New York is preparing for a heat wave. The city is expanding its cooling centers and urging common sense ahead of what could be a dangerously hot Fourth of July weekend. In Red Hook, the public pool remains closed.
Meanwhile, Mayor Mamdani and the City Council reached a deal on a $126 billion budget right at the deadline. The agreement will expand programs for housing vouchers and discounted transit fares for lower-income New Yorkers.
An exterminator found human remains in the chimney of a Queens middle school.
Elsewhere, Hillary Clinton made her debut with a symphony orchestra, narrating Aaron Copland’s “Lincoln Portrait” at Carnegie Hall. A New Jersey congressman returned to Washington after a long absence, which he attributed to depression. And a coach bus crash on the Long Island Expressway in Queens left two dead and twenty injured.
This Weekend at Jaywalker
We have air conditioning. We also have the World Cup on the big screen all weekend, with the sound up.
- Thursday: The knockout rounds continue. We are showing Spain vs Austria at 3pm, followed by Portugal vs Croatia at 7pm.
- Friday: Two more matches. Argentina vs Cape Verde at 6pm, and Colombia vs Ghana at 9:30pm.
- Saturday: We open at 4pm with live DJ sets until close. The day’s World Cup match will be on at 5pm. No cover.