What does Tom Suozzi’s win in NY-3 mean for November elections?

Plus: NYC's underground community was more than 'mole people' [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 does Tom Suozzi’s big win in NY-3 mean for November elections?]( [first image]( [Today's newsletter is curated by James Ramsay]( Weather: ☀️ Sunny and breezy, with highs in the upper 30s. It's Wednesday in New York, where Democrat Tom Suozzi is heading back to Congress after [winning Tuesday’s special election]( against Republican candidate Mazi Pilip. In addition to chipping away at Republicans' razor-thin majority in the House of Representatives, Suozzi's win in the 3rd Congressional District, which covers parts of Long Island and eastern Queens, could provide other Democrats with [a blueprint for how to win in suburban swing districts this fall](. Here's what else is happening: - Democratic attorney Landon Dais cruised to victory in yesterday's special election in the Bronx's 77th Assembly District, where [only about 1.5% of registered voters turned out](. - Despite New York's 2022 law banning firearms in Times Square, the 15-year-old accused of shooting a tourist last week is facing no additional charges for [bringing a gun into a "sensitive location."]( - Police have identified the 35-year-old man who was killed Monday afternoon after a fight on a Bronx subway train led to a shooting on the platform. As of yesterday, authorities were [still searching for the shooters involved](. - New York’s $700 million-a-year tax break for film and TV productions [isn’t providing taxpayers with a good return on investment]( according to a new analysis commissioned by the state itself. - Two Democratic state lawmakers have pitched a measure to [ban limits on how long migrants or anyone else can stay]( in a New York City shelter. - The city's effort to hold remote learning yesterday instead of giving public school students a full-on snow day [didn't go smoothly](. - "The commissioner says that you can take the skills home and use them. Name me one company in the United States — not just New York, but the United States — that presses license plates": Ronald Dennis, a formerly incarcerated New Yorker, weighed in at a hearing this week as state lawmakers consider a bill to raise the minimum wage for imprisoned workers [to either $1.20 or $3 an hour](. - New York City landlords kept an estimated 26,310 vacant rent-stabilized apartments [off the market]( last year, according to a new Census Bureau tally. - The Public Theater said it'll [stage "The Comedy of Errors" at several parks and plazas around the city]( this summer while Central Park's Delacorte Theater, the home of Shakespeare in the Park, is under construction. - Yesterday's snowstorm left a bunch of celebs [stranded at the Delta lounge]( at JFK Airport. - The U.S. military, which has been struggling with enlistment numbers, is [targeting potential teenage recruits through video games]( like Fortnite. - The Federal Trade Commission said [Americans lost a record $10 billion]( to scammers last year. - Cases of sexually transmitted infections [have gone up in New York City]( according to the latest available public health data. - Here are [nine great ways]( to spend this Valentine's Day all by yourself. - Have some time for a game? 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