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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, When James Carlton cries even his tears hurt, he says.  Carlton, 40, was paralyzed from the neck down in May after a team of correction officers tackled him while he was in shackles inside the Vernon C. Bain Center jail barge in The Bronx, according to video surveillance viewed by the federal monitor who oversees the city Department of Correction.  “Everything hurts,” Carlon told THE CITY from his bed at NYC Health + Hospitals / Bellevue in Manhattan. “I can’t sleep. It’s all nightmares.”  Carlton’s room on the sixth floor of Bellevue’s brain injury rehabilitation unit is the latest bleak setting in a life scarred by trauma and trouble. Last July, Carlton was jailed on robbery and assault charges after hitting someone described as “over 70-years old” in the face and stealing that person’s wallet in the Times Square-42nd Street subway station.  He spent most of the past two decades in jail for offenses including robbery and assault, court records show.  THE CITY first reported Carlton was on a ventilator for two weeks after the May incident. Two days later, a federal monitor overseeing the department slammed Commissioner Louis Molina for withholding basic details in Carlton’s case, as well as in four other violent encounters involving different detainees.  From the start, the correction department tried to keep the May clash under wraps.  Read more here. Some other items of note: After an advocacy group erroneously claimed last week that new rules would be put on pause, federal housing officials have clarified that they’re moving full speed ahead this year with new rules that will require NYCHA tenants deemed “over income” to pay significantly higher rent. They’re also planning to end eligibility for public housing for residents with more than $100,000 in total assets, and to evict any resident found to own real property “suitable for occupancy.” The Department of Education determined that four yeshivas are significantly deficient in their secular instruction and recommended that an additional 14 also be deemed deficient by the state. Both the Adams and de Blasio administrations have fought a legal battle with THE CITY to block the release of detailed DOE observations of the schools. Property owners with lower or fixed incomes are scrambling to fund renovations to comply with Local Law 97 — a city climate law passed in 2019 that requires buildings to reduce their carbon emissions. They say the city has not provided viable financing options, or explained what mitigating factors could ease potential noncompliance penalties. The law is set to take effect in just six months.  Wondering about the swarms of tiny bugs that were everywhere in NYC last week? Turns out, they were aphids — and, experts promise, they weren’t a sign of the end times. For the latest local numbers on COVID-19 hospitalizations, positivity rates and more, check our coronavirus tracker.  Weather scoop by New York Metro Weather Wednesday's Weather Rating: 5/10. Hot and humid today, with temperatures in the lower 90s and uncomfortably high dew points this afternoon. A few isolated showers and storms are possible, but they won't be nearly as widespread as the past few days. The vibes are uncomfortable! THE KICKER: Summer is — finally — in full swing. While many New Yorkers already have a favorite beach, here’s a roundup of good options in and around the city for those looking to try something new.   Thanks, as always, for reading. Make it a great Wednesday. Love, THE CITY P.S. If you liked something about today's newsletter, or didn't, let us know at zshah@thecity.nyc

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