Bacterial meningitis cases on rise; NYC delivery workers now make $19/hour, but is tipping harder?; plus more

We are supported by our readers. Consider donating to fund the local reporting you rely on. [View in Browser]( Monday April 1, 2024 [Donate now]( [NYC delivery workers now make $19 an hour, but many say apps have made tipping harder]( [A person rides his bike holding a green delivery bag.]( [The new minimums are part of the rollout of a 2021 law.]( More Stories From Today [People jog in Central Park on Feb. 23, 2024.]( [Woman attacked by man with hammer in Central Park overnight, NYPD says]( [Police are investigating after a 39-year-old woman was assaulted early Monday.]( [A computer-generated image of the meningitis bacteria known as neisseria meningitidis.]( [Bacterial meningitis cases are on the rise, NYC health department tells doctors]( [The advisory warns them to be on the lookout for symptoms that might seem like other conditions.]( [A person dressed in head-to-toe denim with a Miller hat and black jacket.]( [Even Beyoncé is in on the Bushwick look. But what exactly is it?]( [It’s not just an aesthetic, it’s a mindset.]( [A taxi stand at JFK Airport.]( [Taxi dispatchers charged with taking bribes from cabbies at JFK Airport]( [A group of taxi dispatchers were allegedly paid as little as $5 to allow yellow cab drivers to cut the long lines to pick up passengers.]( [New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams attends the 2023 Celebrating Women Breakfast on May 04, 2023.]( [NYC lawmakers pitch reversing Mayor Adams’ planned budget cuts to 3K, schools and more]( [City Council leaders presented their formal response to the mayor’s preliminary budget proposal for fiscal year 2025 on Monday.]( [The BQE and Brooklyn Heights Promenade.]( [Brooklyn Heights BQE segment to close to Queens-bound traffic in mid-April]( [No cars will be allowed between Atlantic Avenue and Sands Street from 2 a.m. on April 13 to 4 a.m. on April 15.]( [People walk around Times Square with umbrellas during a storm on March, 6, 2024.]( [NYC: Brace for up to 4 days of rain this week, National Weather Service says]( [Wet weather will set April off to a gloomy, soggy start.]( [Entrance to the iconic Nuyorican Poets Cafe, surrounded by stenciled figures, in the East Village, on Jan. 1, 2000.]( [Nuyorican Poets Cafe, an East Village icon, begins a $24M makeover]( [New theaters, classrooms, a garden and more will follow a gut renovation.]( [The eastbound Nassau Expressway under the JFK Expressway]( [68-year-old man killed in alleged hit and run in Queens, police say]( [The man was parked on the shoulder of a highway when he was struck by the driver of a box truck.]( [The FDNY says a five-alarm fire broke out at a Brooklyn church on Easter Sunday.]( [5-alarm fire engulfs Brooklyn Catholic church on Easter Sunday: FDNY]( [People near Siegel Street and McKibbin Court were urged to close their windows.]( [skiers on a mountain pass a "slow" sign]( [Extra Extra: Weed gummies could be partly to blame for spike in skiing accidents]( [Because skiing stoned is dangerous, here are your afternoon links: Michael Stuhlbarg attacked in Central Park, "Chicken Soup for the Soul" woes, the squatting crisis that isn't and more.]( [Support Us]( Follow Gothamist on [Gothamist on Facebook]( [Gothamist on Twitter]( NYPR Network [WNYC]() [Gothamist]() [WNYC Studios]() [NJPR]( [WQXR]() [New Sounds]() Copyright © New York Public Radio, 160 Varick St., New York, NY 10013. All rights reserved. [Terms of Use]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe]( from this list.