East Broadway Mall's multimillion-dollar makeover

Plus: De Blasio's new bachelor pad [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.]( [Merchants at Chinatown's East Broadway Mall wonder if they'll survive after its rebirth]( [first image]( [Today's newsletter curated by James Ramsay]( Weather: ☀️ T-shirt conditions, with sunny skies and highs in the mid 80s. Good Wednesday morning in New York City, where the East Broadway Mall in Chinatown is about to undergo [a $5 million gut renovation](. Local officials say the mall in its current state is a "ghost town" in sore need of a facelift. But longtime merchants, who remember the mall's heyday as a hub for the Fujianese community, fear they may not have a future in a new tourist-oriented shopping hub. Here's what else is happening: - Mayor Eric Adams departs this afternoon on [a four-day Latin American trip]( to learn more about the path migrants are taking to reach the U.S., according to City Hall. - This comes a day after his office moved ahead with legal efforts to [suspend New York City’s landmark right to shelter rules]( potentially denying migrants — or any single homeless individuals — a place to say. - A 43-year-old man has been indicted in Manhattan on charges that [he beat a 60-year-old woman with a cane]( inside a Harlem subway station last month. - The 33rd Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade is [back on](. After the parade was initially canceled last week — organizers said they couldn't afford the city's $50,000 fee to close the streets — a Connecticut-based dog wellness company stepped in to sponsor the event. - Bill de Blasio is renting himself [a one-bedroom bachelor pad]( near Columbus Circle because he wanted "to try something new," a source told NY1. - Death, Sex & Money has a great interview with [a New York City mover]( about the kind of stuff you witness ... as a New York City mover. - The judge in Donald Trump's civil business fraud trial issued a gag order against Trump yesterday after the former president kept [going outside the courtroom to rant]( about things being "rigged." - Multiple New York City public school teachers have complained to Gothamist that the city's most widely used new literacy curriculum is [rigid, dry and fails to highlight enough authors and characters of color](. - The Department of Education is also under fire for its response to last Friday's rainstorm, with Schools Chancellor David Banks admitting yesterday that officials [misused the term "shelter in place"]( when informing the public how to protect themselves. - Central Park’s Great Lawn is closed for repairs and won't reopen until at least April, following [heavy flooding and extensive damage]( from last month's Global Citizen Festival. - WQXR is heading back to Queens for a Classical Kids Fair at the Queens Theatre [this Sunday, October 8th](. Admission is free! - If our phones don't buzz at 2:20 p.m. for the scheduled [federal emergency alert system test]( something's wrong. - Bowling, but make it [fashion](. - Competitive trash hauling, but make it [Italian](. [“Any time a dog’s joy is threatened, we want to help.”]( - Tom Arrix, CEO OF GET JOY, the dog wellness startup sponsoring this year's [TOMPKINS SQUARE HALLOWEEN DOG PARADE]( More from Gothamist [second image]( [Slain NYC man remembered as tireless advocate, beloved colleague]( Environmental activists, city officials, family and friends are grieving over the unprovoked killing of Ryan Thoresen Carson, a 31-year-old Brooklyn man who worked for years as an advocate for environmental causes and harm reduction. Police said Thoresen Carson was stabbed to death at a Brooklyn bus stop early Sunday morning. [No vaping or fare evasion: MTA asks riders to be 'courteous' as more return to subway, buses]( A revamped "courtesy campaign" announced Tuesday will display advertisements discouraging riders from blocking subway car doors, wearing backpacks on crowded trains, vaping and evading fares. [We Rely On Your Support]( [After the actors’ and writers’ strikes, what’s next for NYC’s film and TV industries?]( Experts predict a weakened era for the entertainment industry, with fewer scripted options for viewers and fewer jobs for New Yorkers working on set. [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.