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Alaska and Hawaii. Today's

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forecast calls for cloudy skies in New

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York City with a high near 55

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and a low near 52. It's

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Monday, April 21st, and this

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is your Burroughs in Brief. A

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new film finds NYC's

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1975 fiscal crisis still haunting

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the city today. The following comes

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from Gothamist and Ryan Kylath.

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The mayor of New York City

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is widely seen as incompetent.

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Inflation is near record highs as

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the wider economy slows, subway

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ridership is down, while the MTA

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faces a growing budget gap,

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and the White House is threatening

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to pull the city's federal

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funding over political disagreements. This archaic

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scenario is the subject of

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Dropdance City, a new documentary

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premiering at the IFC Center on

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Friday that is about New York

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City's 1975 fiscal crisis, which sent

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a teetering on the brink of

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bankruptcy and ruin. The movie premiered

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to a sold -out audience at the

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DOC NYC Festival in October and

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won the Library of Congress Levine

1:32

Ken Burns Film Prize. It

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takes its name from the infamous

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New York Daily News headline, Ford

1:39

to City Dropped Ed. In October

1:41

1975, President Gerald Ford vowed to

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veto any bill that offered federal

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funding to help NYC avoid

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bankruptcy. Despite its focus on

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events 50 years ago, the

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film raises striking parallels with

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the present as New Yorkers

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face political dysfunction and divestment,

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a contentious immigration boom and

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fundamental disagreements with the federal government

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over what a society owes to

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its people. While the topic of

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a financial crisis is relatively dry,

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the 103 -minute film is a visual

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delight for anyone who enjoys footage

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of vintage New York City. And

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mintmobile .com slash switch. Sanitation

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pauses fines for failing

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to compost. Today's top

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story comes from The City and

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Samantha Maldonado. The Adams administration

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announced Friday it is relaxing its

3:11

enforcement on violations of a

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new city -wide composting mandate just

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weeks after it began issuing fines.

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Since October, all city residents

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have been required to separate their

3:21

food waste and yard trimmings

3:23

from other trash, and owners of

3:25

properties with at least four

3:27

apartments have had to set out

3:29

bins for curbside collection. The

3:31

Department of Sanitation began issuing fines

3:33

for non -compliance on April 1. But

3:35

the top deputy to Mayor Eric Adams

3:37

directed the department to issue fines

3:39

only to buildings with more than 30

3:41

apartments that have already received more

3:43

than four warnings for violations. Less than

3:45

3 % of residents in the city

3:47

have more than 30 units, according

3:50

to the Department of City Planning. This

3:52

new policy will be in place

3:54

until at least the end of

3:56

the year, according to the mayor's

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office. The Department of Sanitation reported

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it collected a record 3 .6

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million pounds of organic material during

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the second week of April. The

4:07

previous record was 3 .2 million of

4:09

organics collected over a week in

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November 2024 and during the height

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of leaf season. Mayor Adams had

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been a strident supporter of the

4:17

city composting mandates, especially as a

4:19

strategy to fight rats. Amid some

4:21

complaints from building managers that separating

4:24

organics from other waste would be

4:26

onerous, DSNY defended its enforcement as

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a means to ensure compliance. Find

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