Migrants agree to tour relief center; Mount Sinai investigating infant death during nurses' strike; and more

We are supported by our readers. Consider donating to fund the local reporting you rely on. [View in Browser]( Tuesday January 31, 2023 [Donate now]( ADVERTISEMENT [Migrants’ representatives agree to tour ‘relief center’ as NYC hotel standoff continues]( [Migrants are camped outside the Watson Hotel in Midtown.]( [Several dozen migrants have been camped out in front of the Watson Hotel since Sunday night after refusing to move to a 1,000-bed shelter at the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal.]( ADVERTISEMENT More Stories From Today [The Highline Park covered in blooming foliage.]( [Housing costs drive New Yorkers out of state, report finds]( [A fiscal policy group looked at the most common county-to-county moves from New Yorkers and found homes savings far outpace tax relief.]( [An entrance to Mt. Sinai Hospital with protesters out front holding signs, including one reading "quality care for all."]( [Mount Sinai investigating newborn’s death during NYC nurses' strike]( [The 4-month-old baby died in Mount Sinai’s neonatal intensive care unit on Jan. 11. The hospital initiated a review of his death last week, according to internal communications reviewed by Gothamist.]( [Republican Representative from New York George Santos (C) responds to a question from the news media as he departs from a Republican caucus meeting in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.]( [‘The guy’s a laughingstock’: Local donors and constituents say George Santos should step down]( [The Newsday/Siena College poll comes the same day as Santos recused himself from committee assignments.]( [Balance sign in a courtroom]( [Judge throws out perjury case against former NYPD detective mid-trial]( [The prosecutor handling the case is under investigation for discovery violations.]( [A field full of illegally dumped trash near Brookville Blvd. and 248th St. in southeast Queens.]( [Illegal dumping trashes NYC’s lower-income areas]( [Residents of some of the city’s poorest neighborhoods want officials to do more to stop scofflaws from discarding construction debris and household trash on their sidewalks and green spaces.]( [Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., leaves a meeting of the House Republican Conference at the Capitol Hill Club on Wednesday, January 25, 2023.]( [Rep. George Santos steps down from House committees pending investigations]( [The Long Island congressman has resisted calls to step down from office over revelations that he fabricated parts of his biography.]( [President Biden speaks on infrastructure funding in Baltimore, Maryland on Jan. 30, 2023.]( [Biden to announce nearly $300M grant for Gateway Tunnel during NYC visit]( [The federal award is a small fraction of the total cost of the project, which is estimated at $16.1 billion.]( [A map of the United States with colors designating temperatures.]( [Beware the ‘tropospheric polar vortex’ approaching NYC Friday]( [Temperatures are expected to plummet to single digits Friday night, with wind chills as low as 20 degrees below zero in some parts of the tristate area.]( [the homecoming concert crowd and state in Forest Hills Stadium]( [LCD Soundsystem, boygenius and Steve Lacy to headline 3-day concert series at Forest Hills Stadium]( [Unlike other major festivals, which usually feature different artists competing for attention with concurrent sets on multiple stages, Re:SET will give fans a full set from every artist on one stage with no conflicts.]( [the Gastronom international grocery store]( [Extra Extra: Nancy Pelosi eats a hot dog for lunch every day and so can you]( [Because one reporter tried out the Pelosi Lifestyle for a week, here are your end of day links: Joan Didion's apartment for sale, another cool apartment for sale, monkeys keep disappearing from zoos and more.]( ADVERTISEMENT [Support Us]( Follow Gothamist on [Gothamist on Facebook]( [Gothamist on Twitter]( NYPR Network [WNYC]() [Gothamist]() [WNYC Studios]() [NJPR]( [WQXR]() [New Sounds]() Copyright © New York Public Radio, 160 Varick St., New York, NY 10013. All rights reserved. [Terms of Use]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe]( from this list.