Did an UES street win the rat war?; OMNY vending machines at 6 stations; plus more

We are supported by our readers. Consider donating to fund the local reporting you rely on. [View in Browser]( Monday October 30, 2023 [Donate now]( ADVERTISEMENT [A new tactic killed ‘nearly 100%’ of rats on an Upper East Side street]( [An exterminator on a sidewalk with a green machine that looks similar to a lawnmower with a hose attached.]( [Councilmember Julie Menin says pumping carbon monoxide into rat burrows has been so effective she’s expanding it to other parts of the neighborhood.]( ADVERTISEMENT More Stories From Today [A row of vending machines in a subway station.]( [OMNY vending machines now available at select MTA subway stations]( [The MetroCard is one step closer to extinction.]( [A state of New York notice posted at a business announces the seizure of 'illicit cannabis' at the business as authorities crack down on unlicensed smoke shops on June 16, 2023 in New York City.]( [NY cannabis officials admit it’s time to rework enforcement against illegal weed shops]( [New York state senators grilled cannabis regulators on Monday about ways to bolster enforcement against illegal weed shops.]( [Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg speaks during a press conference following the arraignment of former U.S. President Donald Trump April 4, 2023.]( [Manhattan DA wants to toss case against 2 men convicted of robbing, killing French tourist]( [Eric Smokes and David Warren have maintained their innocence in the 1987 case.]( [Photographs from the Village Halloween Parade on October 31, 2021]( [The Village Halloween Parade is ready to 'create positive energy' at its 50th anniversary]( [“We really need tens of thousands of New Yorkers right now to come out and create positive energy, partly to offset all the terrible things that are going on at the moment," the parade's longtime artistic director says.]( [The East Flatbush apartment building at 1418 Brooklyn Ave. where police say two men were killed in a shooting, possibly by a neighbor, on the night of Oct. 29, 2023.]( [Two men fatally shot outside their East Flatbush home were stepfather and stepson, family says]( [Police are investigating the deaths in the Brooklyn neighborhood Sunday night as homicides possibly committed by a neighbor.]( [the Staten Island Ferry terminal in Lower Manhattan]( [Extra Extra: Staten Island has been trying to quit the city for nearly 80 years]( [Because it's probably more fun to just threaten to secede, here are your end-of-day links: Tequila capital of New Jersey, teenagers shouldn't trick-or-treat, Gilded Age is back and more.]( ADVERTISEMENT [Support Us]( Follow Gothamist on [Gothamist on Facebook]( [Gothamist on Twitter]( NYPR Network [WNYC]() [Gothamist]() [WNYC Studios]() [NJPR]( [WQXR]() [New Sounds]() Copyright © New York Public Radio, 160 Varick St., New York, NY 10013. All rights reserved. [Terms of Use]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe]( from this list.