Early Addition: 10K preschoolers aren't getting needed services

Also, a look at living in a Queens laundromat. [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.]( [More than 10,000 preschool kids missed required education services this year]( [first image]( [by Emily Nadal]( Good Tuesday morning from New York City where more than 10,000 [students aren't receiving the services they're entitled to]( like speech and occupational therapy. Here's what else is happening: - Also in school news: state lawmakers are close to adding Diwali and the Lunar New Year as official holidays, but [several key points remain undecided and time is running short](. - Wildfire smoke from Canada, this time Quebec, is [continuing to put a damper on NYC's air quality.]( - On Friday, our health editor [wrote a piece]( explaining what bad air quality means for New Yorkers and New Jersey residents. - Insulin prices are finally [starting to drop]( after years of political pressure, but not everyone gets the reduced rate. - Churches, synagogues and mosques are where the city [plans to house 1,000 migrant men](. - Lawmakers in New York are [trying to make it easier to prosecute people]( who make ghost guns with 3D printers. - New Jersey is one of several states considering adding [gambling education to school curricula.]( - A Queens man [calls an old laundromat home]( for $1,850 a month. - Chatbots aren't creating this newsletter (yet), but they've already [taken over some other writing gigs.]( - A report released Monday showed a tactical NYPD unit is [illegally stopping people at high rates]( 97% of whom are Black and Hispanic. - Mourners paid their respects to animals who died at the hands of different industries [during a Flatiron District funeral procession](. - Gov. Kathy Hochul and N.J. Gov. Phil Murphy teamed up to [pen a letter to textbook publishers]( urging them to not censor information. - This vending machine in Brooklyn [dispenses free birth control and overdose prevention products](. - Is it going to be another "[Hot Girl Summer]( We're not sure. - Actually, it might be a broke girl summer with [student loan payments]( about to make a comeback after a three-year pause. - Abbott Elementary star Tyler James Williams went to Instagram to [express his thoughts on sexuality]( “I’m not gay; but I think the culture of trying to ‘find’ some kind of hidden trait or behavior that a closeted person ‘let slip’ is very dangerous.” - Succession creator Jesse Armstrong went on Fresh Air and [answered a lot of questions about the series finale](. “You can sit at your kitchen table and print out guns and weapons of destruction.” - Alvin Bragg, Manhattan district attorney, [EXPLAINING HOW 3D PRINTERS MAKE GHOST GUNS MORE ACCESSIBLE.]( More from Gothamist [second image]( [NJ primaries are Tuesday and 'anything can happen in a low-turnout election']( Tuesday is primary Election Day in New Jersey, with polls opening at 6 a.m. for state and local elections in New Jersey, including all 40 state Senate seats and all 80 Assembly seats. [We Rely On Your Support]( [MTA set to install protective platform doors at select subway stations in ‘coming months’]( The protective barriers are part of a pilot program meant to stop riders from falling — or being pushed — onto the train tracks. [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.