Early Addition: Go outside! Here's how.

Also: Planes keep nearly crashing into each other [View this email in a browser.]( Welcome to Early Addition, a daily newsletter where our journalists guide you through local stories you need to know, plus tidbits from around the internet. [A guide to New York City's pools, parks and more]( [overhead shot of people on the beach]( [by James Ramsay]( Good Friday morning in New York City, where it's very hard to keep up with [which outdoor spaces are open and when](. Here's what else is happening: - More New Yorkers — including the growing migrant population — will soon [be eligible for rental assistance](. Mayor Eric Adams and the [Daily News Editorial Board]( are not happy about it. - An NYPD squad car driver was caught on video [swerving around and trying to box in (or hit?) a moped driver]( on the Van Wyck Expressway this week. - The Staten Island Ferry is [still running with major delays]( this morning after staffing shortages yesterday created a nightmarish afternoon commute. - Unionized ferry workers, who've been pushing for raises while working for [more than a decade without a contract]( say this has been an ongoing problem. - A Queens dog groomer who allegedly killed a Maltese by hitting it with scissors and picking it up by the neck has been [charged with animal abuse](. - The family of Christina Yuna Lee, who was fatally stabbed in her Chinatown apartment last year, is [suing the NYPD for negligence]( claiming officers didn't show up until more than an hour after neighbors placed 911 calls. - "We spent a week in Texas and then we came here because we heard this is a place where they help immigrants": Curbed spoke with asylum-seekers staying in a vacant Midtown office building. Nearly all of them said [they're happy to be here and desperate to get jobs](. - New York City now has [Uber for teens]( which allows 13-to-17-year-olds to hail their own rides — and allows their parents to track them. - [Don't go to MetLife Stadium this weekend]( unless you actually have tickets to see Taylor Swift. (As a consolation, you can listen to the "Karma" ft. Ice Spice remix from the comfort of your couch.) - A former trainer and manager at an [Upper East Side Equinox]( said she was fired because she's a Black woman. A Manhattan jury agreed, and awarded her $11.25 million. - Ahead of the Succession series finale, [hear Alison Stewart's conversation with Zoe Winters]( who plays Kerry, Logan Roy's assistant (and final girlfriend). - Airplanes keep [nearly crashing into each other]( on American runways, and aviation officials aren't sure why. - 5,000 previously undiscovered species of [deep sea creatures]( just dropped. - A bear casually stole [a bunch of cupcakes]( from a Connecticut bakery. - Programming note: The Early Addition newsletter is off for Memorial Day, and will return on Tuesday, May 30. “We're very short staffed in our positions and it's affected service for the last two years ... all it takes is one or two people [to call out sick] and it gets even worse.” - Roland Rexha, secretary treasurer of the Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association on [today's Staten island ferry service disruptions]( More from Gothamist [migrants getting off a bus at Port Authority]( [Advocates say migrants from southern border only a piece of NYC’s rise in homelessness]( Volunteers helping migrants in New York City say they haven’t seen nearly as many new arrivals as the mayor's office has cited in recent weeks. [City Hall stopped sharing detailed migrant counts a week before Adams reported an influx]( The withholding of more granular and precise information comes amid scrutiny over the reporting and accuracy of the city’s data on migrants. [We Rely On Your Support]( [Storied Gowanus squatter haven the Batcave reborn as community arts facility]( An old powerhouse has been turned into an affordable work and performance space meant to help artists who'd otherwise get priced out of the city. [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.