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Plus: Another top Adams ally resigns [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.]( [10 of the coolest places open to the public for this year’s Open House New York]( [first image]( [Today's newsletter is curated by James Ramsay]( Weather: ☁️ Cloudy, highs around 70. It's Tuesday in New York City, where hundreds of sites that are usually closed off to the public — such as a Morningside Heights indoor pool, pictured above — are about to open for tours as part of the annual Open House New York weekend. We’ve sifted through the offerings and pulled out 10 of the coolest places on the list — some of which require [winning a free spot in the ticket lottery, which opens Oct. 8](. Here's what else is happening: - "Gratuities are not federal crimes": Alex Spiro, an attorney for Mayor Eric Adams, [filed a motion Monday to dismiss a charge]( that Adams accepted bribes from Turkish officials in the form of luxury travel perks. - Gothamist asked seven heads of key city agencies that shape New Yorkers’ daily lives whether they still believed Adams could lead the city. The six who responded all [shied away from supporting the mayor who appointed them](. - Timothy Pearson, a top aide and longtime friend to Mayor Adams who faces [multiple]( [scandals]( of his own, [submitted his resignation letter]( last night. - A longshoremen’s strike at seaports across the East Coast is slated to hammer New York City’s supply chains, [potentially causing a spike in wine prices]( and the rotting of hundreds of tons of fruit stuck on ships. - The city's transportation department has begun [installing new dedicated bus lanes]( across 96th Street in Manhattan, overriding objections from some locals who feared the bus lanes would make it harder for cars to pull over to the curb. - A correction officer at the federal prison in Sunset Park is facing charges that he recklessly [chased a civilian vehicle for about five miles from the prison]( shot multiple times at the vehicle and struck and injured a passenger in the back seat. - Tap water in the city is [going to taste a little different]( for several months while officials switch reservoirs to allow for repairs at the main upstate aqueduct. - It's Oct. 1, which means we've entered heat season: the eight-month span where the city requires landlords to keep their apartments warm. [Here's what you need to know]( when the temperatures drop. - Brian Cordasco, one of two former FDNY chiefs charged with accepting bribes in exchange for speeding up fire-safety approvals, [pleaded guilty yesterday]( to one count of bribery conspiracy. - The New York Post found a lawyer who's claiming New York's Equal Rights Amendment ballot measure — a [vaguely worded]( question meant to guarantee access to abortion statewide — could "[allow illegal immigrants to vote]( (Far-right groups had previously seized on a theory that the amendment was a means for [letting transgender kids play girls' sports]( - Green-Wood Cemetery got a bunch of flood mitigation upgrades, including a mechanism for [draining its big pond before storms]( to make room for more rainwater. - In other storm preparedness news, a $139 million project to upgrade sewers and water mains [to prevent basement flooding]( in College Point, Queens, is finally complete. - JFK Airport's Terminal 8 is [getting an Eataly](. - Mets fans should hope those guys didn't ingest too much champagne after yesterday's playoff-spot-clinching double-header because [their Wild Card series against the Brewers starts tonight](. - High-end restaurants [are serving]( adults expensive buttered noodles. - Teen boys are [spraying themselves]( with Acqua di Giò again. - [Everyone's wearing]( jeans. [“Courtesies to politicians are not federal crimes. They do not violate federal rule. Congressmen get upgrades. They get corner suites, they get better tables at restaurants, they get free appetizers. They have their iced tea filled up. That's just what happens.”]( - Alex Spiro, Mayor Eric Adams' attorney, on their [MOTION TO DISMISS A BRIBERY CHARGE]( More from Gothamist [second image]( [It’s prime time for whale-watching in New York City]( Whale-watching groups say more humpbacks have been coming closer to urban waterways as pollution declines. [‘Industry’s’ Ken Leung on growing up in Chinatown and learning to speak finance]( "Well, a lot of people ask about my dream project, and I usually say I'd love to be in some kind of romantic drama," Leung said. "But sitting here [in Columbus Park], I’d love to be in something where I speak nothing but Cantonese. Cantonese is so expressive, it's like the Sicilian of Chinese. You talk with your hands, there are more tones and levels, so many hilarious sayings and different slang." [We Rely On Your Support]( [NYC attempts to sterilize Manhattan rats with new, delicious birth control]( The Council last week passed a bill mandating the city's health and sanitation departments team up for six months to target several Manhattan neighborhoods with rat bait laced with rodent birth control. [October's night sky features a newly discovered comet, 2 meteor showers and 4 planets]( Look up! [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.