NYC, NJ brace for more heavy rain, winds Tuesday into Wednesday

Plus: Hochul wants to extend 2 Ave subway to West Harlem [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.]( [Days after winter storm, NYC, NJ brace for more heavy rain, winds Tuesday into Wednesday]( [first image]( [Today's newsletter curated by James Ramsay]( Weather: 🌧️ Cloudy this morning, then rainy and windy, with highs in the upper 40s. It's Tuesday in New York City, where it's about to be gross outside. Mayor Eric Adams has issued a travel advisory for Tuesday night, when heavy rain and wind gusts up to 60 mph are expected to hit the city. The National Weather Service issued a flood watch starting at 6 p.m., and Con Edison said it has brought in hundreds of additional workers to assist with potential power outages. [Here's what else you need to know about the storm](. And here's what else is happening: - Dozens of migrant families and their children began leaving their homeless shelter at a Midtown hotel this morning, [60 days after receiving notices to vacate](. - [A new poll]( found that New York City residents overwhelmingly support the city's right-to-shelter mandate, which Mayor Adams and Gov. Kathy Hochul both said they'd like to roll back. - Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters were arrested yesterday after [shutting down]( the Brooklyn Bridge, Manhattan Bridge, Williamsburg Bridge and Holland Tunnel during the morning rush hour. - During her [State of the State address]( today, Gov. Kathy Hochul is expected to push for expanding the Q line into West Harlem by adding three stops along 125th Street. - In New Jersey, Gov. Phil Murphy is expected to use his State of the State address to call for giving 16- and 17-year-olds [the right to vote in school board elections]( statewide. - New Jersey state lawmakers passed a bill to fund community crisis teams, which provide [an alternative to police-led responses]( when someone suffering a mental health episode calls for help. - A report from a fiscal watchdog claims that [the Adams administration has exaggerated the costs]( of legislation — which takes effect Tuesday — that'll let more people access the city’s existing rental assistance program. - Eboni Marshall Turman, an assistant minister at Harlem's Abyssinian Baptist Church and an assistant professor at Yale Divinity School, is [suing the church for gender discrimination]( after she was passed over for the job of senior pastor. - A house fire in Jamaica, Queens yesterday evening [killed an 86-year-old woman and her son]( who'd rushed back into the house to try to save her. - Did Eric Adams fire a gun in school, or did he just write that he did (or his ghostwriter erroneously wrote it) in [a 2009 book that he said never went into print but is definitely available to buy on Amazon]( - Some delivery workers are simply canceling people's dinner orders at the Chick-Fil-A on Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn, which becomes a [Mad Max scene of e-bikes and scooters]( around 6 p.m. every night. (Except Sundays.) - New satellite images show that New York City [is sinking]( even faster [than we previously thought](. - Nikki Haley made her husband Bill start going by his middle name, Michael, because she [just doesn't think he "looks like a Bill."]( - The era of "small plates" is over, restaurants are embracing [normal, individual-sized portions]( in 2024 — and also "aged" fish and warm martinis. - January sucks. But [maybe it doesn't]( - Have some time for a game? [Play]( our mini local news crossword. - Sign up for reminders when we publish new games [here](. “The point is disruption. We were trying to cause gridlock and traffic back-ups throughout downtown Manhattan at the same time. 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