Why so many migrant kids are selling candy in NYC

Plus: Talking politics at the laundromat [View this email in a browser.]( Gothamist relies on your support to make local news available to all. Not yet a member? [Consider donating and join today.]( [Why are so many migrant kids selling candy in NYC? Lack of child care, survey says.]( [first image]( [Today's newsletter is curated by James Ramsay]( Weather: ⛅ Partly sunny and breezy, with highs in the lower 80s. It's Monday in New York City, where slightly more than 8 in 10 migrant vendors with children, who are often seen selling fruit cups or candy on the subways, told surveyors that they bring their kids with them because they lack sufficient child care. Here's how migrant families who are ineligible for other government-funded child care options [could still get help](. And here's what else is happening: - Police said [a man was killed and two others were wounded]( in a stabbing across from the Stuyvesant Town apartment complex in the East Village on Sunday. - [A fatal stabbing]( inside a Queens bodega over the weekend has reignited calls from some shop owners for more security assistance. - After a judge ruled last week that New York correction officials have improperly used solitary confinement as a means of discipline, civil liberties attorneys warn that without tougher enforcement, [the practice may not end](. - A watchdog group representing 9/11 first responders has sued New York City over the government blocking the release of documents that may reveal [what officials knew about toxic air and health risks]( after the terror attacks. - A nonprofit that serves New Yorkers dealing with mental illness and homelessness [hired on-site nurses]( back in 2015. The group says its patients' avoidable visits to emergency rooms have since dropped by half. - As budget negotiations between the New York City Council and Mayor Eric Adams' office continue, councilmembers rallied yesterday to call for the full reversal of [$58.3 million in cuts to the city’s public libraries](. - Peapack-Gladstone, New Jersey, plans to [fatally gas about 60 geese]( who've been pooping in the park in the center of town. - Brian Lehrer is launching his own newsletter, featuring his exclusive column, new ways to share your stories online and on air, plus an inside look at the show each week. [Sign up here]( to get it in your inbox on Thursday. - The MTA on Wednesday will hold [its first board meeting]( since Gov. Kathy Hochul put congestion pricing on ice and [ruined the tour](. - If someone with a microphone approaches you in Washington Square Park and [asks you to describe your "dream apartment,"]( it may be part of Zoomer TikTok mogul Davis Burleson's partnership with Zillow. - It's the summer of odd electric [scooters, unicycles and skateboards](. - The 86-year-old pedestrian who was [fatally hit by a city truck driver]( in Bay Ridge earlier this month has been identified as former Genovese family mobster Anthony "Tony Cakes" Conigliaro. - Michael Bloomberg: [City schools should ban phones](. - People in South Africa are working 12-hour shifts for $4 a day [to mine "healing" crystals]( for wellness enthusiasts. - It's the [25th anniversary]( of Tony Hawk's 900. (And just more than a week after [a 9-year-old did three of them in a row]( - [We talked about]( the best sandwiches in New York City. - Rising and grinding is out, mornings are for [shedding]( now. [“When I first started, they'd call 911 for everything, it didn't matter — 911 was their doctor.”]( - Sandra Perkins Lawrence, a nurse at a bronx supportive housing site who's been [HELPING PATIENTS AVOID THE ER BY PROVIDING PREVENTIVE CARE]( More from Gothamist [second image]( [We visited 8 laundromats to talk about voting and elections. Here's what people had to say.]( As part of WNYC’s Suds and Civics initiative, we visited eight laundromats in New York and New Jersey once a month to talk with locals about the upcoming elections. A common theme we heard at each location was a lack of enthusiasm, with some saying they plan not to vote at all. [MTA tells NYC students to join the hot new trend: Paying the fare]( "It's actually not fare evasion because these kids already have prepaid cards," said outgoing NYC Transit President Richard Davey. "They don't want to swipe for whatever reason, so the fare evasion numbers are probably a little elevated as a result." [We Rely On Your Support]( [Delivery apps in NYC could be held responsible for workers following traffic laws]( Three new City Council bills pertain to e-bikes and mopeds, and would make third-party delivery app companies like Uber Eats, GrubHub and DoorDash responsible for ensuring the vehicles’ safety and compliance with city regulations. [Electric Zoo is finally giving out refunds. Here’s how to get yours.]( Nearly nine months after the 2023 edition of the electronic music festival descended into overcrowded chaos and a partial cancellation, the festival’s organizers — who also own the troubled Brooklyn Mirage and Avant Gardner in East Williamsburg — published a message saying refunds will be processed by July 19. [Instagram]( [Instagram]( [Facebook]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Twitter]( [New York Public Radio] [WNYC]( | [WQXR]( | [NJPR]( | [GOTHAMIST]( [WNYC STUDIOS]( | [THE GREENE SPACE]( Copyright © New York Public Radio. 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