Citi Bike price hikes roll out in NYC

Plus: The NYPD dance team [View this email in a browser.]( Our Gift to You! Get this T-shirt when you [donate & help fund]( our non-profit newsroom. [Donate Now]( [Citi Bike price hikes roll out in NYC starting Thursday]( [first image]( [Today's newsletter is curated by James Ramsay]( Weather: ⛅ A mix of sun and clouds, with highs in the lower 40s. It's Thursday in New York City, where Citi Bikes are getting slightly more expensive to ride. Citi Bike said annual membership fees will jump from $205 to $219.99 a year; unlocking fees for non-members will go up 30 cents; and [per-minute fees for longer rides will go up slightly for all users](. The bike-share company said the revenue will go towards docking station upgrades and growing the e-bike fleet. Here's what else is happening: - The Brooklyn Bridge pedestrian path was [vendor-free]( for the first time Wednesday, following a midnight effort by the transportation department to clear out souvenir stands. - Pedestrian traffic jams weren't totally gone, however: [People stopping to take pictures of the "No Vending" sings]( still managed to clog up the path. - An imam has died after being shot multiple times outside a Newark mosque before Wednesday morning prayer. Authorities say they [do not yet know the motive](. - A pair of bills in Albany would reduce the number of required lockdown drills in New York schools from four to one a year, following concerns from parents that [the drills traumatize their children](. - Police yesterday were looking for a moped-riding duo wanted for [robbing victims throughout Manhattan]( last month. - Developers behind a proposed offshore wind farm on Long Island — which would've generated enough electricity to power 1 million homes — said [they're terminating the deal]( due to high costs and supply chain disruptions. - Patricia Campos-Medina, the executive director of the Worker Institute at Cornell University and a major player in New Jersey politics, is [entering the Democratic primary]( for the U.S. Senate seat held by Bob Menendez. - More than two dozen New York City councilmembers signed a letter urging the state Board of Elections to [withhold Donald Trump’s name]( from the state’s 2024 presidential primary and general election ballots. - New York has extended a waiver allowing teens in the city’s overcrowded juvenile detention centers to [sleep in common areas like classrooms]( for at least the next three months. - Landlords late to register tens of thousands of rent-stabilized apartments with New York’s affordable housing agency could soon face [a $500 fine for each month they’re tardy]( under a new law signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul. - Tourists are flocking to the Upper East Side to [take selfies]( in front of Jeffrey Epstein's old townhouse. - The NYPD dance team has been [hard at work]( learning the moves to "Mamacita" by the Black Eyed Peas and Ozuna. - Will Union Square become [the new Silicon Valley]( or an epicenter for illegal weed shops and vacant storefronts? - The Smucker jam family is [auctioning off its one-bedroom residence]( at the Plaza. - NBC 4 caught a bunch of people [scurrying through]( the MTA's new style of fare gates without paying. - That giant Pop-Tart is [having a moment](. - A 13-year-old from Oklahoma has become possibly [the first person to beat Tetris](. - You don't have to be a world-class teenage gamer to [enjoy playing]( our mini local news crossword. - Sign up for reminders when we publish new games [here](. 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