Large buildings aren't sinking NYC

Plus: NJ’s best gas station food. [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 is sinking — but it's not because of large buildings]( [first image]( Today's newsletter curated by [James Ramsay]( and [Emily Nadal]( Weather: ☀️ We're really getting spoiled with these warm, sunny days this week. It may feel crisp outside now, but will it soon be shorts weather? Time will tell. Good Tuesday morning in New York City, where [we’re sinking]( at a rate of half a foot per century. After a study earlier this year suggested that tall buildings sitting on landfill were pushing the city down, new NASA-led research found that even non-landfill areas are losing elevation. Scientists’ big concern: How will a sinking city [manage flooding]( in the face of climate change and sea-level rise? Here's what else is happening: - The number of anti-Asian bias incidents in New York City are likely [far more than what the data shows]( because the problem is underreported, according to a new report from the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. - Woodhull Hospital in Brooklyn is [making progress on repairs]( after Friday’s storms, but it remains closed. The hospital evacuated 116 patients on Friday due to equipment damage caused by heavy rainfall. - After Rep. Jamaal Bowman [pulled a fire alarm at the Capitol]( last weekend, sparking an onslaught of Republican criticism, the congressman’s office gave fellow Democrats a sheet of talking points that included the line, “Republicans need to instead focus their energy on the Nazi members of their party before anything else.” (He has since denounced the statement.) - Charlotte Sena, the 9-year-old girl who went missing at Moreau Lake State Park in Saratoga County Saturday, has been [found “safe and in good health.”]( A suspect is also in custody. - “It’s not that complicated. I could do it in about five minutes.”: Gov. Kathy Hochul said yesterday that if she were in the House of Representatives right now, [she could easily fix]( the country’s immigration system. - Drivers are still waiting to find out how much the city’s new congestion pricing tolls will cost them. During a transportation panel public meeting yesterday, [costs (again) weren’t sorted out]( but new exemptions to the tolls were suggested, including commuter buses and certain government vehicles. - A veteran New York Times editor and middling saxophonist wrote about the joys of [playing his old sax]( for people stuck in traffic on the West Side Highway. - A 12-year-old boy and his 11-year-old sister have been missing from their [Queens home since Monday afternoon.]( - The [late night shows]( made their post-writers-strike return last night. - Should we expect the MTA to create a flood-proof subway system? [Auditors and transit experts disagree]( about the best way to operate a transit network in an era of extreme weather. - Here are the [top 10 dishes]( you can get at QuickCheck, Wawa or 7-Eleven, according to NorthJersey.com’s food reporter. - Manhattan just got its very own public beach, just don’t get in the water. The Gansevoort Peninsula [opened Monday in Hudson River Park]( along the Hudson River and, according to Gov. Kathy Hochul, is the largest park the city has built since Central Park. - For $8,000, you can have [this cool photographer]( in Los Angeles spend half a day taking sexy photos of you. - Mayor Eric Adams is [headed on a four-day trip]( to Mexico, Ecuador and Colombia this week, which includes a visit to the Darién Gap, a dangerous Colombian jungle crossing which thousands of migrants utilized over the past year. The trip is not funded by taxpayer dollars. - Scientists have confirmed that basically, cat people are [more intellectual]( than dog people. “Much like a mattress, if you push down, you get a sort of depression underneath the mattress and then a bulge on the edge. Those [bulges] come up as you lift yourself [off the mattress].” - Robert Kopp, co-author of a study analyzing Nyc's elevation, [EXPLAINING HOW THE CITY IS SINKING.]( More from Gothamist [second image]( [NYC mayor's top advisor calls on feds to 'close the borders' to stop flow of migrants]( A top advisor to Mayor Eric Adams on Sunday called for the federal government to “close the borders” in order to prevent more migrants from coming to New York City. [US Supreme Court rejects challenge to NY’s rent stabilization laws, but two cases linger]( Landlord groups are trying to topple New York's rent stabilization system, which caps legal yearly rent increases on roughly 1 million apartments in New York City. [We Rely On Your Support]( [NYC’s public hospitals to offer abortion pills via telehealth, despite uncertainty in courts]( Starting this week, NYC Health + Hospitals will offer patients the option of getting an abortion from home by consulting with a clinician via telemedicine and then receiving the pills in the mail. [Rikers watchdog wins back 'unfettered' access to live video from NYC jails]( One Board of Correction member said eight months without independent video access has hurt the watchdog group’s ability to monitor what’s happening at Rikers. [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.