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Dear New Yorkers,

The city is moving to close the 3,000-migrant tent shelter on Randall's Island by the end of February, officials announced Wednesday.

Mayor Eric Adams said in a press release that the planned closure showed the city is turning “the corner on this crisis” thanks to his administration’s “smart management strategies and successful advocacy.”

The release noted that the number of migrants in the separate shelter system created for them has declined for 14 straight weeks and that 70% of those who have arrived in the city since the spring of 2022 are not living in shelters.

It did not mention that more than 60,000 migrants are still living in shelters (about 6,000 fewer than at the start of the year, according to city data). All told, a near-record 117,900 people were staying in traditional or migrant shelters as of Sunday.

The announcement comes on the heels of a devastating few weeks for the mayor, who was indicted on federal corruption charges last month, followed by a parade of resignations of top officials targeted by FBI raids.

Read more here about the city’s move to close the tent shelter on Randall’s Island.

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Things To Do

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

Thursday, Oct. 10: An educational talk about the Underground Railroad in New York City. Free from 6 to 7 p.m. at the Van Cortlandt House Museum in The Bronx. Saturday, Oct. 12: The opening of Becoming Bohemia: Greenwich Village 1912-1923, an exhibition about the country’s “first large-scale countercultural enclave.” Free through Feb. 1, 2025, at the New York Public Library’s Stephen A. Schwarzman Building in Manhattan. Saturday, Oct. 12: Visit a pumpkin patch at the Queens Botanical Garden. Kids age 4 and up can take home a pumpkin. Free with admission from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

THE KICKER: City emergency management officials have warned that a geomagnetic storm caused by the sun might affect critical systems — like GPS, and possibly the power grid — today and tomorrow. “We obviously don't want to alarm people,” a spokesperson told Gothamist. “We just want people to not be surprised if their Google Maps stopped working or anything like that.” (If solar storms alarm you, do not read this article.)

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

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