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Weather: It got a little cold again! This morning temperatures will hover in the low 40s, but it should get up to 55 degrees this afternoon. The skies remain sunny ☀️!

Mamdani administration eyes new effort to steer sale of dozens rent-stabilized apartments

It's Monday in New York City, where Mayor Zohran Mamdani and top city officials hope to influence the sale of several dozen rent-stabilized apartment buildings in East Harlem facing foreclosure. The move comes after his administration failed to slow a similar high-profile transaction in January.

Read the story from housing reporter David Brand.

Also in Mamdani-housing news: the Sunnyside Yard housing project.

In the weeks since he pitched the venture to President Donald Trump, Sunnyside residents say the matter has dominated local conversations. “We have no information," said Memo Salazar, a longtime resident. City Councilmember Julie Won is holding a public information session tonight in hopes of addressing neighbors’ concerns.

Read more about what people in the neighborhood are saying in today's story from Arun Venugopal.

Here's what else is happening:

Police officers shot a man who charged at them with a knife outside a grocery store in East Harlem early this morning, according to NYPD officials.
Police are looking for two young sisters who went missing from their home on Coney Island over the weekend.
A new report finds that almost half of New York City’s homeless students were chronically absent from school last year.
A woman gave birth while on board a Caribbean Airlines flight from Kingston, Jamaica to John F. Kennedy airport on Saturday.
High potency weed is sending more young people to emergency rooms in New York.
Early voting is underway to fill the congressional seat vacated by New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill.
Lara Trump interviewed former New York City Mayor Eric Adams. He shared his thoughts on Mamdani's performance, the Democratic party, ICE agents and more.

Manhattan's "last queer bookstore" has expected to close its doors in a few months. But a Bushwick store is hoping to save it.
New York City's car-free Earth Day is returning with dozens of streets transforming into public pedestrian plazas.
MoMA PS1 is turning 50. Here's how it's celebrating.
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