Good Monday afternoon in New York City, where it’s not as hot, for now.
Here’s what else is happening:
- THE CITY published a tidy rundown of the politicians who are running or might run against Mayor Eric Adams in 2025.
- Queens Assembly candidate Dao Yin scored $162,800 from the state’s generous public matching funds program. But according to a New York Times investigation, many of the 300 odd “donations” being matched appear to be fraudulent.
- The NYPD said one of the roughly 200 drivers caught in a recent crackdown on phony license plates was a person of interest in a 2005 murder who also happened to have a loaded gun on him at the time police stopped him.
- A former NYPD officer from Staten Island has pleaded guilty to shooting two women, one fatally, during a 2021 love triangle-related dispute.
- The Stonewall Inn has become a popular tourist destination.
- Legendary Hawaiian pro surfer-turned-movie actor Tamayo Perry was killed by a shark in Oahu today.
- “Within minutes of eating hers, my daughter was passed out, as were all the other kids, even the ‘horrible sleepers'”: Children’s melatonin gummies sound strong.
- American Olympians are upset that their rooms in Paris won’t have AC.
- And finally, yo over here:
