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THURSDAY, MAY 29, 2025

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Dear New Yorkers,

Journalist Tom Robbins died at home in Brooklyn Heights on Tuesday night. He was 76 and left behind a powerful legacy as a journalist and activist — including through his work for THE CITY.

Robbins, who joined our investigative unit two years ago, seemed to know everyone. He had well-placed contacts in government, the courts, neighborhood service groups and journalism — including half of THE CITY’s newsroom, which was filled with old students and colleagues from many of the publications where he had distinguished himself.

Since he left THE CITY, Tom’s presence has lingered: in tips that continue to bear fruit, advice that reporters still take to heart, and work that helped yield some of our greatest scoops.

Read more here about Tom Robbins: a taxi driver, antiwar activist, mentor and journalist who crusaded for New Yorkers in need.

Weather ☔

Rain, and slightly warmer than yesterday with temps in the low 70s.

MTA 🚇

In Queens, there’s no E train service at Jamaica-Van Wyck, Sutphin Boulevard-Archer Ave-JFK Airport and Jamaica Center overnight. Find all the MTA’s planned changes and the latest delays here.

Alternate side parking 🚙

It’s suspended today, May 29, for the Solemnity of the Ascension.

By the way…

See theater for free in Riverside Park, Thursdays through Sundays, starting today and going through September. First up: Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar.

Our Other Top Stories

THE CITY witnessed two dozen plainclothes officers with masks staking out the lobby of 26 Federal Plaza yesterday, waiting for immigrants who’d come to the building for ICE check-ins and court dates. The agents arrested multiple people, including a pastor from Queens. As complaints mount about the new OMNY tap-and-go cards for buses and subways, transit officials have approved $13 million extra for AI chatbot services — on top of a nearly $600 million original contract.

Things To Do

Here are some free and low-cost things to do around the city this week.

Thursday, May 29: Plant a tree at Shoelace Park in The Bronx. 9:30 a.m. Thursday, May 29: Go for a 5K run with the New York Road Runners club in Flushing Meadows Corona Park. 7 p.m. Friday, May 30: It’s Teen Night on the High Line! The theme: cosmic cowboy. If you’re a teen, wear your intergalactic best for free food, activities, performances and more. 4 to 8 p.m.

THE KICKER: Hurray: the G train is getting cell service! Now if it could only stop running in two disconnected sections most weekends.

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

Love,

THE CITY

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