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There's a tool for that [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.]( [Want to learn about the judges on the ballot in New York? There’s a tool for that.]( [first image]( [Today's newsletter is curated by James Ramsay]( Weather: ☀️ Sunny, highs in the upper 70s. It's Monday in New York City, where it's easy to walk into a voting booth knowing absolutely nothing about the judge candidates at the end of your ballot. The criminal justice advocacy group Scrutinize seeks to change that by offering a searchable database with information on judicial candidates, including their history of criminal sentencing, keeping defendants in jail pretrial and making decisions that were later reversed by higher courts. [Here's what the database reveals about more than 20 judges up for reelection or reappointment this year](. 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The New Jersey drivers who [she met at restaurants in Manhattan]( had something to do with it. - The New York Blood Center says its supply of O-negative blood — the kind that can be used to treat any patient — [is critically low](. - A new City Council bill that would require whoever hires an apartment broker — the tenant or the landlord — to pay the broker fee will go [up for debate in a committee hearing]( on Wednesday. - Sunnyside, Queens residents who were displaced last year when their multiunit apartment building caught fire rallied Saturday to demand that their landlord [extend the leases for the units where they're temporarily living](. - The Parks Department is hosting a meeting in Queens today to gather community input about plans to restore the Ramblersville shoreline, which was severely damaged during Hurricane Sandy and [remains vulnerable to rising sea levels](. - The Christopher Street 1 train station in the West Village [is set to be renamed]( the Christopher Street-Stonewall National Monument station in honor of the site that's considered the birthplace of the LGBTQ+ rights movement. - WNYC has a brand new app! Listen to WNYC radio live, catch up on podcasts and read stories from Gothamist and NPR. [Download it here](. - A New York car dealership association is [hosting a fundraiser for Gov. Hochul]( after her move to halt congestion pricing. - New York City neighborhoods with historic and landmarked homes are particularly offended by the city's plans to install 32-foot 5G towers because they're ugly. 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