What Bronx bodegas are saying about trash pickup times and bacon, egg and cheese prices

Plus: Santos won't run for re-election [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.]( [What Bronx bodegas are saying about trash pickup times and bacon, egg and cheese prices]( [first image]( [Today's newsletter curated by James Ramsay]( Weather: ⛅ Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. It's Friday in New York City, where Bronx bodega owners say trash pickup has improved — but the rats keep getting bolder. The third and final installment of WNYC and Gothamist’s community survey of Bronx bodegas dove into how the shops and their customers were adjusting to new sanitation efforts. We also asked about air quality issues and the effects of inflation. [Here's what we heard](. And here's what else is happening: - Mayor Eric Adams’ office on Thursday announced a wide array of budget cuts that would force an NYPD hiring freeze, library closures on Sundays and reduced hours for the city’s free summer camp, [among other reductions in city services](. - Staten Island and the Bronx were scheduled to get curbside compost pick-up starting in March of 2024. [Under these budget cuts]( that service wouldn't start until October. - Republican Rep. George Santos said [he won’t seek reelection in 2024]( after a bipartisan House investigation found "substantial evidence" that he knowingly committed ethics violations and potential crimes. - Among those alleged violations: [spending campaign money]( on an Airbnb in the Hamptons, Botox, Hermes products and OnlyFans content. - Police said [a hit-and-run driver]( killed a 72-year-old woman in Bay Ridge yesterday evening. - A new ice skating rink opened [in DUMBO]( yesterday. - A city Department of Education employee has been arrested for allegedly [attempting to kidnap a 15-year-old girl]( during her walk to school Wednesday morning. - About 60 migrants and advocates held a "sleep-in" outside Gracie Mansion this week to [protest Mayor Adams' time limits on shelter stays]( for migrants. - An East Village man pleaded guilty this week to charges related to [3-D-printing guns in his apartment](. - "I don't walk into work every day prepped to have, you know, a debate about an enormous war that's going on. I come in to make coffee": Former baristas at Caffe Aronne, the Upper East Side coffee shop that's become [the center of an Israel-Hamas proxy war]( told Hell Gate why a bunch of them have quit. - R&B singer Cassie is suing her former partner, Sean "Diddy" Combs, for [rape and repeated physical abuse](. - Justin Theroux appeared in a Manhattan court yesterday to try to [evict his downstairs neighbor]( from their Greenwich Village co-op. (Theroux accused his neighbor, a real estate lawyer, of spitefully killing ivy plants on the building's rear facade, among other violations.) - André 3000's new album of [improvised flute music]( makes up for its lack of lyrics with track titles like "That Night in Hawaii When I Turned Into a Panther and Started Making These Low Register Purring Tones That I Couldn’t Control ... Sh¥t Was Wild." - The first practice session for the Formula 1 Las Vegas race lasted eight minutes before a Ferrari [drove over a Las Vegas Boulevard manhole cover]( at about 200 mph, causing it to blow off. - We're less than a week away from Thanksgiving, which means the growth-mindset TikTokkers are already posting their [New Year's resolutions](. “[I am humbled yet again and reminded that I am human and I have flaws, but I will not stand by as I am stoned by those who have flaws themselves]( - Rep. George Santos, announcing that [HE WON'T SEEK RE-ELECTION]( More from Gothamist [second image]( [FDNY and Red Cross will install a free smoke alarm in your home]( "These devices are your first line of defense during a fire, so please make sure your alarm is functional and if you need one, please sign up through the Red Cross website," said FDNY Commissioner Laura Kavanagh. 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