Election Day to replace George Santos opens with a snowstorm

Plus: NYC schools go remote Tuesday due to snow [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.]( [Election Day to replace ex-Rep. George Santos opens with a NY snowstorm]( [first image]( [Today's newsletter is curated by James Ramsay]( Weather: 🌧️ Snow, mainly in the morning, [with 5 to 8 inches of accumulation expected]( and highs in the mid 30s. It's Tuesday in New York, where the weather could throw an unexpected wrench in today's special election to replace ex-Rep. George Santos. Turnout in New York's 3rd Congressional District — where Democrat Tom Suozzi and Republican Mazi Pilip are neck-in-neck in the polls — was already expected to be low due to the timing. Despite the snow, election officials in Queens and Nassau County said they plan to proceed as normal. [Here's what to know if you plan on voting](. And here's what else is happening: - New York City public schools are [going remote today]( due to the snow. - Police said [one person died and five others were injured]( Monday evening after a dispute aboard a 4 train ended in a shooting on the platform of a Bronx subway station. - Mayor Eric Adams won’t stop blaming President Joe Biden for the migrant influx. It could [leave them both politically damaged](. - The city's health department is trying to [ban smoking and vaping]( at restaurants' outdoor dining areas. - The NYPD said [an officer shot and killed a man]( who was holding a fake handgun inside a Far Rockaway apartment yesterday. - The Adams administration has introduced a new literacy curriculum for the city’s youngest students, but some educators worry the mayor’s proposed budget cuts [could undermine the effort](. - The New Jersey State Assembly has passed a bill that proponents say will spur the development of more affordable housing [near transit hubs and grocery stores](. - New Jersey First Lady and Democratic Senate candidate Tammy Murphy has secured preferential treatment on many counties' primary ballots, but last weekend, Monmouth County Democrats voted to endorse Rep. Andy Kim. We'll ask Gov. Phil Murphy about the state of the race and more, [tonight on Ask Governor Murphy on WNYC at 7 p.m.]( - Ahead of the show, you can [submit your questions for the governor here](. - As New York City [winters get warmer and snow becomes a rarity]( should kids get a proper day off when it snows? - The city's Catholic elementary schools [think so](. - The New York Times checked in with Via Verde residents 12 years after they moved into the architecturally lauded and slightly upscale public housing complex in the Bronx. Their review: [It's great having a doorman](. - A licensed weed dispensary in Bushwick painted over a Notorious B.I.G. mural on its exterior because it [violated state regulations for dispensary signage]( and fans of the late rapper are mad about it. - Animal activists are concerned that netting around the scaffolding on a giant Upper East Side apartment building is going to [kill a bunch of birds](. - Before New Jersey decided to call itself the Garden State, Jersey farmers almost got lawmakers to [name it the Egg State](. - An analysis of social media tags found that Central Park is the [9th most popular place in the world to propose]( to your boo. - Usher somehow found time to [marry his boo]( in Vegas on Super Bowl Sunday. - It turns out cracking your knuckles [isn't bad for you](. - Have some time for a game? [Play]( our mini local news crossword. - Sign up for reminders when we publish new games [here](. 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