NYC’s first soccer stadium hits a snag

Plus: NJ mice are getting harder to trap [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’s first soccer stadium hits a snag — the Queens borough president]( [first image]( [Today's newsletter curated by James Ramsay]( Weather: ☀️ Sunny, highs in the upper 60s. Good Thursday morning in New York City, where the 25,000-seat future home of NYCFC could be in jeopardy. Queens Borough President Donovan Richards confirmed to Gothamist that he plans to withhold a key approval for a $780 million soccer stadium at Willets Point unless Mayor Eric Adams reinstates [a popular street vendor market in Corona Plaza](. Here's what else is happening: - Attention New Jersey homeowners and renters: More than 700,000 of you should've woken up to find as much as $1,750 in [property tax relief funds]( deposited into your bank account this morning. - The NYPD said officers are searching for a suspect who [hit multiple commuters]( with a piece of wood from a moving Queens subway last week. - A Long Island man has been charged with illegally smuggling more than $200,000 worth of [dead butterflies and other insects]( in and out of the country. - [A memorial]( honoring the victims of the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire opened yesterday. - A Westchester County-based real estate firm accused of [discriminating against tenants with Section 8 housing subsidies]( has agreed to pay $105,000 in damages to settle a suit brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James. - In a court order filed this week, a federal judge demanded that NYC Department of Correction leaders meet with the federal monitor no later than Oct. 18 to devise a plan to immediately ["ameliorate the unacceptable levels of harm in the New York City jails."]( - A 20-year-old man originally from New Jersey died in [Hamas’ weekend attack on Israel]( and at least two more other former residents of the state remain missing, according to state officials and news reports. - A Brooklyn man was indicted in Queens yesterday for [allegedly biting off a police officer’s fingertip]( after leading officers on a high-speed car chase last month, prosecutors said. - New Yorkers under 18 [could soon need parental consent]( to use TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, X and other algorithm-based social media platforms, under a new state bill that has the support of Gov. Kathy Hochul. - New York City is behind schedule in its effort to install sidewalk ramps at every street corner, which is [mandated by federal disability law]( and was supposed to be finished in 2021, according to an earlier settlement. - Palestinians on Long Island say that in addition to fearing for their loved ones caught in the war between Israel and Hamas, they're [concerned about being discriminated against at home](. - "We’re dealing with … trap-adverse and trap-avoidant mice": Exterminators in New Jersey are having an unusually busy fall, thanks to an uptick in yellowjackets and the rise of [smarter rodents](. - The New York Liberty are down 2-0 in [the WNBA finals]( but that's okay we still believe. - A 104-year-old woman who set a record earlier this month for being the oldest person to ever skydive (Guinness is still confirming it) [has died](. - In related news, scientists have determined that living to 100 is more the result of [winning the genetic lottery]( than making healthy lifestyle choices. “[Hell, no. 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