Why evictions nearly tripled in NYC last year

Plus: F train service restored after derailment [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 evictions surged in 2023, with legal lockouts nearing pre-COVID levels]( [first image]( [Today's newsletter is curated by James Ramsay]( Weather: ☀️ Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 40s. It's Thursday in New York City, where evictions are surging. The number of evictions nearly tripled in 2023 as compared to 2022, according to Gothamist’s analysis of publicly available data. [Here's why so many households are getting locked out now](. And here's what else is happening: - F train service in southern Brooklyn [has been restored]( after a train derailed near Coney Island on Wednesday, though the MTA said commuters should expect delays on the line. - Yesterday's derailment, wherein a Manhattan-bound train jumped the tracks and [landed just feet away from the edge of the elevated structure]( came only six days after a 1 train derailment on the Upper West Side. - City officials said none of the 40 migrant families evicted from their shelters due to the 60-day time limit were forced to sleep outside — but several families did say they [had to wait hours to reapply for a bed]( in the shelter system they'd just left. - Queens Borough President Donovan Richards said [he's supporting the plan]( to bring a professional soccer stadium to Willets Point. - Mayor Eric Adams said yesterday that he [won't make $37 million in cuts]( to the city’s police and fire departments after all. - The NYPD has [posted a new online resource guide]( for victims of sex crimes. - A southern Brooklyn high school that housed nearly 2,000 migrants for one night during a powerful rainstorm received [a bomb threat and multiple "hate calls]( according to emergency management officials. - New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said the number of buses from Texas transporting migrants to the Garden State has [slowed considerably in the last few days](. - On Tuesday, Jan. 23, join "All Of It" host Alison Stewart in the Greene Space for a live listening party with synth-pop band Future Islands, who'll be performing songs off their new album, "People Who Aren’t There Anymore." [Tickets are available here](. - It turns out the 60-foot illegal tunnels dug beneath the Chabad headquarters in Crown Heights [were not structurally sound]( Department of Buildings inspectors said. - This week's heavy rain led to a [retaining wall collapse and a subsequent landslide]( in the Bronx that left at least four buildings condemned. - Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie [dropped out]( of the Republican presidential primary race while promising to "in no way enable Donald Trump to ever be president of the United States again." - A Facebook group created by and for New York City food delivery cyclists has become a de facto memorial page for [those who've died on the job](. - Central Park's iconic Bow Bridge has [reopened with lovely new wooden planks]( after a 60-day renovation. - Fruit Stripe, that gum with the zebra on the wrapper, [is ceasing production](. - Outer space [smells]( like burnt meat, according to astronauts. - Have some time for a game? [Play]( our mini local news crossword. - Sign up for reminders when we publish new games [here](. “[Derailments do happen. They shouldn't, but they do from time to time. Customers should feel safe taking the subway.]( - NYC Transit President Richard Davey [AFTER THIS YEAR'S SECOND SUBWAY DERAILMENT]( More from Gothamist [second image]( [Even more rain, wind and flooding headed to parts of NJ near Passaic River: NWS]( The Passaic River is forecasted to reach a major flood stage by Thursday. Just last month, hundreds of residents near the area were forced to evacuate for similar flooding concerns. [In first NY Voting Rights Act suit, Hispanic voters sue Hudson Valley town for diluting their votes]( Five Hispanic voters in Mount Pleasant, New York filed a lawsuit accusing the town of maintaining an election system that dilutes the power of their votes and prevents them from electing a candidate of their choice to the town board. 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