How Lower East Side kids feel about the election: ‘Mid’

Plus: Central Park’s dry spell nears century-old record [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.]( [How do Lower East Side kids feel about the election? ‘Mid.’]( [first image]( [Today's newsletter is curated by James Ramsay]( Weather: ⛅ Partly sunny, [still dry]( and highs in the mid 60s. It's Tuesday in New York City, where 10-year-olds are clear about what they want from elected officials. As part of Boys and Girls Republic, a nearly-100-year-old program now run by Henry Street Settlement, elementary and middle school students run for various offices as a way to learn how government functions. [Here's what participants think about this current presidential election](. And here's what else is happening: - Does the bribery charge against Mayor Eric Adams hold up? [This week’s hearing]( before a federal judge presents a key test. - The city's "Smart Curbs" program, which is aimed at [reducing double parking and adding public seating]( is about to eliminate roughly 175 curbside parking spots on the Upper West Side. - Officials said federal law enforcement launched [a massive search for contraband]( at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn on Monday, following a string of violent incidents at the facility. - The city plans to replace one of the Meatpacking District's last remaining meatpacking facilities with [housing and public space](. - "Parents have to be more aware of what their teens are doing in the streets and talk to them, because this is happening a lot": A 13-year-old girl who fell off a 7 train this week was [the sixth person to die]( in a subway surfing incident so far this year. - Goodbye broker fees? The City Council is poised to pass a bill that would shift [the burden of paying the broker]( to the party who hires them — which, in most cases, is the landlord. - Good news for New York City kids who hate wearing down jackets over (or underneath) their flimsy costumes: Halloween could see [record-breaking heat]( with highs in the upper 70s. - With the Yankees on the brink of a World Series loss, [ticket prices are dropping]( — but officials are warning people not to fall for scams. - The city's TV production industry [is draining jobs]( as streaming companies cut back on scripted programming in favor of more reality shows. - Here's a [detailed breakdown]( of Blood Manor's expenses. - Here are [some good]( pizza places. - Día de los Muertos figures have been [installed in Times Square](. - A bar in East Harlem is [giving voters free beer]( if you show your "I Voted" sticker on Election Day. - Steve Bannon is [out of prison](. - [Go easy]( on the nutmeg. [“They should care about the people, but also they should care about the environment … because trees help us breathe. And if the environment starts to fail slowly, then it would be very hard for us to live.”]( - Rosalie Rivera, a 10-year-old Boys and Girls Republic participant, on [WHAT SHE WANTS IN A PRESIDENT]( More from Gothamist [second image]( [Rockefeller Center Christmas tree to come from Massachusetts for the first time since 1959]( A towering Norway spruce from West Stockbridge, located in the Southern Berkshires, is set to be cut on Thursday, Nov. 7, and will arrive at Rockefeller Center on Nov. 9. [NYC is slowly fixing its commercial waste industry. Advocates want them to speed it up.]( As New York City slowly implements a long-delayed reform of the private waste hauling industry, pedestrians and workers keep getting injured or killed at an alarming rate, according to a new report. [We Rely On Your Support]( [Here’s your guide to the November 2024 election in New York]( Ballot questions. Congressional races. Early voting sites. Here's everything you need to know. [Where can you trick-or-treat in NYC? Here are 38 options.]( To help keep kids safe, the city is once again hosting “Trick-or-Streets,” during which dozens of areas across town will be car-free to celebrate Halloween or Día de los Muertos. [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.