Here are NYC's most fire-prone subway stations

Plus: The city is booting more cars [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.]( [Here are New York City's most fire-prone subway stations]( [first image]( [Today's newsletter is curated by James Ramsay]( Weather: ☁️ Cloudy and cooler, with highs in the mid 70s. It's Tuesday in New York City, where the 180th Street station in the Bronx and the 14th Street-Union Square station have been the most fire-prone subway stations over the last five years, according to new MTA data. Here's what the transit agency is doing to prevent delay-causing track fires, [90% of which are caused by trash that's set ablaze](. And here's what else is happening: - Former Rep. George Santos pleaded guilty to wire fraud and identity theft charges in a federal courtroom on Long Island yesterday. [He now faces up to 22 years in prison](. - Officials said four people living in Manhattan and Queens have contracted West Nile virus, marking [the city's first known cases]( so far this year. - Police are searching for the driver and a passenger of a U-Haul they said [killed a man in a hit-and-run]( crash in Queens early Tuesday. - New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy is expected to announce today that his administration is using $100 million in federal funds to [wipe out medical debt for nearly 50,000 New Jerseyans](. - Good news for mead heads: It'll soon be [legal to ship New York-made honey wine]( as well as craft spirits and cider, to consumers anywhere in the country. - Public health officials are [warning New Yorkers to be prepared]( in case a new version of mpox that's spreading rapidly in the Democratic Republic of Congo makes its way here. - Boyd Johnson, the lawyer hired by Gov. Kathy Hochul to defend against lawsuits over her congestion pricing pause, [is also representing Mayor Eric Adams]( during his campaign finance probe. - A new study from a team of Columbia University researchers found that neighborhoods that experienced heightened rates of stop-and-frisk policing also had [higher rates of young adult psychiatric hospitalizations](. - There's a parking lot underneath the FDR Drive between 18th and 23rd Streets that's being underutilized. Some locals [want it turned into public space](. - "At this time, we are experiencing delays with cashing out and do not currently have an ETA on when this will be resolved": Kaiyo, an online furniture-selling platform, is going out of business — and [locking the accounts of users who are owed money](. - A Gramercy Park co-op board that kicked out a resident over her emotional-support parrots has been [ordered to pay her a $165,000 settlement]( plus the cost of her apartment "at an above-market rate." - Legal weed in this city [sure is expensive](. - If you thought you saw a giant L.L. Bean Boot [driving down I-95 in Massachusetts]( recently, you did. [“This plea is not just an admission of guilt. It's an acknowledgement that I need to be held accountable like any other American that breaks the law.”]( - George Santos on [PLEADING GUILTY TO FEDERAL FRAUD CHARGES]( More from Gothamist [second image]( [New York City is booting more cars than at any time since the pandemic, data shows]( Drivers who fail to pay $350 or more in parking or traffic camera tickets within 100 days of their issuance are subject to booting. Many booted vehicles get towed away. If their owners don’t retrieve them, the city can sell them at auction. [Subpoenas cast a cloud over Mayor Adams' political future as he heads to DNC]( Adams last week took part in a Harlem rally for Vice President Kamala Harris, but there are no indications that he'll play a prominent role in her campaign. [We Rely On Your Support]( [NY's invasive lanternflies are coating the region with sweet, destructive poop]( The caramel-colored waste is a sugary goo that bees collect to make honey, and can be destructive when it lands on plants or human property. [Greenpoint metal bar Saint Vitus is closed for good]( City officials had previously said Saint Vitus was operating as an “illegal eating and drinking establishment” in a space that was only to be used “for a commercial store and for the storage of machinery.” [Instagram]( [Instagram]( [Facebook]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Twitter]( [New York Public Radio] [WNYC]( | [WQXR]( | [NJPR]( | [GOTHAMIST]( [WNYC STUDIOS]( | [THE GREENE SPACE]( Copyright © New York Public Radio. All rights reserved. 160 Varick Street, New York, NY 10013 [TERMS OF USE]( You can update your [PREFERENCES]( or [UNSUBSCRIBE]( from this list.