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For example: ConEd can’t turn off your power when the heat rises to a certain level. Evictions are suspended right now because it’s too damn hot. There are special cooling centers for pets. And no, there is no “right to cooling” the same way we have a right to heat in the winter — yet.
Who do you know who should know these extreme heat rules? Share it with them, and stay cool.
Weather ☀️
Hot, hot, hot. Sunny with heat indices as high as 104.
MTA 🚇
Until 1 p.m. today, Manhattan-bound express 6 trains run local from Hunts Point Avenue to 3rd Avenue-138th Street. Find all the MTA’s planned changes and the latest delays here.
Alternate side parking 🚙
It’s in effect today, July 1.
By the way…
Looking for things to do this summer? We’ve got you covered here and in our summer newsletter, but if you need an extra hand, the mayor’s office has launched “Summer in NYC,” an interactive website featuring free things to do for all ages and interests.
Our Other Top Stories
The mayor and City Council made a budget deal official last night after days of stalled negotiations over funding for the city-funded housing voucher program known as CityFHEPS.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani praised his first budget, at $125.8 billion, for balancing the books and sticking to principles. But fiscal experts say it’s not that simple, and that the adopted budget is expected to forecast a deficit for the 2028 fiscal year of more than $7 billion — much larger than is typical and one that could grow substantially if there is any downturn on Wall Street or a recession.
Affordable housing construction slowed somewhat in 2025, but what didn’t change is that a few Council districts produced the most new apartments, while 10 have almost none, according to the annual NYC Housing Tracker from the New York Housing Conference.
Under charter reforms approved in November, the City Planning Department this fall will release a list of the 12 community districts that have produced the least affordable housing over the past five years; new projects in those neighborhoods can now be greenlit by the City Planning Commission and won’t need City Council approval. (Community districts are similar but not identical to Council districts).
The city produced 13,605 new affordable units last year, down13% from 2024. About two-thirds were built in the central Bronx; in central, eastern and waterfront Brooklyn and in eastern Queens. The neighborhoods have lower income and higher proportions and Black and Hispanic residents.
Ten Council districts produced 10 affordable units or less — with zero new units on the Upper West Side and in Bensonhurst.
—Greg David
Adams Aide Charges Stand
A Manhattan judge shot down an attempt by Ingrid Lewis-Martin, once ex-Mayor Eric Adams' top aide, to dismiss her first corruption indictment.
State Supreme Court Justice Daniel Conviser found a grand jury had sufficient reason to indict Lewis-Martin, her son, Glenn Martin, and two developers on bribery, conspiracy and money-laundering charges. But he granted her a hearing on her request to suppress statements she'd made when a Manhattan District Attorney investigator seized her phone at JFK as she returned from a trip to Japan. “So you’re the ones that have been listening to my phone," she stated. "This is crazy. Who am I bribing? What is money laundering? Check my bank records.”
The ruling does not apply to Lewis-Martin's second criminal indictment, which accused her of doing favors for developers and a Brooklyn movie studio in exchange for cash, home renovations — and a part in a TV show.
Wednesday, July 1: Pride month may have ended, but you can still catch a line-up of sapphic comedians in Brooklyn. 18+. Free, Brooklyn Art Haus, 9 p.m.
Wednesday, July 1: Ever wanted to dance at Lincoln Center? If you like K-pop, now’s your chance, with a silent disco by DJ MOOBEK and HWARANG. Free, Lincoln Center, 8 to 10 p.m.
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