A 23-year-old OD’d at the Brooklyn Mirage in 2021. It wasn’t reported to regulators.

Also, this summer's heat brought to you by climate change. [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.]( [A 23-year-old OD’d at the Brooklyn Mirage in 2021. It wasn’t reported to regulators.]( [first image]( [Today's newsletter curated by Emily Nadal]( Weather: ☔ What a messy way to start the work week. Rain is expected until later this afternoon, with temperatures staying in the upper 60s. Stay dry out there! It’s Monday in New York City, and we’ve just published a new investigation from reporter Jon Campbell. A 23-year-old died from an overdose at Brooklyn Mirage in 2021. [A Gothamist investigation shows state liquor regulators were never notified of the death]( and that NYPD claims about the extent of its investigation contradict the venue’s account of events. Now, the Brooklyn Mirage is facing a new round of safety concerns after a series of events this summer that captured national headlines. Here's what else is happening: - A new study by Climate Central, a climate science nonprofit, showed that climate change [contributed to four weeks worth of sweltering weather in New York City]( between June and August. And that weather wasn’t a one-off event, there’s more of it in our future. - Thousands of protestors from around the globe [flocked to downtown Manhattan over the weekend]( for the city’s first climate march since 2019 to call on the Biden administration to move away from fossil fuels and oil pipeline projects. - New York Fashion Week wrapped up this weekend, and the stars of one Saturday night show in Harlem [were formley incarcerated models.]( - The co-founder of Rolling Stone magazine, Jann Wenner, [was removed from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s board of directors]( over comments he made that Black and female musicians were not articulate. - The Bronx neighbors of a [day care where a 1-year-old boy died and three other children were hospitalized]( from opioid exposure on Friday say [their community has become overrun with fentanyl.]( - The price of parking meters in the city’s most congested areas [will start increasing next month]( with Manhattan drivers seeing higher costs first on October 16. - A [string of white lights in the sky above New Jersey]( on Saturday night were not UFOs, they were actually Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starlink satellites. - MTA ridership numbers [were at a seasonal high last week]( with more than 4 million commuters returning to the rails on separate days. This time of year is an important marker for MTA leadership officials tracking New Yorkers’ return to the subway. - Spotted lanternflies may [not be as harmful to hardwood trees as we previously thought,]( but that shouldn’t deter you from continuing to do your duty of stomping all of them out. - The CEO of DcoGo, the medical services provider who was just awarded a $432 million, no-bid contract with the city to house and care for migrants, [resigned on Friday after a report that he lied about having a degree from Clarkson University.]( - Twenty-seven Boston Markets in New Jersey have been closed for over a month after the Department of Labor issued stop-work orders over unpaid wages. [The owner has since paid out more $630,000 to hundreds of workers]( and the eateries will be allowed to operate again. - An e-bike rider traveling in the wrong direction up 2nd Avenue in Manhattan [hit a 59-year-old woman Friday night]( sending her to the hospital in critical condition. - “Echoes – A Voice from Unchartered Waters,” is the name of a [new art piece on display in the Garment District]( featuring a 55-foot-long whale with interactive sound and light. You can check it out until November 13. - The site of the original Scarr’s Pizza in the Lower East Side [is now an eight-seat sushi counter](. The inside still gives very retro vibes, but the details have been tweaked to be more fitting for a Japanese restaurant. Oh and getting a reservation is nearly impossible. “It just felt so sad to me. This young Latina, who's not rich — no one cares. Like, no one is doing anything about it.” - Cynthia Angel, [THE AUNT OF GENESIS REYNOSO, WHO OVERDOSED AT THE BROOKLYN MIRAGE IN 2021.]( More from Gothamist [second image]( [15 fun things to do in NYC this fall that won’t break the bank]( Events to get you fired up about NYC, humanity and more. [NYC finalizes deal with federal government to use Floyd Bennett Field to house migrants]( Mayor Adams announced the agreement Friday and said the federal government needs to do more to help the situation. [We Rely On Your Support]( [Teen who shot 3 bystanders with a ghost gun in the Bronx sentenced to 15 to life]( A teen who shot three students outside a Bronx high school last year, killing one of them, offered a brief apology in court Friday before he was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison. 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