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Plus: The private dinner with Mayor Adams and 10 Clinton Hill resitdents [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.]( [New York City supers are begging you to break down your cardboard boxes]( [first image]( [Today's newsletter curated by Brooks Brunson]( Weather: ☀️ Don't fall for the tricks of late summer (see what I did there?!). Temps may have plummeted below 60 this morning for the first time in a real hot minute, and the high isn't expected to exceed 74 degrees today. But don't be fooled — it's [fake fall](. Enjoy it while it lasts. Conditions will be mostly sunny with a light breeze. It's Wednesday in New York City, where [supers are literally begging tenants]( to start breaking down their packages. Why is this increasingly becoming an issue? According to last year's sanitation study, the average NYC household put out 97 pounds (!) of cardboard recycling in 2023. That's up from a mere 35 pounds in 2005. Some supers have theories on why tenants are setting out fully upright boxes. [Read them here.]( And then check out these other links on our radar today: - Ten Clinton Hill residents found a sympathetic ear, they say, in Mayor Eric Adams at a private dinner where they [shared concerns over the migrant shelter in their neighborhood](. - Meanwhile, the city is [moving 800 residents]( from its migrant encampment on Randall's Island. - Adams plans to head to Chicago today for the Democratic National Convention even though he reportedly was [not offered a coveted speaking spot](. - Last week, Elizabeth Kim wrote about how Adams' subpoenas in a federal corruption probe of his 2021 campaign could [pose a problem]( for his ability to flex his political clout at the DNC. - [Here's who else is repping New York at the convention](. - More [human remains were found by the shore]( in Brooklyn Bridge Park overnight, police said – just days after officials found a human skull and bones nearby. - Last week, Disney claimed that a Long Island man, who was suing the theme park after his wife died from an allergic reaction at a Disney World restaurant, had actually agreed to settle any disputes outside of court when he signed up for a Disney+ streaming account. [After major backlash, Disney is now backing down from this argument.]( - The city is [planning to move forward]( with a controversial street redesign of the second half of McGuinness Boulevard in Greenpoint, despite objections from elected officials and advocates. - New Jersey farmworkers are currently getting paid below minimum wage, but [a new lawsuit could change that](. - You may have experienced more pain from a friendship breakup than from the end of a romantic relationship. [Why is that?]( - Yesterday, the state’s highest court [upheld a law granting all eligible New Yorkers the right to vote by mail](. The decision rejected a Republican-led lawsuit which claimed the law was unconstitutional. - Lucy's, a beloved East Village dive bar that shutdown over threat of eviction last year, is a step closer to pouring drinks once again, thanks to [new owners who say they won't change a thing](. “Sometimes if you can't get help, you’ve just got to go through the boss” - Renee Collymore, who [ATTENDED A PRIVATE DINNER WITH MAYOR ADAMS]( as well as prior town halls and protests related to a CLinton Hill migrant shelter More from Gothamist [second image]( [Where can you buy weed legally in NYC? Use this map and other tips.]( With the recreational marijuana market still in flux, there is a chaotic mix of regulated and rogue weed stores lining city streets and showing up in online search results for a “dispensary near me.” [This should help clear things up.]( [What New Yorkers need to know about the international mpox outbreak]( Public health experts are warning that New York City should be prepared in case the more deadly strain of the virus makes its way here. [We Rely On Your Support]( [MTA dispatcher responsible for timekeeping guidance fudged his own timesheets, per investigation]( An MTA employee of nearly 30 years was caught fudging his timesheets and carving time off the ends of his shifts — even though his job was to guide other MTA workers on payroll and timekeeping issues. [NYC has a tool to keep guns away from dangerous people. It barely uses it.]( As more New Yorkers seek to arm themselves following a 2022 U.S. Supreme Court ruling, gun safety experts say city officials could be missing opportunities to prevent shootings. [Instagram]( [Instagram]( [Facebook]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Twitter]( [New York Public Radio] [WNYC]( | [WQXR]( | [NJPR]( | [GOTHAMIST]( [WNYC STUDIOS]( | [THE GREENE SPACE]( Copyright © New York Public Radio. All rights reserved. 160 Varick Street, New York, NY 10013 [TERMS OF USE]( You can update your [PREFERENCES]( or [UNSUBSCRIBE]( from this list.