Climate: Largely sunny with highs round 90, rain more and more doubtless towards the tip of the day. The weekend can be cooler and principally cloudy, with some rain.
Alternate-side parking: In impact till Sept. 6 (Labor Day).
Gov. Kathy C. Hochul formally introduced Brian A. Benjamin, a Democratic state senator, as her lieutenant governor on Thursday.
In a marketing campaign rally-style announcement in Harlem, Ms. Hochul and the Rev. Al Sharpton provided opening remarks earlier than Mr. Benjamin emerged to Jay-Z’s “Empire State of Thoughts.”
“I by no means in one million years would have imagined I might be standing right here because the lieutenant governor of the state of New York. However God had larger plans for me,” Mr. Benjamin mentioned. “Our neighborhood wants authorities to work and that’s what we’ll do for the state of New York.”
[Read more about Mr. Benjamin and his time in politics.]
Benjamin’s background
Mr. Benjamin ran for State Senate throughout a particular election in 2017 and gained the Democratic Occasion’s decide for the seat, which represents a big swath of Higher Manhattan, after a conference vote in March. He defeated his Republican opponent and took workplace that June.
The senior assistant majority chief within the State Senate, Mr. Benjamin has lengthy been a supporter of felony justice reform. He has backed efforts to shut Rikers Island and supported laws on a spread of felony justice points, together with ending money bail and solitary confinement, and reforming parole legal guidelines.
The lieutenant governor place has normally been a ceremonial function, however Ms. Hochul mentioned she wished to keep away from that for whomever she picked for the place.
Hochul’s first week
Mr. Benjamin’s appointment is the one of many newest bulletins from Ms. Hochul, who was sworn in as New York State’s first feminine governor on Tuesday. In her first day by day replace on the coronavirus pandemic, Ms. Hochul introduced that just about 55,400 individuals have died of the coronavirus in New York.
The overall, primarily based on demise certificates information submitted to the federal authorities, was 12,000 greater than former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo publicly reported on his final day. Throughout Mr. Cuomo’s tenure, the state’s technique for counting coronavirus deaths allowed the quantity used for his briefings and the state’s on-line dashboard to be 1000’s decrease than what was recorded with the federal authorities.
Ms. Hochul has vowed that her administration can be extra clear with New Yorkers about confronting the state’s most urgent wants.
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And at last: Your social weekend
The Instances’s Melissa Guerrero writes:
Whereas individuals are nonetheless connecting by means of digital occasions and packages, with the summer season season right here and extra individuals getting vaccinated, venues and organizations are holding in-person occasions. Listed below are recommendations for sustaining a New York social life this weekend:
In particular person: “Awkward Intercourse … and the Metropolis”
On Friday at 8 p.m., have fun the eighth anniversary of the “Awkward Intercourse … and the Metropolis” storytelling present in Brooklyn.
Buy tickets ($15) on the occasion web page.
In particular person: Washington Sq. Park Folks Pageant
Get pleasure from a day listening to people music at Washington Sq. Park in Manhattan on Sunday at 1 p.m.
Go to the occasion web page for more information.
Digital: “Anyone’s Daughter” e book discuss
On Sunday at 5 p.m., be a part of the Free Black Ladies’s Library for a dialogue with the creator of “Anyone’s Daughter,” Ashley C. Ford.
Register totally free on the occasion web page.
It’s Friday — learn one thing new.
Metropolitan Diary: A T-Bone rides the 1
Expensive Diary:
A T-bone steak was driving the uptown 1 practice on the night of July 5. I seen this oddity once I boarded at thirty fourth Road. The steak sat alone on the finish of a row of orange seats: recent, vibrant purple and grocery-wrapped in plastic on a white, plastic foam tray.
Passengers have been absolutely distancing themselves, nearly shunning this conspicuous merchandise. (It regarded high quality, truly.)
I broke the ice.
“Look, a T-bone.”
The couple subsequent to me supposed that somebody had dropped it.
“Supervisor’s particular,” the person famous. It was 1.03 lbs., $7.99/lb., from Perfect Market.
The couple acquired as much as go away. I had taken an open seat throughout from the steak, so the row was empty once more.
“If you wish to get pleasure from that T-bone,” the person mentioned, giving me a pleasant slap on the again as he acquired off the practice, “it’ll be our secret.”
On the subsequent cease, a small man in moccasin slippers and no shirt acquired on. The white tray took up half of the seat subsequent to the door, and he sat on the opposite half, over the molded seat ridge. Odd.
“T-bone,” I mentioned, gesturing towards the meat. “Full pound.”
The person peered to his aspect. Finally he grew to become curious, picked up the steak, felt it after which tossed it a seat or two away.
I considered utilizing the opposite man’s line on him once I left. However I missed my probability. The person within the moccasins exited swiftly at 86th Road. He had grabbed the steak. And I by no means promised him it could be our secret.
