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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, In 2018, laborer Abbos Abbosov was walking across the roof of an old Brooklyn warehouse scheduled to be demolished when a hole suddenly opened up beneath his feet. He dropped 25 feet to the concrete floor of the warehouse below, suffering severe trauma to his head. At age 36, he could no longer perform the work that brought him a paycheck each week. Not surprisingly, Abbosov and his wife sued. And then the story got a lot more complicated.  Records uncovered in Abossov's lawsuit raise serious questions about what kind of site safety was in place the morning Abbosov fell — including evidence that the demolition contractor, Bordone Contracting, produced false site safety logs. A week ago the construction superintendent, Lisa Bagnoli, notified the city Department of Investigation about the log entries, alleging that her signature had been forged and that she was nowhere near the warehouse during the incident. She produced airline ticket records showing she was in Florida during five of the days Bordone’s logs claimed she was on site. And in a motion filed Friday, Abbosov's attorney alleged that Bordone's statements about Bagnoli being on site were "outright fraudulent fabrications" and that the city Department of Buildings-mandated safety logs "are forgeries." Read more here. In other news: New Rules in Place for Events at Flushing Meadows Corona Park The Parks department last week adopted rules to regulate the application process for large multi-day events at Flushing Meadows Corona Park. The rule amended the initial proposal to include a “tiered system” to address costs concern for events of different scopes and scales in response to community event organizers worried about being squeezed out of the flagship Queens Park as brand-name promoters turned their attention to the two-time World’s Fair site. The new rule will also limit the park to two multi-day events a year, and give preference to events that did not take place in the space in the year prior, as THE CITY previously reported. The rule will become effective Sept. 1. — Haidee Chu Some other items of note: New York City’s ballroom community turned out in full force over the weekend to mourn O’Shae Sibley, a 28-year-old dancer. Sibley’s killing on July 30 in a gas station on Coney Island Avenue in Midwood, where he and his friends were dancing to a Beyoncé song while fueling up on their way home from a trip to the Jersey Shore, sent shockwaves through New York City and the LGBTQ community.  Letters obtained by THE CITY via lawsuit show the Department of Education concluded as early as 2018 that some religious Jewish schools stinted on subjects like English and math — but didn’t intervene. The DOB continued to allow some yeshivas to operate without restriction. Those schools still fail to meet the bar, the state recently determined. A new location is planned for the LeFrak Library in Queens, which was washed out two years ago by Hurricane Ida, a few blocks from its original 57th Avenue site. The branch has remained closed for nearly 700 days, with a mobile library that operates only on Fridays. In a new episode of the FAQ NYC podcast, journalist Todd Maisel — who spent 40 years listening to police scanners, letting them guide him to some of the biggest news stories in the city — sounds the alarm about the NYPD’s plan to encrypt these radios, turning them off for everyone who isn’t in the police. “Do we trust the police to tell the truth? I don’t,” he said. For the latest local numbers on COVID-19 hospitalizations, positivity rates and more, check our coronavirus tracker.   Weather scoop by New York Metro Weather Monday’s Weather Rating: 3/10. Multiple rounds of showers and storms, some of which will be severe and produce heavy rain and strong winds. Warm and very humid in between. The vibes are very unstable out there today Things To Do Here’s what’s going on around the city this week. Tuesday, Aug. 8: A concert at Wingate Park in East Flatbush, featuring Grammy-winning Reggae band Morgan Heritage, R&B singer Leela James, Ralph McDaniels’ Video Music Box, jazz saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin, and the Brooklyn United Marching Band. Doors 5 p.m., show 6 p.m. Free, no tickets required. Thursday, Aug. 10: Salsa in the Bronx, part of the Rise Up NYC Concert Series, featuring El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico and Hector Acosta “El Torito,” plus sets by DJs. Orchard Beach, 6-9 p.m. Free. Friday, Aug. 11: Jazz Está Morto: Arthur Verocai with Orchestra, the first-ever NYC performance by the renowned Brazilian artist, who will perform his seminal self-titled and often sampled 1972 debut album in its entirety for Lincoln Center’s Hip Hop Week. Damrosch Park, 7 p.m. Free. THE KICKER: The Brooklyn Botanic Garden has named the 2023 Greenest Block in Brooklyn winners. The greenest block of all, they said, is East 25th Street between Avenue D and Clarendon Road in Flatbush. 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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