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Dear New Yorkers,

Samy’s garage in Manhattan is usually empty in the afternoon, while the 30 food carts that park there are on city streets offering halal food, hot dogs, peanuts and Icees.

But that changed the week before President Donald Trump’s inauguration.

Most of the carts remain inside now as owners and workers sacrifice their incomes rather than risk potential run-ins with law enforcement that could drag them into deportation proceedings.

“Some vendors we work with are in their homes behind locked doors now, too scared to leave,” said Samy, the 34-year-old garage owner and second-generation New York City vendor.

The Trump administration has said it’s targeting violent criminals, with Mayor Eric Adams stressing his support for those efforts.

NBC News, however, citing a “senior Trump official,” reported that just 52% of the 1,179 the people arrested by ICE on Sunday were considered “criminal arrests”  — the rest were people whose only offense was crossing the border.

Read more here about the migrant vendors parking their carts to avoid being targeted by ICE.

Weather ☀️

A significant temperature drop: it’ll be sunny with highs in the upper 30s.

MTA 🚇

There’s no G train between Hoyt-Schermerhorn Streets and Church Ave after 9:45 p.m. tonight. Find all the MTA’s planned changes and the latest delays here.

Alternate side parking 🚙

It’s in effect today, Jan. 30.

By the way…

In the hypothetical case that the mayor leaves office … here’s what would happen next.

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Things To Do

Here’s what’s going on around the city this week.

Thursday, Jan. 30 - Monday, Feb. 3: View “LOVE POSITIVE WOMEN” at MoMA PS1, a collection of handmade valentines by artists, activists, and HIV-positive women. Open 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 30: Dance it out with some Zumba at the Jackson Heights Queens Public Library. 6.p.m. Friday, Jan. 31: Celebrate Lunar New Year with a Mahjong tournament at the Ace Hotel in Brooklyn. 7 p.m.

THE KICKER: The city is working with a nonprofit called The Community Interpreter Bank to provide free interpreter services at government offices. (The funding of which was restored in the wake of a CITY investigation.)

Thanks, as always, for reading. Make it a great Thursday.

Love,

THE CITY

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