"No idea what he had done to me"

After an OB-GYN lost his NY license, allegations continued in other states [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.]( [‘No idea what he had done to me’: After OB-GYN lost his NY license, allegations continued in other states]( [first image]( [Today's newsletter curated by James Ramsay]( Weather: ☀️ Sunny and brisk this morning, with highs in the lower 60s later. Marquita Baird has kept a boot box full of medical records for over two decades in the hope that, someday, someone would ask what happened after an OB-GYN named Thomas J. Byrne performed a hysterectomy on her in 1999. Following Baird’s procedure in Oklahoma — one of several rural facilities where Byrne would practice in the years after losing his medical license in New York — she experienced internal injuries that caused her body to fill with her own urine. In this third installment of our five-part investigative series, “Imminent Danger,” Baird tells her story — and we examine the responsibility state medical boards have in keeping doctors with a history of bad outcomes from treating patients. [Read the story]( and [listen to the podcast](. Here's what else is happening: - Officials said Metro-North service will run on a "near-normal" schedule today after [mudslides over the weekend]( pushed debris onto the tracks in Westchester County. - Police arrested 19 people at a largely peaceful pro-Palestinian protest on Saturday in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, which is [home to the city's largest Arab community](. - Bay Ridge is also home to one of this year's [tightest City Council races]( in the newly-redrawn 47th District, where Democratic Councilmember Justin Brannan is duking it out with Republican Councilmember Ari Kagan, a former Democrat. - A century-old Upper East Side walkup with a handful of rent-stabilized units is now [surrounded by two highrises-in-the-making]( leaving tenants to consider a uniquely New York question: Is decent rent worth living in the center of a construction zone? - Authorities said last night they were still searching for a 13-year-old boy who went missing after [witnesses said he entered the East River]( on Friday. - Finally: It looks like we're about to get a non-rainy weekend. ([With highs in the 70s!]( - The Financial District is now the [Stroller District](. - "I came to know his sense of humor and his penchant for working on the weekends, his positivity and charm. And the more we spoke, I came to know something else as well: the peculiar experience of being confided in and lied to at the same time": A [New York Times reporter]( has been on the horn with George Santos. - Lorde [rides the subway](. - Some of the [biggest pumpkins in the world]( are coming to the New York Botanical Garden. - You can [still get]( a beer and a shot for five bucks in this city. - More than 1,000 utility workers, AKA "electric cowboys," have been [racing up wooden poles]( at the 39th Annual International Lineman’s Rodeo in Kansas. - Marathon season is nearly over, which means it's almost time for runners to [pay attention to their families]( again. - [¡Sábado Gigante!]( “[It’s hell on wheels here]( - Anita Humer, an upper east side resident whose [WALKUP APARTMENT BUILDING IS NOW SURROUNDED BY HIGHRISES]( More from Gothamist [second image]( [See the winners of the Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade]( Pookah the Pomeranian, who wore a Winnie the Pooh costume, beat out an army of Barbie and Taylor Swift pups to win "Best in Show" at the annual Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade on Saturday. [A Brooklyn installation invites viewers to rethink parking space in NYC]( As part of the citywide Open House New York weekend, a "livable streets" advocacy group set up a studio apartment installation inside two parking spaces in an underground garage in Williamsburg. [We Rely On Your Support]( [A rise in religious hate crime, bias in NY since the Israel-Hamas war? The picture’s murky.]( After the deadly Oct. 7 attack by Hamas in Israeli towns bordering Gaza, Jewish and Muslim leaders in the United States, along with law enforcement and other public officials, predicted an increase in religious hate crimes and bias complaints. [A highly anticipated $10 burger arrives in Bed-Stuy]( The burger at Little Grenjai, a new Thai-American cafe in Brooklyn, was inspired by pad krapow, or holy basil stir fry. [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.