Good Monday afternoon in New York City, where the rain is just getting started.
Here’s what else is happening:
- Tenant advocates are hoping for a rent freeze this year after the city’s Rent Guidelines Board released new data showing that profits went up in 2022 for landlords of rent-stabilized units.
- Curbed looked into the squatting crisis that isn’t.
- A man was taken into custody after allegedly hitting actor Michael Stuhlbarg (“A Serious Man,” “Boardwalk Empire”) in the head with a rock in Central Park on Sunday evening.
- Here’s a handy shortcut for cyclists trying to get from Broadway and Astor Place over to Mercer Street.
- California ski slopes are reporting a steep increase in collisions, possibly due to skiers eating weed gummies.
- Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce are in yet another TV commercial together — this time they’re urging Missourians to approve spending $2 billion in taxpayer money on new stadiums for the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals.
- Lizzo said she’s quitting.
- Business Insider has a fascinating piece about the trajectory of “Chicken Soup for the Soul” from a deceptively sinister self-help series to a branding behemoth that sold licensed pet food; to a publicly traded holding company that owns Redbox and other entertainment properties; to what it is now: almost worthless.
- And finally, limber fella: