Dear New Yorkers,
This week, Mayor Eric Adams put the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal in the spotlight — as his administration tried to relocate hundreds of unhoused migrant men there from a Manhattan hotel.
As the confrontation between the asylum-seekers and City Hall carries on, Adams’ Economic Development Corporation quietly agreed to allow a private firm to walk away from its commitments to the terminal in Red Hook.
As Brooklyn borough president, Adams had pledged $2.2 million for upgrades there to help better serve cruise passengers, which in 2017 he said would be a “game-changer” with a pledge of $15 million more from the cruise terminals’ private operator, Port America.
But now, as Adams visited the terminal and played ping-pong there with migrants, the EDC has agreed to allow the company to give up on nearly all of that promise to Brooklyn. Instead, the money will go to Manhattan.
Read more here.
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- Between the two legal pot dispensaries in New York — both now open in Greenwich Village — there are 20 other smoke shops. THE CITY walked the half mile stretch between them and found that 15 of those openly sell unlicensed cannabis products. Those with legal licenses say it’s reefer madness.
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- See how New York City’s doing with our newsroom’s economic recovery tracker.
- For the latest local numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations, testing rates and more, check our coronavirus tracker.
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