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Good Monday morning in New York City, where an election is right around the corner. Read our explainer on what you need to know.
Here’s what else is happening:
- Ayat, a beloved Palestinian restaurant in Bay Ridge, saw an onslaught of one-star reviews immediately after the Israel-Hamas war broke out. (Most of the reviews have since been taken down.)
- The American Museum of Natural History said it will no longer display thousands of improperly acquired human remains, including the bones of Black New Yorkers that were dug out of a Manhattan cemetery for enslaved people.
- After New York state made permits for legal weed shops available for the general public earlier this month, local community boards were immediately flooded with applications they don’t have the bandwidth to handle.
- “The indictments made him stronger”: Lee Zeldin said he thinks Donald Trump can “absolutely” win the 2024 presidential election.
- Parking meter rates in Manhattan are going up today.
- New York City retail stores can’t stop covering themselves with fake flowers.
- If you’re interested in owning this “self-sustaining” four-bedroom fortress on a storm-resistant island in the middle of the Long Island Sound, it’s up for auction.
- J-E-T-S!
- And finally, a fan’s fan:
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