Cost of 2nd Ave. Subway extension to East Harlem balloons to $7.7B; toxic fumes at a Brooklyn shuffleboard club; plus more

We are supported by our readers. Consider donating to fund the local reporting you rely on. [View in Browser]( Thursday March 9, 2023 [Donate now]( ADVERTISEMENT [Toxic fumes detected at popular Brooklyn shuffleboard club for past 2 years]( [The Royal Palms Shuffleboard Club is located at 514 Union Street in Brooklyn. Environmental surveys detected high levels of a cancer-causing chemical called trichloroethylene and other industrial pollutants at the site in early 2021. But state regulators took a year to notify nearby residents about the health hazard. Remediation efforts to contain the toxins began last month.]( [Here’s why you’re only now hearing about the incident at the Royal Palms Shuffleboard Club.]( ADVERTISEMENT More Stories From Today [Inside the partially constructed 2nd avenue subway tunnels]( [Cost of 2nd Avenue Subway extension to East Harlem balloons to $7.7B]( [It’s the latest price hike for the project, which aims to extend the subway by 1.5 miles through a tunnel that’s already partially built.]( [Participants seen cheering during an NYC City Council hearing about the proposed changes to the city’s administrative code and municipal retirees' health care benefits, Jan. 9, 2023.]( [250K NYC retirees must switch to new Medicare coverage after union leaders favor privatized plan]( [The switch will provide some new benefits, but critics of the change have raised concerns that the Medicare Advantage plan will be more likely to require prior approval for certain medical services and potentially deny coverage.]( [A drawing of Joe's Bar, a storefront with large windows showing tables and plants.]( [A new generation of visual artists is creating love letters to a vanishing NYC]( [A wide range of New Yorkers are creating social media projects to preserve and celebrate an ever-changing city as it emerges from pandemic trauma.]( [A photo of a clock in springtime to depict daylight saving time.]( [Daylight saving time is coming to NYC — beware]( [We're still changing the clocks twice a year even though most people think it's silly and scientists say it's dangerous.]( [a woman on a cell phone walks by bags of trash]( [Extra Extra: Remember the time before legal weed, when NYC smelled awesome?]( [Because the scent of that dank kush is pushing some longtime New Yorkers over the edge, here are your end-of-day links: Undercover taxi boss, smoking inside Atlantic City casinos, COVID rats and more.]( [A view of the 72nd Street Upper West Side subway stop, with blue skies in the background.]( [Upper West Side votes against proposed rest stop for delivery workers at 72nd Street]( [The vote was 27-8, with two members abstaining.]( [Mo Donegal, with Irad Ortiz Jr. wins The Belmont Stakes presented by NYRA Bets at Belmont Park in Elmont in June last year. Hochul seeks to issue a $455 million loan to Belmont Park to redevelop the grandstand and clubhouse.]( [Gov. Hochul wants to loan $455 million to Belmont Park. Some say it’s a bad bet.]( [If the loan goes through, the state would take control of more than 100 acres near JFK International Airport.]( [New York City Council's Speaker Adrienne Adams speaks during a Martin Luther King Jr. Day event in Harlem in January. Adams delivered her State of the City address on March 8.]( [More transit discounts, more housing, more pools: NYC Council speaker unveils vision in State of the City]( [Any proposal Adams presented will likely be part of budget negotiations in the lead-up to a final plan due in June.]( [A picture of New York City fire department EMT Yadira Arroyo is brought into St. Nicholas of Tolentine R.C. Church in the Bronx during her funeral.]( [Bronx man convicted for 2017 killing of fire department EMT]( [After a nearly month-long jury trial before the Bronx Supreme Court, 31-year-old Jose Gonzalez was found guilty of killing the 14-year veteran FDNY EMT.]( [A woman holds up an original painting.]( [An NYC show spotlights a new generation of artists: all of them over 60]( [Dozens of artists make their debut at an art show sponsored by the Jewish Association Serving the Aging.]( ADVERTISEMENT [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.