The NYPD is using drones 3 times more than last year

Plus: Mayor Adams won fight against his rat citation [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.]( [The NYPD is using drones 3 times more than it did last year]( [first image]( [Today's newsletter curated by James Ramsay]( Weather: ☀️🥶 Sunny and colder today, with highs reaching the upper 40s. It's Monday in New York City, where police drones have increasingly been flying overhead. The NYPD, which has more than tripled its use of drones over the last year, has been tight-lipped about how it's using the devices. But some tech policy experts consider drones to be among the least invasive policing strategies — as long as police aren’t using them to [mass identify every person at a protest](. Here's what else is happening: - A fire at a small apartment building in Crown Heights early Sunday morning [killed three people]( and injured 14 others. - Amtrak service between New York City and Croton-on-Hudson [remains suspended Monday morning]( after officials said a parking garage in Midtown had structural issues potentially endangering tracks below it. - The FBI seized electronic devices from Mayor Eric Adams last Monday night amid [a reported public corruption probe]( into donations to his campaign. - A 73-year-old woman was [struck and killed]( by the driver of a yellow school bus carrying children last Friday in Ozone Park. - A highly anticipated project in Brooklyn to convert compost into natural gas for heating fuel [has gone offline only months after being activated]( — and there’s no clear timeline for its return. - If you live in New York City and want to get rid of your gas stove, [here’s how to do it](. - Who's going to run against Mayor Adams in 2025? [Here's a very early list]( of possible candidates. - Meanwhile, Adams won his recent battle over a $300 ticket for a rat infestation at his Brooklyn townhouse after he [compiled video evidence]( suggesting that a city inspector never actually came by. - An arsonist set fire to a barn at a horse racing track in western New York last Thursday, [killing 30 horses](. - The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree [has arrived](. - An Upper West Side woman may or may not have yelled, "Tony Danza, stop being an a**hole!" after the "Who's The Boss?" star [nearly collided with her dog]( on the sidewalk. - "Stephen King is susceptible to artificial intelligence ... The worse the writing, the more susceptible it is to artificial intelligence": Literary agent Andrew Wylie said some spicy stuff [in this interview]( with the Times. - Oreo truthers are convinced that parent company Mondelez is [skimping on the creme](. “[[Drones] don’t really give anything other than a different vantage point. The police have cameras on poles and on top of cars everywhere anyway. You should be expecting the government to be taking pictures of you from every angle.]( - Adam Scott Wandt, vice chair for technology for the Department of Public Management at John Jay College of Criminal Justice More from Gothamist [second image]( ['Made Here' celebrates the food, restaurants and stories behind Asian cuisine in NYC]( Send Chinatown Love, a volunteer group of young Asian professionals, is self-publishing a book that includes recipes and stories from New York City's Asian food scene. Proceeds will go towards efforts to help small businesses, as well as a Gift-a-Meal program for low-income residents. [A Brooklyn bar lets you practice being a DJ. So, I tried it.]( Bond Street Open Decks gives newbies a chance to practice on a "CDJ," a $2,500 device you might think of as a modern version of the turntable. [We Rely On Your Support]( [New exhibit in Manhattan tells Holocaust story. It’s intended audience? Children]( A new exhibition at the Museum of Jewish Heritage highlights the heroism of the Danish resistance, which helped more than seven thousand Jews survive the Nazis. It's geared to younger children, ages 9-12, and steers away from the kinds of graphic images often associated with the Holocaust. [The most popular books New Yorkers are reading now, according to 9 indie booksellers]( Classics by James {NAME}, "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann and Britney Spears' new memoir are among the hot titles at local bookstores. [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.