rides to about 700 people who showed up at the old location. [Nas, Fat Joe, LL Cool J, Mayor Bill de Blasio and dignitaries LL Cool J deliver remarks at the groundbreaking of Bronx Point and the Universal Hip Hop Museum in the Bronx in New York.]( [First-Ever And "Long Overdue" Hip Hop Museum Groundbreaking Draws Luminaries To The Bronx]( "It's a long journey, but a very worthwhile journey to see what should have happened already is finally happening." [A black and white photo of a masked Maya Wiley, with the Barclays Center oculus in the background. The oculus has a projected quote from John Lewis, "We will stand up for what is right, for what is fair and what is just."]( [“We Are Queens, We Are Qualified”: Maya Wiley Focuses On Finish Line In Pivotal Mayoral Race]( Wiley is fresh off of a standout performance during the first mayoral debate last week; according to her campaign, this week she had her single biggest day of fundraising yet. [Photograph of Nancy Toh wearing a red jacket and smiling while standing in front of a cherry blossom tree]( [White Plains Police Arrested A Homeless Man For Assaulting An Asian-American Woman. Then The Case Fell Apart.]( An internal document from the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office raises serious concerns about police conduct in the high-profile case. [Musicians playing the violin and other string instruments perform]( [MTA’s Underground Music Program To Resume In June]( The full roster of 350 artists will be phased in over the next few months. [Colorized scanning electron micrograph of an apoptotic cell (teal) infected with SARS-COV-2 virus particles (purple), isolated from a patient sample. Image captured at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Maryland.]( [Coronavirus Statistics: Tracking The Epidemic In New York]( These charts show the growth of COVID-19 in New York City and State, as well as in NYC boroughs. ADVERTISEMENT [Support Us]( [Gothamist on Facebook]( [Gothamist on Twitter]( NYPR Network [WNYC]( [Gothamist]( [WNYC Studios]( [NJPR]( [WQXR]( [New Sounds]( This email was sent to {EMAIL} from this list](    [update subscription preferences]( New York Public Radio · 160 Varick Street · New York, NY 10013 · USA