It is becoming tradition for the Daily News transit reporter to uncover ongoing asbestos and safety issues at the MTA's East New York bus depot, a truly cursed facility.

Good update by Evan.

'Students living in off-campus apartments propped open windows and peered out from their living rooms as dozens of law enforcement officials blocked the doors to their buildings.'

via Bahar Ostadan and Catalina Gonella on the arrests at Columbia tonight

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This is as good a time as any to remind everyone that the NYPD has been encrypting its precincts’ non-tactical comms.

Thousands of Columbia students and faculty members couldn't enter campus today after protesters occupied Hamilton Hall. Many of them are trying to study and research as the academic year comes to an end. gothamist.com/news/columbia-…

NEW: New York City will begin distributing fliers to discourage migrant families from allowing their children to sell candy on the streets and subway, targeting one of the most visible symbols of the ongoing migrant influx. gothamist.com/news/nyc-to-ha…

*And another thing!*

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annoying to find out the trendy Tatiana restaurant people keep talking about is not the Brighton Beach one. Why would you name your new restaurant that, does the trendy one even have a single lasso dancer or magic show

New from Ramsey Khalifeh رمزي خليفة:

Columbia U's president is facing calls to resign from all sides.

She's taking heat from the right for antisemitic remarks by some protesters, and from the left for calling the NYPD to clear demonstrators from her campus.

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A new apartment complex is rising atop one of Brooklyn’s most polluted sites after its developers and state environmental regulators abandoned their plan to fully remove the deeply contaminated soil underground.

Insightful story from Jordan Gass-Poore' 💀

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Mayor Adams joked during last night's Inner Circle event:

'A lot of people attack the Daily News, but go easy on them. If you had to work with Chris Sommerfeldt you would be crazy also.'

Illinois Governor may be finally trying to shake up Chicago's CTA, which has faced years of challenges providing frequent & reliable service on its rail & bus lines. But Chicago mayor controls majority of CTA board seats...

Sammy's Law -- the bill that will allow NYC to lower its default speed limit to 20 mph -- will be part of the state budget, with a caveat making clear it doesn't apply to roads with three or more lanes of traffic in one direction.

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NEW: When I told Bo Dietl I was a @POLITICO reporter and asked about his work for Mayor Eric Adams' legal defense trust, he told me: “You like to suck dick? Go suck dick somewhere,” then hung up. Two hours later, the trust fired Dietl. w/ Joe Anuta politico.com/news/2024/04/1…

.Mayor Eric Adams's legal defense fund drops longtime ally Bo Dietl after crude comments to @POLITICO reporter

'Why don’t you do me a favor. Go suck somebody’s dick, because I don’t want to talk to you, okay? You like to suck dick? Go suck dick somewhere.”

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the premise of the movie is that an autocratic president moves one of the marina city towers into the river, and then the people understandably go nuts

'CTA supervisors neglected to check on her even though the bus never moved and subsequently failed to arrive at more than 50 scheduled stops.'

This is a heartbreaking story that highlights CTA failures on so may levels.

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via Manny Ramos

NEW: Con Sofrito, the Bronx joint co-owned by the police commissioner's brother and frequented by pols, hasn’t torn down an illegal party room — more than 6 weeks after agreeing to do it, crt records show. w/ Chris Sommerfeldt

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'“You shouldn't have to be a Talmudic scholar or Gridlock Sam to figure out all the nuances of which roads will be charged and how much and when,” Schwartz said.'

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'More than 1,000 children living in New York City shelters left their public schools after their families were forced to move due to Mayor Eric Adams’ policy that limits their stays to 60 days, according to data released by the City Council on Monday.' gothamist.com/news/more-than…