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If you know anyone who might like this newsletter, send it to them. If this was sent to you by someone else, subscribe here — it's free!  Dear New Yorkers, Finally, it’s June! Are you ready to vote? This month, every single one of New York’s 51 City Council seats is up for grabs — in newly redrawn districts. Early voting starts on June 17 and election day is June 27. And if it snuck up on you: don’t stress. THE CITY has you covered. Get to know your new district and who’s running with our new tool, created in partnership with Spectrum News NY1, to inform voters ahead of the local primaries. Not only will it tell you who represents you now, who’s running and how your district has changed, but our analysis also provides insights about the neighbors who will be voting with you in the newly drawn City Council boundaries, including: How last year’s redistricting altered racial groups in your district. Political party registration among voters there. How the district voted in recent elections. (You’re gonna want to see that map.) Some Council races are uncontested this year, but there are many that are crowded and competitive. Type in your address here to see how your local contests shape up. And don’t forget: Ranked choice voting is still in effect for city primaries, and City Council races aren’t the only ones on the ballot this month. Sponsor message Some other items of note: The city’s Department of Correction has said it will no longer inform the press when fatalities happen on its watch. The announcement comes as the federal monitor overseeing the department accused Correction Commissioner Louis Molina and his team of failing to properly inform them about a recent death. Federal monitor Steve Martin said in a special report last week that he’d had to rely on journalism, including an article in THE CITY, to learn about a detainee who had been placed on a ventilator for two weeks and is now paralyzed from the neck down after being tackled by guards.  Tenants and housing advocates held concurrent demonstrations in The Bronx and Brooklyn courthouses yesterday morning, filling the buildings with song and surprise disruptions alongside planned rallies outside. The actions were a tactic to demand the city meet its obligations under the Right to Counsel law, which guarantees lawyers for every tenant facing eviction. There’s just one month to go until the city must enact a budget — but Mayor Eric Adams and the City Council are seemingly at odds about a recent surge in revenue.  As part of our partnership with Spectrum News NY1, THE CITY’s associate editor Rachel Holliday Smith will be on Inside City Hall tonight to talk about our City Council ‘Know Your District’ election tool. Tune in at 7 p.m.! The link to our story about the Bronx Opera House getting on track to be landmarked didn’t work in yesterday’s newsletter, so here it is again. Thanks to the readers who wrote in to let us know. For the latest local numbers on COVID-19 hospitalizations, positivity rates and more, check our coronavirus tracker. Weather scoop by New York Metro Weather Thursday’s Weather Rating: 7/10. Welcome to meteorological summer! It’s decidedly summer-ish out there today. Patchy fog burns off by late morning, with hazy skies and warm high temps in the lower 80s. Getting a bit humid tonight, but the vibes are still pretty dang good! THE KICKER: This weekend, the city’s municipal archives opens an exhibit about the challenges of civic life in the 20th century. The exhibit includes archival video footage of the NYPD surveilling NAACP and CORE activists, WNYC audio broadcasts and more, and runs June 3-18 in Brooklyn Bridge Park. Thanks, as always, for reading. Make it a great Thursday.   Love, THE CITY P.S. If you liked something about today's newsletter, or didn't, let us know at zshah@thecity.nyc

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