NYC’s eviction hotspots

Plus: City Council to grill Adams administration on 60-day shelter stay rule. [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.]( [NYC's eviction hotspots: Tracking the 10K removals since moratorium ended]( [first image]( [Today's newsletter curated by Emily Nadal]( Today's weather: ☔ It may be sunny now, but rain is on the way this afternoon. Expect a high of 80 degrees and a low of 65 degrees. It’s Thursday morning in New York City where some neighborhoods are [standing out as eviction hotspots.]( Using data from city records, Gothamist found city marshals have carried out more than 10,000 evictions since the pandemic-spurred eviction moratorium ended in January 2022. That number may be high, but it still pales in comparison to pre-pandemic eviction rates, for now, as cases continue to climb and some communities feel the effect more than others. Have you been evicted? Are you facing eviction? Are people in your building receiving eviction notices? Or are you a property owner who is trying to evict someone? We want to hear from you. [Share your story here.]( Here’s what else is happening: - Mayor Eric Adams’ plan to limit shelter stays in the city for single, adult migrants to 60 days has been hotly contested, and the City Council, who say they’ve been kept out of the loop on the initiative, [plans to probe the idea at an oversight committee hearing this afternoon.]( - A 44-year-old man escaped from Department of Correction custody Wednesday [while being treated at Mount Sinai Hospital](. He has not yet been located. - Jay Z’s 40/40 Club is [closing its Flatiron location]( after two decades in business, with plans to reopen elsewhere in 2024. - Republican lawmakers in New Jersey are claiming the state is going after gas stoves, but there [aren’t actually any policies in place]( or in the works, that would make that happen. - Disney+ will be following Netflix’s lead of [cracking down on password sharing]( after the streaming service announced another drop in subscribers and a price increase. - Police are searching for a driver who [fatally struck a bicyclist in the Bronx]( early Wednesday in a Hunts Point hit-and-run incident. - Weekend service on the 1 and 6 subway lines will be [more frequent thanks to new state funding](. Riders should expect to wait no more than six minutes in between trains. - The future of WeWork hangs in the balance. The office-sharing company’s interim CEO David Tolley said there’s [“substantial doubt” they can stay in business over the next 12 months]( as others in the commercial real estate industry also struggle. - NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captured an [image of a mysterious glowing red question mark]( in space, and experts can’t say for sure what it is. - Howard Redmond, the NYPD inspector who oversaw Former Mayor Bill de Blasio’s security detail, [pleaded guilty Wednesday to six charges]( related to his attempt at obstructing an investigation into de Blasio’s alleged misuse of the detail. - You can’t declare New York an “off-brand city” for getting a $50 speeding ticket without the expectation that [you’ll be dragged for it.]( - It’s hard to capture the magic of a NYC summer block party, but [these illustrations]( are a pretty cute reflection. - A [New Jersey farm will debut]( a 10-acre Barbie-themed corn maze this fall featuring both a short path and a longer one that can take up to an hour to complete. “We deserve transparency from our bureaucracy.” - NYC Councilmember Shahana Hanif [DISCUSSING THE LACK A INFORMATION ABOUT THE NEW 60-DAY SHELTER STAY RULE.]( More from Gothamist [second image]( [NYC’s soaring costs for asylum-seekers now projected to top $12 billion by June 2025]( Mayor Eric Adams, who said ‘this is the budgetary reality’ the city faces, called for more state and federal support. [City’s own Rikers watchdog now wants the jails taken over by feds]( Most of the board members of the city agency that oversees Rikers Island now want the city jails taken over by the federal government. [We Rely On Your Support]( [Rockaway Beach reopens after woman hospitalized from shark bite]( Rockaway Beach was back open Wednesday after being closed off Tuesday following an apparent shark attack. [NYC agrees to limit how many homeless families it sends to Newark through voucher program]( New York City has agreed to slow down how many homeless families it relocates to Newark under a controversial rent voucher program. [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.