6 months after FBI raid, probes into Mayor Adams' fundraising have only grown

Plus: The war on dog poop [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.]( [Six months after FBI raid, probes into Mayor Adams' fundraising have only grown]( [first image]( [Today's newsletter is curated by James Ramsay]( Weather: ☁️ Foggy this morning, with a chance of afternoon showers and highs in the lower 70s. It's Monday in New York City, where it's been half a year since federal agents seized Mayor Eric Adams’ cell phones and iPad on the streets of Lower Manhattan. As New Yorkers await answers in at least four investigations into the mayor's fundraising, [here’s a refresher on what we know](. And here's what else is happening: - Mayor Adams has joined Gov. Kathy Hochul in calling for New York City colleges to hold graduation ceremonies, despite [ongoing student protests against the war in Gaza](. - The City Council [begins hearings today]( to discuss the mayor's $112 billion budget proposal for the coming fiscal year, which would include: - [A 56% budget cut]( for a critical food emergency program that buoyed hundreds of organizations through the pandemic. - A [$55 million cut]( for the parks department, which advocates warn could lead to overflowing trash, dirty bathrooms and overgrown landscapes in city parks. - A stretch of I-95 in Norwalk, Connecticut fully reopened yesterday, less than four days after [a tanker truck burst into flames]( on the roadway. - Newly released body-worn camera footage shows NYPD officers shot Queens 19-year-old Win Rozario five times in March, killing him next to his mother and little brother in their kitchen [as they pleaded with police not to shoot](. - The New York City Department of Corrections said it's temporarily halting the use of body-worn cameras after [one caught fire on Friday and injured a captain](. - New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams has [requested an independent probe]( into the NYPD’s use of social media after a high-ranking police official said a sitting councilmember "hates our city." - The New York Times has a detailed rundown of [what the MTA plans to do]( with congestion pricing revenue — if the seven lawsuits against the tolling program don't stop it from taking effect. - New York City's Department of Investigation revealed last week that it has filed [disciplinary charges for unspecified infractions]( against 11 of the city's 28 marshals, who are unsalaried mayoral appointees who enforce court-ordered evictions and get to keep 5% of what they collect. - The second annual Debt Gala, a Met Gala alternative that [raises money to relieve medical debt]( was held last night. (The dress code was fashionable pajamas.) - The Condé Nast union, which is pushing for a new contract after a recent round of layoffs, could [potentially picket at tonight's Met Gala]( — and cause a conundrum for movie stars in attendance who recently went on strike with SAG-AFTRA. - Hope Hicks, a former press secretary for President Donald Trump, [starting crying on the witness stand]( at the Trump trial after one of the former president's lawyers asked her "to talk about your time at the Trump Organization." - If your employer uses the HR software Workday, there's a good chance [you hate it](. - The Upper East Side is getting a [Buffalo Wild Wings](. - Lip gloss is [the new avocado toast](. - Everyone's falling asleep to [a 1989 instructional video]( on how to use Microsoft Word. - 👟 Do you run in New York City — and have advice for those looking to start? 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