The bomb makers next door

Plus: MTA workers disrupt subway service after conductor is slashed [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.]( [The bomb makers next door: How Astoria neighbors missed warning signs of potential disaster]( [first image]( [Today's newsletter is curated by James Ramsay]( Weather: ☀️ Sunny, with highs in the mid 40s. It's Friday in New York City, where having "weird" neighbors doesn't stop most people from minding their own business. [Here's the story]( of how two Astoria tenants were caught hoarding guns, homemade bombs and a "hit list" full of prominent names — all while the rest of the four-story building's residents had no real idea, and no reason to ask questions. And here's what else is happening: - Police said a 13-year-old boy was shot and killed two blocks from his home in Crown Heights Thursday night, becoming the city’s [youngest victim of gun violence]( so far this year. - In a recent social media post, a top NYPD official [called out the wrong judge and the wrong district attorney]( in an attempt to counter misinformation. - New York City health officials — who've recorded two measles cases so far this year — are warning that the city's [child vaccination rates still aren’t up to pre-pandemic levels](. - Subway service on the A and C lines was delayed yesterday morning as transit workers raised safety concerns following an overnight [slashing attack on a conductor](. - For a complete roundup of Gothamist's transit coverage each week, [sign up for our On The Way newsletter](. - FBI investigators said they [searched the Bronx home of top mayoral adviser Winnie Greco]( yesterday amid an ongoing probe into Mayor Eric Adams' campaign fundraising. - The city paid out $114.5 million in police misconduct lawsuits last year — [nearly double what it paid in 2020]( according to an analysis by the Legal Aid Society. - City education officials said they're [scrambling to find enough money]( — and space — to comply with a new state law limiting class sizes. - More than 110,000 of the nearly 180,000 migrants who've passed through New York City shelters during the past two years are no longer in the city’s care — and [there's no record of where they've ended up](. - A 29-year-old Schenectady man who smoked a joint in a Democratic senator's office [during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot]( has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison. - Brooklyn’s first legal weed dispensary owned by a Black woman [opened in Park Slope yesterday](. - New Yorkers who've dug up their apartment's tenant records and discovered that they're overpaying for regulated units are [sharing their stories on TikTok]( inspiring other tenants to do the same and hopefully get back some of their money. - Mayor Eric Adams' decision to take his early paychecks in cryptocurrencies has finally [landed him in the black](. - In other financial news, room service at The Carlyle [sure is expensive](. - Holsten's diner in New Jersey, where "The Sopranos" filmed its final scene, is undergoing a renovation — and [auctioning off that booth on eBay](. - The Gottscheer Hall honky-tonk sounds like the [hottest scene in town](. - [Consider]( the farmer. - Have some time for a game? 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