Eric Garner’s 'I can’t breathe' echoes 10 years after his death

Plus: How to avoid heat illness as temps near 100 [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.]( [Eric Garner’s ‘I can’t breathe’ continues to echo across NYC and the world 10 years after his death]( [first image]( [Today's newsletter is curated by James Ramsay]( Weather: ☀️⛈️ Sunny this morning, possible thunderstorms later, highs in the mid 90s and heat index values nearing 100. It's Tuesday in New York City, where Eric Garner was killed by an NYPD officer on a Staten Island sidewalk 10 years ago this week. Here's how Garner's death — and [his dying words of "I can't breathe," which he uttered 11 times]( while a cop held him in a fatal chokehold — has and hasn't changed the way the city views police violence against Black New Yorkers. And here's what else is happening: - This heat is serious. [The advice from health officials]( Stay hydrated, seek air-conditioned spaces and check on any neighbors you know are vulnerable. - New fundraising data shows that State Sen. Zellnor Myrie, Comptroller Brad Lander and former Comptroller Scott Stringer [have all raised six-figure sums]( in their bids to challenge Mayor Eric Adams for the 2025 Democratic mayoral nomination. - Police said [a 5-year-old boy died]( Sunday morning in the Bronx after officers found him unconscious and unresponsive in his home. - New York City’s social services agency will soon begin slashing safety net benefits for the lowest-income residents if they fail to meet work requirements, [according to an email obtained by Gothamist](. - Grand Street Settlement, a social services provider, is opening six new child care centers in the Bronx and one in Sunset Park that'll offer [free, year-round care for kids up to age 5](. - The announcement comes amid new data showing that [the cost of child care]( has been driving families with young kids to flee the city. - New York Attorney General Letitia James and the New York Civil Liberties Union sued Nassau County on Monday, just hours after the county executive [signed a law banning transgender girls and women from playing sports]( at county-run facilities. - A new estimate says the MTA likely spent $1 billion on its preparations for congestion pricing — [all of which will likely go down the drain]( after Gov. Kathy Hochul suspended the new system. - A New York City man who went swimming off Breezy Point yesterday morning and got sucked out by a rip tide was later rescued two miles from Sandy Hook, New Jersey, after [treading water for hours](. - Several Queens lawmakers are trying to get the state to classify reckless driving in a parking lot as a misdemeanor after repeated complaints of people [drag racing and doing donuts]( in a Fresh Meadows shopping center. - The city is [cracking down]( on kava bars. - A "spy" told Page Six that Hailey "Hawk Tuah Girl" Welch, who's been [raking in appearance fees at bars on Long Island]( plans to devote some of that money to "animals and giving pizza to the homeless." - The national anthem singer at last night's Home Run Derby [put her own spin on the classic](. - "My sausage-like fingers are not sexy. But they have given me one incredible talent." (The talent is [carrying four pints of beer]( at the same time.) - Dreading this heat? [Crop your tee]( [“It is no longer sort of an established national narrative that this Black human must have done something wrong or was about to do something wrong so that it's fine that the police used excessive force.”]( - Vince Warren, executive director of the Center for Constitutional Rights, on [HOW THE DEATH OF ERIC GARNER CHANGED PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS OF POLICE VIOLENCE]( More from Gothamist [second image]( [How to travel with friends (and stay friends): Advice from an NYC etiquette expert]( Horror stories about going on vacation with friends aren't a reason to not try it. Here's one etiquette expert's advice on handling jet lag, alone time and what to do when your friend makes way more (or less) money than you. [They’re about to be evicted from low-cost apartments. 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