In Greenpoint, a man with severe mental illness is harming neighbors. No one knows what to do.

Plus: New rules for outdoor dining structures [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.]( [In Greenpoint, a man with severe mental illness is harming neighbors. No one knows what to do.]( [first image]( [Today's newsletter curated by James Ramsay]( Weather: ☔ Rainy and breezy today, with highs in the mid 60s. It's Friday in New York City, where a Greenpoint man with with severe mental illness and a record of menacing and assaulting local pedestrians is currently on Rikers Island, awaiting the results of his latest psychological exam. Meanwhile, residents of the neighborhood — many of whom fear getting hurt, but also recognize the challenges he faces — are trying to figure out [the best way to keep both him and the community safe](. Here's what else is happening: - Mayor Eric Adams is trying to block distributors from shipping flavored vapes to New York City retailers, but [some vapers said they doubt]( the city can actually stop stores from selling these things. - New York City, New York State and the non-profit Legal Aid Society have agreed to hold a secret mediation process to settle the Adams administration's efforts to [limit the city's long-standing right-to-shelter obligations](. - A man has been arrested for allegedly assaulting a teenage bus rider and [attempting to remove his turban]( last weekend in what police are calling a hate crime. - Police said the man suspected of pushing a woman into a moving subway train and critically injuring her in Manhattan on Wednesday was [arrested yesterday in Newark](. - A 14-year-old girl has been [arrested and charged with murder]( in what police said Thursday was a scooter robbery gone wrong. - The Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade is going down tomorrow ([rain or shine]( but the fun doesn't end there. [Here's your guide to New York and New Jersey's dog parade season](. - Since 1950, New York City has effectively lost 100,000 apartments due to people [combining multiple units into frankenhomes](. - The City Council yesterday released a draft of its new outdoor dining rules, which would require dining structures to have proper drainage, wheelchair accessibility and [soft-top canopies instead of hard roofs](. - The developer trying to get a license to build a casino in Murray Hill has scrapped plans to include a Ferris wheel and is now [promising to build 513 below-market-rate apartments]( if they get the green light. - The Lower East Side's famed Nuyorican Poets Cafe is [closing for three years]( to undergo a $24 million renovation. - The fire department had to show up at a Connecticut restaurant yesterday after Taylor Swift fans swarmed the place due to [false rumors that Swift and Travis Kelce were dining inside](. - In other Swift-was-here news, the Union Square duplex where [she shot the Polaroids]( for her 1989 album cover is for sale for $3.7 million. - The [prepared food]( at the Manhattan Wegmans is reportedly bad. - If you dress up as Margot Robbie's "Barbie" for Halloween, you are [not standing in solidarity]( with the SAG-AFTRA strike. 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