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Police have arrested a woman who allegedly crashed into seven pedestrians in Midtown over the weekend. Plus, New York City wants to add more space for pedestrians and cyclists on Broadway, north of Union Square. And a new report reveals that employers in New York State stole roughly $126 million in wages from workers between 2017 and 2021. But the State Department of Labor has not had much success recovering the money.

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A massive tent facility is now open for migrants on Randall’s Island. Plus, the New York City Health Department is reminding parents to get their kids vaccinated ahead of the new school year. And finally, WNYC’s Sean Carlson talks with journalist Andrew Kirtzman about the rise and fall of former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani after his indictment in Georgia last week.

New York State is putting up more money to help with casework for migrants as they leave New York City shelters. Meanwhile, City Comptroller Brad Lander is urging New York's homeless services agency to focus on moving so-called long-time stayers out of shelters and into housing. And WNYC's politics reporter Giulia Heyward tries to follow Mayor Eric Adams' much-discussed diet.

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New York City Mayor Eric Adams hopes to streamline the process for office to housing conversions. Plus, giant trash bins have arrived in Harlem. Will the new bins keep rats away or just take up space? And finally, WNYC’s Tiffany Hanssen talks with Jordan Salama about his recent article for New York Magazine, The Candy Sellers, with Nathaly Rubio-Torio, director of Voces Latinas.

Mayor Eric Adams is proposing to house migrants in the now-shuttered Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan. It's the same facility where convicted sex offender and disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein took his own life. Meanwhile, police are investigating a potential hate crime in Borough Park after a man had his yarmulke snatched off his head. And in the latest installment of our series "I Tried It", WNYC's Ramsey Khalifeh dives into the pulsating beats of Basement, a much-revered techno club in Queens.

Get up and get informed! Here’s all the local news you need to start your day: The MTA’s board is discussing congestion pricing exemptions for Manhattan below 60th Street. Meanwhile, in Crown Heights, after a 17-year-old was shot post-basketball game at the “Major R. Owens Health and Wellness Center”, activists reiterate the center’s role as a safe space. And also, City Comptroller Brad Lander warns Hollywood studios of potential divestments from the city’s pension funds amid the ongoing writers and actors strike.

The federal government is trying to deport a Queens man to Haiti, a country he's never been to, because of a crime he was convicted of thirty-one years ago. For several years, WNYC’s Matt Katz has been following the story of Pascal Carpenter, known as Skahoure, who is now appealing an order to deport him after fifty-one years in the U-S. Also, a new temporary exhibit at the New York Botanical Garden is walking visitors through the long history of mind-altering plants. We’ll hear from Joanna Groarke, the Vice President for Exhibitions and Programming at the New York Botanical Garden

Hundreds of migrants are expected to arrive at the emergency shelter built at Creedmore Psychiatric Facility but neighbors are pushing back and police have arrested at least 13 protestors. Also, Federal prosecutors have charged a former fundraiser for embattled congressman George Santos. And finally, Norman Seabrook, the longtime boss of the Correction Officers’ Benevolent Association, was once a towering figure in New York City labor politics. But in 2019, he was sentenced to four years in prison after accepting a bribe. This March Seabrook was granted early release and WNYC's Charles Lane caught up with him recently and joins our own Carlson to talk about their conversation.