No sleep ‘til polls close in Brooklyn

Plus: Flaco the owl moves downtown [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 Election Day 2023: No sleep 'til polls close in Brooklyn]( [first image]( [Today's newsletter curated by James Ramsay]( Weather: ☁️ Cloudy, with showers possible and highs in the upper 60s. It's Tuesday in New York City, where the polls are open until 9 p.m. Across the five boroughs, voters today will elect all 51 City Council members, along with district attorneys in the Bronx, Queens and Staten Island and roughly two dozen judicial elections. Voters will also be asked to weigh in on two statewide ballot questions. And if you ever wonder if your vote matters, this is shaping up to be one of those (very) low-turnout elections where your vote could make all the difference. [Here's everything you need to know before you cast your ballot.]( [Over in New Jersey]( the entire State Legislature is up for election today — making this, in many ways, a midterm test of Gov. Phil Murphy’s popularity. And tonight, Brian Lehrer will host an Election Night special highlighting some of the tight contests in New York City's swing districts. He'll look at how the results in both New York and New Jersey might help determine the high-stakes elections next year. Hear it live on WNYC at 8 p.m. Here's what else is happening: - Hundreds of protesters [calling for a cease-fire in the Israel-hamas war]( swarmed the Statue of Liberty yesterday, briefly shutting down the island for visitors. - New York lawmakers are proposing [adding 31 new crimes]( to the state's hate crimes statute. - An Oct. 1, 2022 indie rock concert at Forest Hills Stadium featuring the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Japanese Breakfast earned the Queens venue its highest number of noise complaints, according to [a Gothamist review of 311 calls going back to 2019](. - Neighbors of Forest Hills Stadium have increasingly been demanding that the 100-year-old venue [turn down the volume](. - Three men have been indicted by the Queens district attorney for [allegedly trafficking more than a hundred guns into New York City]( from the Midwest. - A new report claims teens in the city's juvenile jails are [being forced to sleep on the ground in common areas]( including hallways and classrooms, due to overcrowding. - Flaco the owl has [migrated]( downtown. - The judge in Donald Trump's civil fraud trial yesterday wouldn't let the former president show him [the piece of paper he had in his jacket pocket]( that he claimed would clear his name. - Hell Gate looks at the particular challenges facing asylum-seekers from Mauritania, the West African country that's had [more than 10,000 nationals flee]( to the U.S. this year in search of protection from racism and police violence back home. - Transportation Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez and his wife and two daughters are suing the girls' school, the expensive Ethical Culture Fieldston School in the Bronx, [accusing teachers and other faculty of pervasive racism](. - This guy in New Jersey was so close to selling his old pickup truck out of his driveway when [a massive deer leaped into it]( and put a dent in the side. - The Mets have hired Yankees bench coach [Carlos Mendoza]( as their new manager. - Vapes [are cute]( now. “[The stadium is part of what makes New York magic]( - Mike Luba, a Forest hills stadium concert promoter who [SAYS "CRANKY NEIGHBORS" ARE EXAGGERATING THE NOISE LEVELS]( More from Gothamist [second image]( [Schools and sewers: what to know about New York’s 2023 ballot proposals]( One of the proposals is the latest step in a decadeslong quest by smaller school districts to achieve parity with most other districts in the state. The other is a routine, once-a-decade extension focused on sewage treatment facilities. [Brooklyn-based Revel to shut down its moped business]( "In short, ridership reached a low point that made mopeds unsustainable to operate for another season," a Revel spokesperson told Gothamist. [We Rely On Your Support]( [When NY doctor leaves trail of injuries, a father asks, 'When are they gonna say enough’s enough?']( An OB-GYN named Thomas J. Byrne was stripped of his New York medical license in 1991 for what the health department called gross negligence, among other charges. For his former patients and their families, the restoration of his license in the state stirs up feeling of anger and betrayal. [These up-and-coming NYC comedians say the most important room to work is online]( Ten comedians from across the United States and abroad are vying for the title of "New York’s Funniest Stand Up" on Saturday, Nov. 11, at the New York Comedy Festival. 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