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View this email in your browser 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 film and television actors’ union reached a tentative agreement on a new contract with major film and television studios on Wednesday night, ending a shutdown that has crippled most film production since May. The strike has cost New York City at least a billion dollars and thousands of lost jobs. Film and TV are major local industries, employing about 185,000 people in the city and region — so many that the strike slowed down the city’s jobs gains. The tentative agreement was a step forward. Studios agreed to compensation increases, terms aiming to protect performers from “the threat of AI,” and bonuses for actors who participate in popular streaming projects in the three-year contract.  The contract will be made public today if the union’s leadership signs off on the deal; it would then go to members for a vote. Still, the industry’s recovery won’t happen overnight. “It’s not like you turn on the light switch,” said Hal Rosenbluth, president of Kaufman Astoria Studios in Queens. “New productions have to set up the writers room, put together a management team and hire crew members before they are ready to turn on the lights and begin production.” And the long-term future of movie and film production in NYC remains unclear because streaming companies, whose series account for most of the shows shot in the city, are under pressure to reduce their losses. Read more about the strike’s economic aftermath here and the details of the tentative agreement here. Weather scoop by New York Metro Weather Friday's Weather Rating: 6/10. Rain clears out of the area, with partly cloudy skies expected for most of the day today. High temperatures will reach the mid 50s with a chilly westerly breeze. Still, the vibes are alright out there! Another item of note: The MTA had to reroute buses on the fly late Wednesday after the city Transportation Department determined the rides are too overweight for a century-old bridge that links Brooklyn and Queens over Newtown Creek. The 120-year-old swing bridge, which links industrial sections of Maspeth, Queens and East Williamsburg, Brooklyn, has been placed temporarily off-limits. But signs near the two-lane bridge announcing the 13-ton limit did little to deter multiple 18-wheelers — and even some MTA buses — from rolling across the span and past DOT crews early Thursday. “It happened almost overnight,” said Clarence Patterson, the union chair at a nearby depot. “They just put up the sign.” Things To Do Here’s what’s going on around the city this week. Friday, Nov. 10: The 15th Annual Brooklyn Folk Festival, with performances through the weekend. Tickets from $35. Friday, Nov. 10: Gingerbread NYC: The Great Borough Bake-Off, a baking competition by both amateurs and professionals. The results are on view at the Museum of the City of New York through Jan. 15, 2024. Saturday, Nov. 11: A Kiku tour highlighting the expertly cultivated Japanese chrysanthemums at the New York Botanical Gardens. Free with admission from 12-1 p.m. THE KICKER: Governors Island, which “hires” a pack of working dogs to help keep geese away, has a new puppy on patrol. The four-month-old border collie rescue is named Reed, after longtime Governors Island employee Jim Reed, who passed away in 2020.  Thanks, as always, for reading. Make it a great Friday. Love, THE CITY P.S. Love THE CITY? Our nonprofit newsroom runs on support from readers like you. Donate here. THE CITY's work is made possible, in part, through the support of our sponsors. Interested in becoming a sponsor of THE CITY? Contact us here.  Copyright © 2023 THE CITY, All rights reserved.