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For more than 30 years, Brian Kendall has insisted he and a few friends were simply playing video games inside a Flatbush game room after school when a man wearing a hoodie casually strolled in and fatally shot a clerk in the head.
That was in 1988. Kendall, who was 17 at the time, and his shocked friends ran outside to chase the shooter and flag a police car, according to his account.
Police and prosecutors didn’t believe him.
On Tuesday, in a dramatic reversal decades in the making, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez’s Conviction Review Unit (CRU) will announce that it has found Kendall is “likely innocent” and should have his conviction vacated and indictment dismissed.
“I only wish my mother and father were alive to see this day,” Kendall said in a statement.
Read more here about the Brooklyn man finally exonerated after 37 years.
Weather ☔
A chance of showers all day, with highs in the mid 80s.
MTA 🚇
In The Bronx, there’s no 5 train between Dyre Ave and East 180 Street — but there will be shuttle buses. Find all the MTA’s planned changes and the latest delays here.
Zohran Mamdani led former Gov. Andrew Cuomo by 41 points in Kensington, Brooklyn, nicknamed “Little Pakistan,” and by up to 49 points in the parts of Parkchester in The Bronx where there’s a fast-growing Bengali community. Here’s how a wave of Asian votes helped propel his trailblazing win.
There won’t be a rent freeze this year, as the Rent Guidelines Board voted on Monday night to let stabilized rents go up by as much as 4.5% on two-year leases.
Buying a pet store parrot in New York City may soon be for the birds – and shop owners have their feathers in a bunch about it.
Though more commonly associated with leafy suburbs, lacrosse has been growing in popularity in NYC, thanks in part to new groups like Uptown Lacrosse teaching the game to city students.
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On the latest episode of FAQ NYC, hosts Christina Greer, Katie Honan and Harry Siegel discuss the Democratic Party’s struggle to come to terms with the ascending left wing that Zohran Mamdani represents — plus Eric Adams’ relaunch, the city’s available beaches and pools, and much more. Listen here.
Reporter’s Notebook
Council Decriminalizes Street Vending — at Least for Those With Licenses
The City Council on Monday voted 40 to 8, with three abstentions, to eliminate all criminal enforcement for licensed vendors, though they could continue to receive civil tickets for time-place-manner violations.
Pointing to “the federal government’s horrific immigration policies,” Councilmember Shekar Krishnan (D-Queens), the prime sponsor of the bill, said that “the consequences of vending violations have become even more stark and grave for a heavily immigrant workforce.”
Vendors working without a license, however, can still get slapped with criminal summonses. More than 35% of merchandise vendors and 75% of food vendors are unlicensed, according to the same survey.
“It’s essential that this bill is not a standalone bill,” said Carina Kaufman-Gutierrez, deputy director of the advocacy group the Street Vendor Project, who called for the Council to also pass a bill to expand access to vending licenses. “There’s still very real concerns that this could have an impact if the NYPD continues to issue criminal summonses for unlicensed vending. We do hope that the NYPD will follow the intent of the law and only issue civil summonses across the board."
The NYPD did not immediately respond to THE CITY’s request for comment.
— Haidee Chu
Things To Do
Here are some free and low-cost things to do around the city this week.
Tuesday, July 1: Go on a 5K in Brooklyn Bridge Park. 7 p.m.
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