How is your block's tree shade?

Plus: NYC comptroller calls for more help for homeless New Yorkers. [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.]( [New Yorkers, how much shade does your street really have? This map will tell you.]( [first image]( [Today's newsletter curated by Emily Nadal]( Today's weather: ☁️ Don't let the clouds fool you, it's gonna be a hot one today. Expect a high of 91 degrees (🥵) and a low of 71. It’s Monday morning in New York City and we are throwing shade. A new map allows you to [see just how much shade the trees in your neighborhood provide.]( The research by Cornell University finds that New York City shade is limited and relatively low-quality. Here’s what else is happening: - The city’s comptroller wants the Department of Social Services to [ramp up a program that moves homeless New Yorkers off the streets]( and into apartments while focusing on “long-time stayers” who’ve been stuck in the shelter system for years. - A five-alarm fire in Brooklyn Sunday [destroyed several businesses and injured firefighters]( and an EMS responder. - Another fire at a Queens apartment building Friday night [killed one person and injured four others]( including a 1-year-old child. - Speaking of tree shade, the hottest neighborhood in Manhattan (temperature wise) was found to be Washington Heights which is [over 90% hard surface and only 3% vegetation.]( - With enough space for up to 3,000 new arrivals, the city’s largest migrant relief center [opened Sunday on Randall’s Island.]( - NYC’s rat population increased by roughly 50% since 2010, [from an estimated 2 million 13 years ago to 3 million now]( according to an analysis by M&M Pest Control. - A 29-year-old woman was arrested after she fled the scene of one Midtown car crash, where she [injured seven pedestrians, and then got into a second car crash]( in Queens. - Two other people were arrested in connection with a Friday [car crash at a dangerous Brooklyn intersection]( that resulted in the death of an 18-year-old woman. - A judge ordered three New Jersey school boards to [not notify parents if their children display signs of changing gender expression or identity]( as the state said the alerts would discriminate against transgender students. - Avid swimmers at Brooklyn beaches took matters into their own hands to [try to prevent jet skiers from running over people]( in the water by using a loophole on buoys to install their own. - Over in New Jersey waters, a humpback whale found dead on the Jersey Shore was [likely killed after hitting a ship or boat,]( an analysis showed. - Also at the beach: a wallaby? The NYPD [confiscated a wallaby from a person at the Coney Island boardwalk]( Friday night. The wallaby handler was issued a summons for having the wild marsupial and I have more questions. - A judge has blocked the state from issuing new cannabis licenses under its social equity program [following a challenge from a group of veterans]( questioning its criteria. - A clip posted to Twitter by CBS News shows a [stranger randomly kissing]( Brooklyn Councilwoman Inna Vernikov on the cheek and walking away as she was speaking on camera. - In more sad animal news, the Shiba Inu dog who went viral after he became a meme [died after a cancer battle.]( “Shade and access to shade is a citywide problem." - Alex Kobald, project lead and associate director of the Design Across Scales Lab at Cornell’s College of Architecture, [DISCUSSING NYC'S TREE SHADE.]( More from Gothamist [second image]( [A local's guide to the 24-hour, Eastern European cuisine of Brighton Beach]( Jessica and Trina Quinn, the chef and wife duo behind Dacha 46, guide us through the markets and restaurants in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, also known as “Little Odessa.” [Mayor Adams follows a plant-based diet that he talks about all the time. So I tried it.]( The mayor’s fondness for a plant-based diet regularly creeps into some of the city’s policies. How good can it actually be? [We Rely On Your Support]( [The Yankees are having a rough season. So are some of their fans. “It’s a nightmare.”]( It has been 28 years since the team had a losing record this late in the season – meaning many adult fans have never lived through such a poor performance. [Man who sold more than 10 guns to an undercover NYPD officer sentenced to 7.5 years in prison]( Zaquan Gaillard pleaded guilty to trafficking guns from North and South Carolina. [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.