MTA will revitalize 2 grimy, historic subway stations

Plus: Brooklyn family mourns 19-year-old stabbed at bodega [View this email in a browser.]( Gothamist relies on your support to make local news available to all. Not yet a member? [Consider donating and join today.]( [MTA will spend $100M to revitalize 2 grimy, historic NYC subway stations]( [first image]( [Today's newsletter is curated by James Ramsay]( Weather: ⛅ Mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 40s. It's Tuesday in New York City, where two of the most historic — and dilapidated — subway stations are [set to be restored to their original glory](. Here's how the MTA plans to pair "historically sensitive" repairs at the Chambers Street and 190th Street stations with modern accessibility upgrades. And here's what else is happening: - The NYPD said [police shot and killed a 20-year-old man]( after officers saw him chasing two others with a gun in Brooklyn on Monday evening. - A civil complaint filed in a state court yesterday [formally accuses Mayor Eric Adams of demanding oral sex from an NYPD colleague]( in 1993 and forcing her to touch his penis when she refused to comply. Adams denies the allegations. - A recent settlement between New York City and the Legal Aid Society will require the city to eliminate a waitlist for migrants seeking shelter beds by April 8. [It's unclear how the city will comply](. - The settlement notably keeps in place Mayor Adams' 30-day limits for adult migrant shelter stays, upsetting advocates who [wanted the city's right-to-shelter rule to apply to migrants](. - A federal judge yesterday [questioned the claim]( that New Jersey’s county clerks don’t have time to reprint ballots before this year’s June primary elections. - This comes as the court hears a lawsuit brought by Democratic Senate candidate Rep. Andy Kim challenging [a system that gives party-endorsed candidates preferential ballot placement](. - City Hall has said proposed budget cuts for CUNY wouldn’t severely affect academic programing. [Officials within the university system disagree](. - New Jersey lawmakers yesterday passed a sweeping affordable housing bill they hope will help develop some of [the 200,000-plus homes advocates say are needed]( for low-income residents. - "A lot of us had dreams of having a career with the MTA," said one 21-year-old who's among the transit enthusiasts who've made a hobby of [breaking into out-of-service subway cars and taking them for joyrides](. - The latest survey from the Citizens Budget Commission found that in nearly every sense, New York City residents think [life here has gotten worse over the past seven years](. - City Schools Chancellor David Banks said he’s "fighting like heck" to [reverse the mayor's Pre-K budget cuts](. - Happy [150th birthday]( to the 92nd Street Y. - A New Jersey church is helping hundreds of migrants secure apartments by serving as [a middle-man between landlords and rent-paying tenants](. - Winter storms have eroded Atlantic City's beaches to the point where there's almost no sand, leaving casinos scrambling to [get some beach replenishment]( before the summer season. - General Electric is putting up [a branded light show of 1,000 drones]( off the Weehawken waterfront next month. - MGM Resorts is denying the claim that Bruno Mars is using profits from his MGM residency to [pay off a $50 million gambling debt]( with the casino company. - You can't expect that $1.50 Costco hot dog-and-a-drink combo [to last forever](. - Have some time for a game? [Play]( our mini local news crossword. - Sign up for reminders when we publish new games [here](. [“I love the history. I love the feeling that you're in a place that feels a little bit older. But anytime that the doors don't work, that's the problem. So working would be good.”]( - Subway Rider Jessica Frey on the 190th Street Station in Washington Heights, which [OPENED IN 1932 AND IS DUE FOR A RENOVATION]( More from Gothamist [second image]( [Brooklyn family mourns 19-year-old twin stabbed to death at Park Slope bodega]( The 19-year-old woman who died on Sunday after she was stabbed in the chest at a bodega in Park Slope was a student at Hunter College and an aspiring cosmetologist, her grieving family said. [Want to own your NYC apartment? This nonprofit is helping renters buy their units.]( The East New York Community Land Trust bought a 21-unit, rent-stabilized apartment building on Arlington Avenue for just over $3 million late last month and plans to help tenants convert to co-op units in the coming years. [We Rely On Your Support]( [MTA outreach teams are involuntarily hospitalizing homeless people with signs of mental illness. We rode along for a shift.]( Since the program launched roughly three months ago, SCOUT teams have sent 15 people to the hospital involuntarily for a psychiatric assessment. [NYC buys 180 electric school buses, needs 4,700 more to hit all-battery goal]( The mayor said New York City will put 180 new electric school buses on its roads thanks to a $61 million federal grant, but officials still have a long way to go to meet the city’s climate goal of converting all 5,000 of its school buses to electric power by 2035. 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