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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, The city is investigating an incident in which Jermaine Clark, a retired NYPD detective working as a fire guard at a migrant shelter in Brooklyn, waved what appeared to be a gun at men staying there following a brawl between residents.   It started when a fight broke out outside Monday night between residents at the Hall Street respite center — a converted commercial space with shower trucks parked out front where several hundred men have been staying since July.  Several residents said the brawl, which allegedly started over a dispute about a bike, had fizzled out by the time Clark emerged from the Hall Street shelter and took out what looked like a pistol.  “We thought he was going to kill us,” said Angel Galindo, 22 in Spanish.  A spokesperson for the city’s Office of Emergency Management, which oversees the Hall Street shelter, said they were investigating. “If confirmed, this behavior is unacceptable and violates our expectations set out for respite site contractors,” he said. But the agency did not immediately respond to a follow-up question about where those expectations are set out. Read more here. Some other items of note: The Legal Aid Society, the city’s largest public defender organization, has sued to demand that Correctional Health Services — a division of NYC Health + Hospitals —  release information about canceled medical appointments for incarcerated people. The suit contends that the agency routinely cancels sick-call appointments, and does not disclose key information about its official missed-appointments policy. The Board of Correction has repeatedly cited canceled medical visits as a key factor in the 26 deaths in custody since Commissioner Louis Molina took over the Department of Correction in January 2022.  New Yorkers are still experiencing a heat wave. Here is THE CITY’s guide for what to do if your apartment gets too hot — plus, how to legally open the fire hydrants on your block. Stay safe out there (and remember to check in on your neighbors). As of Sept. 6, 627 people were hospitalized with COVID in New York City, and average new cases per day were up by 8% since last week. THE CITY can help you navigate the recent COVID surge. Here's our tracker and our guide to what you need to know about treatments, tests and more. Weather scoop by New York Metro Weather Thursday's Weather Rating: 3/10. There will come a day when a glorious cold front will usher in crisp, autumn air. Today is not that day. High temps in the lower 90s, even higher dew points and scattered storms this afternoon. The vibes are unstable out there. Things To Do Here’s what’s going on around the city this week. Saturday, Sept. 9: Growing Mushrooms in the Garden, a workshop teaching how to grow gourmet mushrooms either indoors or outdoors using low-cost tools. East Fourth Street Community Garden, Brooklyn. 2-4 p.m. Free. Saturday, Sept. 9: Queens Memory Project’s Community Weaving Project, a fabric-based art workshop facilitated by Queens-based artist Antonia Perez about “memories and ideas of home.” Socrates Sculpture Park in Long Island City. 1:30-3:30 p.m. Free with RSVP. Saturday, Sept. 9 and Sunday, Sept. 10: Parade of Trains, an opportunity to ride the Transit Museum’s vintage subway cars. The trains can be boarded at the Coney Island-bound B/Q platform at the Kings Highway station in Brooklyn or the Manhattan-bound B/Q platform at Brighton Beach. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free with your subway fare. THE KICKER: NYC public school students are headed back to school today. And, the looming potential school bus strike has been postponed — at least until next week. Thanks, as always, for reading. Make it a great Thursday. Love, THE CITY P.S. Love THE CITY? Our nonprofit newsroom runs on support from readers like you. Donate here.

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