Gov. Hochul's go-to catch phrase

Plus: The "it" onion sweeping NYC [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.]( [When it comes to the issues facing New York, Gov. Hochul says 'it's personal']( [first image]( [Today's newsletter curated by James Ramsay]( Weather: ☁️ Extremely humid, with a chance of rain later and highs in the lower 70s. Good Friday morning in New York City, where Gov. Kathy Hochul has [a favorite catch phrase](. Since taking office, Hochul has sprinkled variations of "this is personal to me" into her speeches more than two dozen times, according to Gothamist’s review of her public transcripts. Political observers say that for a Buffalo native who's still introducing herself to New Yorkers, it's a strategy that works. Here's what else is happening: - Police have [arrested an 18-year-old Brooklyn man]( accused of fatally stabbing local activist Ryan Thoresen Carson at a bus stop last Sunday. - "I’m not a person known to resort to violence, so how did I get here?": Frank Robert James, the man who shot 10 people on a Brooklyn N train last year, [lambasted the city’s mental health system]( on Thursday before a federal judge sentenced him to 10 concurrent life sentences plus an additional 10 years in prison. - Mayor Eric Adams told reporters he's paying his own way on his current four-day trip to Latin America, but taxpayers will have to foot the bill for his security detail — and City Hall has so far declined to say [how much that'll cost](. - Detainees and staff at New York City jails face a ["pervasive, imminent risk of harm,"]( according to a brutal new status report from the federal monitor overseeing the jail system. - The Bronx district attorney vowed yesterday to [crack down on home day care centers]( after three people connected to the death of a 1-year-old from fentanyl poisoning were arraigned on second-degree murder charges. - The former campaign treasurer for Rep. George Santos pleaded guilty in federal court yesterday over her role in a scheme to falsify records to [make it look like people were donating to his campaign](. - "There would be a lot more crews available to work if the public would just stop whipping our asses": Subway delays caused by staffing shortages have been steadily rising this year, with the transit workers' union blaming an uptick in [attacks on employees](. - Meanwhile, the MTA has unveiled plans to eventually extend the 2nd Avenue Q line up to 125th Street and then westward [all the way to 125th and Broadway](. - You know that classic fall feeling when you hit the road, make it out of the city, get upstate where there's nothing but fresh air and foliage, and then a rat who hitched a ride all the way from Brooklyn comes [crawling out of your engine onto the hood]( - Sweet Garleek, a new kind of designer onion (half garlic, half leek), is [flying off the shelves]( at New York City Whole Foods stores. - A man who broke into Windsor Castle in 2021 with the intention of [murdering the late Queen Elizabeth II with a crossbow]( has been sentenced to nine years in an English prison. - ["Do we live in a society?"]( In-flight tantrum videos are everything. - [No one]( wants to be an accountant. - [Everyone]( wants to be a snail girl. [“I have had a personal encounter with every single pothole. I said, ‘I'm declaring war on them when I become governor.’ And we did. And so, this is personal to me.”]( - [GOV. KATHY HOCHUL]( speaking in february about her war on potholes More from Gothamist [second image]( [How NYC’s arts scene has changed post-pandemic: 'It's hard to compete with Netflix and the couch']( A panel of industry experts from off-Broadway, music and dance venues spoke with WNYC's "All Things Considered" about the challenge of filling theaters when fewer people are commuting into Manhattan. [We Rely On Your Support]( [In a reversal, wealthy Manhattan school district to screen students for new middle school honors program]( After fierce lobbying from parents, District 2 — which includes the Upper East Side and Tribeca — will now "screen" again for students applying to honors programs within four middle schools. [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.