What to know about NYC's new long COVID center

Plus: 1 in 10 public restrooms are out of order [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.]( [Mt. Sinai opens long COVID center for NYC communities slammed in pandemic]( [first image]( [Today's newsletter is curated by James Ramsay]( Weather: ☀️ Sunny, highs in the lower 80s. It's Monday in New York City, where long COVID and how to treat it still remain largely a mystery. To better understand the needs of long COVID patients — especially in the East Harlem and Bronx communities hardest hit by the pandemic — Mount Sinai has opened a post-COVID care and research center on East 102nd Street. [Here's what the doctors are looking to accomplish](. And here's what else is happening: - As if it wasn’t hard enough already to find a bathroom in New York City, around 11% of public restrooms [are out of commission]( according to a new Gothamist analysis of city data. - G train update: Service will resume today between the the Bedford–Nostrand Avenues stop and the Court Square stop as [construction begins on the stretch between Bedford–Nostrand and Church Avenue]( marking the final phase of a monthslong service interruption for signal upgrades. - Since the start of 2023, the 20-building LeFrak City housing complex in Queens has been the site of more evictions than anywhere else in the five boroughs. The complex’s owner is suing the state court system [to try to speed up the eviction process](. - The Legal Aid society said the city has paid out at least $82 million in police misconduct lawsuits so far this year — [a 61% increase from the same period last year](. - After an almost year-long delay due to budget cuts, officials said the Queens Public Library’s [renovated Broadway branch in Astoria]( will reopen today. - A first of its kind cultural center and museum dedicated to [Dominican history and heritage]( is coming to Inwood. - Bracing for possible protests as students return this fall, Columbia University said it will begin [restricting access to its Morningside campus]( to those with school IDs and their pre-authorized guests. - New York City's 400 hottest bus stops, many of which are located in lower-income communities of color, are an average of [14.5 degrees warmer]( than the 400 coolest bus stops. - New research indicates that more birds die from [crashing into New York City windows]( than previously thought. - There are many reasons why Mayor Eric Adams could very well [win a second term](. - The new dating app trend is saying in your profile that you live in New York City [when you actually live in New Jersey](. - Business is booming at [this fake snow factory]( in Buffalo. - The family of Isaac Hayes, the late soul singer who wrote the classic "Hold On, I’m Comin," is suing Donald Trump's campaign to get it to [stop playing the song at rallies]( (and to pay $3 million in licensing fees for past usage). - Trump has also been asked to stop playing "My Heart Will Go On" at rallies, with Celine Dion suggesting that [it's weird to use a song associated with the sinking of the Titanic](. - The [Olympic breaking judges]( said Australian B-Girl Raygun brought "originality" and "something new to the table," so the haters can shut up. [“It doesn't matter what ZIP code you're in – you should be able to be within walking distance of a public restroom at all times.”]( - Teddy Siegel, the creator of Got2GoNYC — a crowdsourced list of public and private NYC restrooms — on [THE FREQUENCY OF CLOSED BATHROOMS]( More from Gothamist [second image]( [Where to donate backpacks and other back-to-school supplies in NYC]( Local public schools reopen on Sept. 5, and more than 119,000 New York City students — or 1 in 9 — are homeless. That’s a record number, driven in part by the arrival of tens of thousands of migrant families. A quarter of New York City children live in poverty. [Women firefighters allege sexist culture as FDNY commissioner quits]( The resignation of FDNY Commissioner Laura Kavanagh after less than two years on the job has renewed attention to the fire department's gender gap, as well as long-standing complaints about sexism and harassment. 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