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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, Bronxlandia will have to wait a little longer before customers start popping bottles. The state yanked the eclectic Hunts Point performance venue’s liquor license last month — after the wrong community board was notified about the venue’s State Liquor Authority hearing. Bronxlandia is run by Majora Carter, a longtime community and environmental justice advocate once honored with a MacArthur “genius” prize. Along with her husband and business partner James Chase, she bought the historic Hunts Point Rail Station from Amtrak for $1 in 2016. After a renovation, they opened Bronxlandia in late 2021. The sprawling cultural space has since hosted a TEDx event, private birthday parties, professional development conferences, flea markets, music performances and even pro wrestling matches. But they ran afoul of the Bronx Community Board 2, which has an advisory role on state liquor licenses. According to Carter, the list of demands from CB2 reached extreme degrees — including 30 days notice before any event and installation of metal detectors and security cameras. Read more here. Some other items of note: Amid a record number of fatalities at Rikers in recent years, pressure is mounting to make the city’s jail death reports public. When someone dies inside a city jail, the agency in charge of medical care launches a review. But the morbidity and mortality reports are never made public, and their recommendations are rarely shared with anyone outside of city government. Manhattan City Councilmember Carlina Rivera, who chairs the council’s Criminal Justice Committee, is among those pressing for transparency: “Without the ability to review corrective action recommendations, it is more difficult to hold the administration accountable,” she said.  Critical and intensive care nurses at NYU Langone–Brooklyn claim they’re treating as many as four patients at a time — twice the number allowed under a state regulation that went into effect in June. The NYU nurses filed 30 complaints in the past week against management at the Sunset Park hospital. One ICU nurse and union leader said that Langone–Brooklyn is “playing Russian Roulette with who we see and how we respond.” New York City’s public housing authority has been ignoring a state law that went into effect in January, requiring the disclosure of housing code violations. Most city tenants can easily check if their landlord is violating the housing code by searching the city housing department’s online portal. There, details about toxic mold, dangerous lead paint, vermin infestations and other scandalous conditions are spelled out for all to see. Not so for the city’s 400,000 NYCHA residents, whose landlord is the city public housing authority itself — and whose code violation histories remain invisible. Weather scoop by New York Metro Weather Monday's Weather Rating: 6/10. Not a terrible start, with high temps in the upper 70s and partly cloudy skies. Clouds and humidity increase as the day goes on though, and showers are possible later this evening. The vibes are all right, but trending a bit unsettled tonight! Things To Do Here’s what’s going on around the city this week. Monday, Aug. 28: The Public’s Shakespeare in the Park production of “The Tempest,” through Sunday, Sept. 3, at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park. Free tickets are available. Monday, Aug. 28: NYC Parks presents “Heart of the City: Kevin Couliau, An Ode to NYC Basketball,” an exhibition of photographs of the city’s outdoor basketball scene. Arsenal Gallery in Central Park, daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., through Sept. 5 (closed Labor Day). Free. Wednesday, Aug. 30: A view of August’s “super blue moon” will peak over NYC skies on Wednesday night, appearing 17% larger and 30% brighter than usual. The planet Saturn will also be visible. THE KICKER: The Mets announced last week that the team will retire jersey numbers 16 and 18 next season. The numbers — which were worn by legendary players Dwight Gooden and Darryl Strawberry, respectively — will be “forever enshrined in Mets history,” the team said. Thanks, as always, for reading. Make it a great Monday. Love, THE CITY P.S. Love THE CITY? Our nonprofit newsroom runs on support from readers like you. Donate here.

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