The traffic nightmare outside the Trump trial

Plus: Your guide to NYC sidewalk etiquette [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.]( [NYC cyclists miffed as NYPD closes Lower Manhattan bike lane during Trump trial]( [first image]( [Today's newsletter is curated by James Ramsay]( Weather: ☀️ Sunny, highs in the lower 60s. It's Tuesday in New York City, where former President Donald Trump's criminal trial in Lower Manhattan — and the traffic disruptions that come with it — are expected to drag on for another six weeks. Here's how the security measures around the courthouse are [making things particularly chaotic for cyclists coming off the Brooklyn Bridge](. And here's what else is happening: - Police on Monday night arrested dozens of people at New York University who'd [set up tents in a plaza to protest the Israel-Hamas war](. - Pro-Palestinian protests continued yesterday [on the main lawn]( at Columbia University after the administration ordered all classes to be held remotely. - Federal officials said they have a $1 million proposal to measure and mitigate poisonous vapors from dry cleaners and other businesses that may have "potentially impacted"[more than 1,000 properties in East Williamsburg and Greenpoint]( for decades. - A Gothamist analysis found that more than half of the roughly 1,400 tickets issued by street-vendor enforcement officers in the last year were for vending without a proper license or permit, [despite pledges by City Hall]( to avoid targeting vendors for such violations. - [A third teenager has been arrested]( in connection to February's Bronx subway shooting that left five people injured and one person dead. - A city law department mailroom worker has admitted to [stealing and depositing $600,000]( in checks. - New York's freshly minted state budget includes "good cause" eviction protections to renters across the state. [Here's what that means](. - The Secret Service has been meeting to figure out [how they'd protect Donald Trump if he gets sent to Rikers Island]( or a prison upstate. - [Meet the Long Island dad]( who has used his LIRR commute over the years to become a Candy Crush champion. - Meet the Little Falls, New Jersey man who's 110 years old and [still drives himself everywhere](. - The host of a social media show called "Crackhead Barney & Friends" tried and failed yesterday to get Alec {NAME} to say "Free Palestine" and "F**k Israel" inside a Greenwich Village coffee shop. (Instead, [{NAME} allegedly smacked her phone]( - ["'Hell’s Kitchen' Is the WE❤NYC of Musicals."]( - [Has it gotten windier]( in New Jersey? Residents say "yes," meteorologists say "maybe." - Salt & Straw, a Portland-based ice cream shop famous for weird flavors like pear and blue cheese or buttered mashed potatoes and gravy, [is opening two locations in New York City](. - The "I am not a robot" tests are [getting harder](. National Poetry Month Spotlight A Taste of Home One block away from a bustling street, a Korean BBQ proudly stands on the corner, in the opposite direction, a Hala takeout beckons with alluring flavors. Between them lies an embassy of small eateries: Chinese, Japanese, Jewish, Irish, Italian, Mexican – all American delights. Delicious aromas freely waft through open doorways, melding into the city air, captivating my 5 senses. Multiethnic cuisines unite dynamic cultures & nations, mirroring colors, features & souls of her, him, them, you & me. Only the Big Apple has the fortune to embrace such rich diversity. This is my neighborhood – a mosaic of the vast globe, where each bite encompasses the world, & every meal a reminder of home to many. - Li Ruan, Manhattan For National Poetry Month, we're collecting your poems on the theme of "local": the nearby places you find important, and what’s making news there. [Submit your poem here]( for a chance to have it featured in Early Addition or on WNYC. More from Gothamist [second image]( [We set out to define New York City sidewalk etiquette and received more than 400 answers]( Keep to the right. Don’t spit. Don’t walk in a line of three. Give seniors the right-of-way. But also: Relax and don’t let sidewalk shenanigans ruin your day? [Here's how quickly a New Yorker can come to the brink of homelessness]( Tens of thousands of renters with disabilities and fixed incomes in the city are facing rising housing costs and the risk, or reality, of homelessness. [We Rely On Your Support]( [NYC lacked staff, equipment, communication for Ophelia, comptroller report says]( Comptroller Brad Lander found that, unlike former Mayor Bill de Blasio, Mayor Eric Adams did not have an extreme weather coordinator in place during last September's storm and nearly two-thirds of the city’s trucks that are used to remove trash from catch basins were out of service, which exacerbated flooding. [New York lawmakers approve crackdown on toll evaders ahead of congestion pricing]( Drivers in New York who obscure their license plates to avoid paying tolls will face steep penalties — including the potential loss of their car registration — under legislation passed as part of the state budget. [Instagram]( [Instagram]( [Facebook]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Twitter]( [New York Public Radio] [WNYC]( | [WQXR]( | [NJPR]( | [GOTHAMIST]( [WNYC STUDIOS]( | [THE GREENE SPACE]( Copyright © New York Public Radio. 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