IN THE NEWS
• A few months after a homeless shelter worker was killed, the city is taking steps to make shelters safer for their employees. [
New York Times]
• One man died and another was injured after an apartment fire in Brooklyn. [
New York Times]
• A guide to finding (or avoiding) the hottest subway cars. [
WNYC]
• Harlem had the most illegal fireworks complaints during the Fourth of July weekend. [
DNAinfo]
• Two Orthodox Jewish men in Williamsburg were attacked with paintballs, and police are looking for suspects. [
Daily News]
• Solar power capacity in the state grew 300 percent from 2011 to 2014. [
WNYC]
• Don’t mess with hydrangeas in the East Village, or face the wrath of urban gardeners. [
EV Grieve]
• A large amount of synthetic marijuana, Viagra and narcotic plants was seized during a raid by the police in Harlem. [
DNAinfo]
• A man who dresses as Woody from “Toy Story” in Times Square is accused of being a “serial butt groper.” [New York Post]
COMING UP TODAY
• Caitlin Moran, the British feminist author of “How to Build a Girl,”
speaks with Judith Regan at the Strand Bookstore near Union Square. 7 p.m. [Buying a copy of the book or a $12 Strand gift card required for admission]
• “Break the Rules,”
an evening of queer film, is part of “Dirty Looks: On Location,” a month of queer intervention, at ABC No Rio on the Lower East Side. 7:30 p.m. [Cost is not listed]
