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Uptown [2] trains are running with delays after we addressed a door problem on a train at Jackson Av.
Overnight [3] is suspended
No [4][6] trains between 149 St-Hostos and 59 St in both directions while we perform track maintenance between 59 St and 96 St.
In Queens, Flushing-bound [7] skips 52 St and 69 St All trains at Woodside-61 St board from the Manhattan-bound platform
[A] trains are running with delays in both directions after we addressed a signal problem at Broadway Junction.
Jamaica Center-Parsons/Archer-bound [E] and Jamaica-179 St-bound [F] trains are running with delays after we performed track maintenance in Queens.
In the Bronx, no [D] at Norwood-205 St
In Brooklyn, Manhattan-bound [F] and Court Sq-bound [G] skip Fort Hamilton Pkwy, 15 St-Prospect Park and 4 Av-9 St
In Brooklyn, no [L] between Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs and Broadway Junction
No [N] between Queensboro Plaza, Queens and Times Sq-42 St, Manhattan
A judge froze the tax Monday morning; by Monday night, an appeal had thawed it right back out.
Staten Island Supreme Court Justice Wayne Ozzi temporarily blocked the city's rollout of its new tax on non-primary homes worth $5 million or more and ordered the city to take down its public list of nearly 1 million properties, ruling on a homeowner lawsuit that argued the city "arbitrarily and capriciously" made residents prove they weren't liable [21]. The city appealed within hours, which automatically stayed the pause and let the rollout continue [9][21]. Gov. Hochul, who signed the tax into law in May, distanced herself from the "bungled rollout" the same day [1]. The tax is a temporary state levy, set to expire in 2031 (Dechert LLP).
“That is lawless.”
“It's the city just putting unnecessary stress on middle income homeowners who are just going to work, paying their mortgages... trying to raise their families.”
“There are few things more certain in New York City than death, taxes and Randy Mastro filing a lawsuit against this administration.”
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Commercial Observer
Half the city's kids can't read at grade level, and even the people who ran the test aren't sure why the numbers swung so hard.
New York City Public Schools' 2026 state exam results, released Friday, showed reading proficiency for grades 3-8 fell 6 points to about 50%, erasing most of last year's 7-point gain; third-grade proficiency alone dropped nearly 14 points, to 44.2% [99]. Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels called the swings "unusual" and ordered further analysis [96][99]. The drop lands three years into NYC Reads, the city's mandated shift to phonics-based instruction, launched in 2023 after more than half of grades 3-8 students, 225,000 kids, were reading below grade level (Advocates for Children NY).
“We're calling for an independent audit so that we can see what is happening in particular with the [English Language Arts] exam over the last three years.”
“It's very strange to see these huge swings year to year. It's a legitimate concern.”
“Across the nation, we've seen transformative literacy rates using the pedagogy we know works, and we will continue to pursue that same approach.”
Gothamist
A city-owned Nolita lot that survived one demolition fight may finally get a peace deal: the same number of affordable apartments, a different address.
The city and a trio of developers, Pennrose, Habitat for Humanity and RiseBoro, are negotiating an "amicable resolution" to a lawsuit over then-Mayor Adams' June 2025 cancellation of Haven Green, a 123-unit affordable senior housing plan for the Elizabeth Street Garden site [53][63]. The likely deal: the city hands the developers a different city-owned lot, 22 Suffolk Street, to build more than 180 affordable homes instead, while the garden itself stays put [53][63][74]. Both sides return to court Thursday [63].
“The Mamdani administration's job now is to deliver the homes at 22 Suffolk Street, fast.”
“When we have a political entity that can come and set that aside and overturn it, it really creates a tremendous amount of instability, uncertainty and lack of fairness and clarity for the developer and the community.”
Gothamist
The Sons of Pitches had lost 14 straight rec-league softball games in Central Park when a hard cider brand decided their sad streak needed a ringer, and called Nick Swisher. The former Yankees World Series champion suited up, launched a couple of home runs into the sun over North Meadow Ballfield #9, and helped the Sons finally win one. "I think it's such a cool idea that Angry Orchard is not only investing in the winners, but also the underdogs," Swisher said, before crediting his own philosophy: "If I'm going to go out there, I'm going to do it my way. I'm going to smile and have the best time ever" [134].