🌱 3rd NYPD Officer Shot In 2022 + Adams Takes Paycheck In Crypto

Dashiell Allen
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Good morning, New York City! Let's get you started this Friday with everything you need to know going on today in town.

First, today's weather:

Very cold with some sun. High: 22 Low: 13.

Here are the top five stories in New York City today:

  1. An NYPD officer was shot on Staten Island Thursday morning, marking the third cop shot this year. At a press conference police blamed the shooting on the proliferation of illegal guns on the streets. The officer had been carrying out a search warrant to investigate a suspected drug dealer. (Gothamist)

  2. Newly elected Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg made clear Thursday that he's not backing down on the reform policies laid out in a memo from his office. That includes downgrading the penalties on certain robberies – but not on any that involve gun violence. (New York City Patch)

  3. Mayor Eric Adams will take his first paycheck in the cryptocurrencies Bitcoin and Ethereum, fulfilling a campaign promise. While he can't actually be payed in crypto, his U.S. dollar paycheck will be converted by Coinbase before it's deposited in his account. (New York City Patch)

  4. From Defonte's Sandwich Shop in Red Hook to William Poll Gourmet Foods in the Upper East Side, New York's 100-year-old businesses offer lessons in survival during a time when many are still struggling to cope with the pandemic's ongoing toll. (The City)

  5. A controversial statue of former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt was removed from in front of the Museum of Natural History on Wednesday night. It heads to North Dakota for the opening of the Teddy Roosevelt Presidential Library in 2026. (New York City Patch)

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Today in New York City:

  • Central Park Winter Bird Tour with New York City Audubon (9:00 AM)

  • Carlton Fine Arts presents the Pop Art Festival at 543 Madison Ave. (10:00 AM)

  • "The Winter Show 2022" art, antiques, and design fair, at the Park Avenue Armory, 643 Park Ave. (12:00 PM)

From my notebook:

  • See renderings of the ‘Transformative' new NYC outer borough transit line, which would connect parts of Brooklyn and Queens. (NBC New York)

  • An 11-month-old baby was shot in The Bronx Thursday. Mayor Adams said, "If that's not a wake up call, I don’t know what is. It should be unimaginable that this would happen in our city. But it did."(Instagram)

  • New-York Historical Society's current exhibition celebrates Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, #NotoriousRBG. (Facebook)

  • NYC Department for the Aging: reminds New Yorkers that every home in the U.S. is eligible to order 4 free at-⁠home COVID-⁠19 tests. (Facebook)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to head out the door on this Friday! See you tomorrow morning for your next update.

— Dashiell Allen

This article originally appeared on the New York City Patch