Early Addition: The Met's plan to root out looted art

Plus: Flying squirrels own the night [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. [The Met says it has a plan to root out looted art from its collection]( [two Egyptian sculptures at the Met]( [by James Ramsay]( Good Tuesday morning in New York City, where the Metropolitan Museum of Art is still holding an estimated [1,000 artifacts linked to looting and trafficking](. Here's what else is happening: - Peak "Manhattanhenge" hits [tonight at 8:12 p.m.]( when the full glowing orb of the sun will appear to kiss the pavement. - When the sun sets, it's game time for the city's [flying squirrels](. - East New Yorkers are urging the city to speed up installation of traffic lights at the "notorious" intersection of New Lots Avenue and Essex Street, where 14 people were injured in [a chain-reaction collision]( on Sunday involving at least four vehicles, including an MTA bus. - In Newark, a 23-year-old man has been arrested and charged in connection with [a hit-and-run]( in January that left a 5-year-old girl dead and her father and sister injured. - Jordan Neely's family plans to [file a wrongful death lawsuit]( against Daniel Penny, who's facing a second-degree manslaughter charge for choking Neely to death on the subway. - Starting June 21, landlords in New York City will have to let tenants know [if an apartment is in a floodplain]( or has flooded in the past. - The push for transparency comes as climate change threatens to cause more severe flooding for [waterfront NYCHA complexes and other low-income apartments](. - Mayor Eric Adams called out young people for [not being patriotic enough]( during his Memorial Day speech yesterday. - The city is finally planning to expand [the bike lanes on Queens Boulevard]( from Forest Hills to Briarwood, nearly a decade after promising to do so. - Elizabeth Holmes [reports to prison]( today. - "He had doubted that Flo Rida, his son’s favorite artist, would agree to come, but an agent informed him that most big-name musicians are available these days, under the right conditions": The New Yorker's fact-checkers presumably confirmed that Flo Rida, who performed at a Chicago-area teenager's bar mitzvah for a six-figure fee plus private air travel, was indeed [the kid's favorite musician](. - The actor who played Siobhan Roy on Succession was [actually pregnant]( and just gave birth. - I went to a Taylor Swift concert and all I got was [a beaded bracelet]( that says "TBOMTWYSYWIMAHTBRIMCSSIWM." - Here are 23 low-budget ways to [enjoy summer without leaving]( the five boroughs. “You could say the Met is launching a new initiative, or you could say that the Met is scrambling to catch up to what many other major American museums have already realized.” - Erin Thompson, a professor of art crime at john jay college, on [THE MET'S STATED PLAN TO ROOT OUT STOLEN ART]( More from Gothamist [oil drips from an old boiler pipe]( [Thousands of NYC buildings still burn dirty fuels, as owners struggle with looming ban]( Residential buildings must stop using the high-polluting No. 4 heating oil by July 2027, but holdouts say there's too much red tape to make a change. [Rikers detainees at ‘imminent risk' of harm; federal monitor alleges five new ‘disturbing’ incidents]( Leaders of the city jails are allegedly withholding information about grisly incidents, including a case in which a detainee was viciously beaten then left naked and ignored by staff for hours. [We Rely On Your Support]( [‘Perfect storm’ of anti-Asian violence, bias in NY fuels mental health crisis]( Advocates say there's a lack of mental health counselors who speak the "preferred language" and have the cultural competency to work with Asian American and Pacific Islander clientele. [Will NYC have another hot shark summer? Experts say 'maybe' and that's OK.]( While no one wants beachgoers to get bitten, the increase in sharks along our shorelines is a sign of cleaner water and a healthier habitat. [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.