By ANDY NEWMAN
Jabin Botsford/The New York TimesNo sweat: with the pleasant temperatures, it’s a good day to enjoy a nap outside.
Updated, 6:58 a.m. | Technically, there is no meteorological definition of a cold snap, but New York Today is hereby declaring one.
Monday, with a peak of 78 degrees, was the seventh straight day with a high temperature below normal.
Tuesday (82 degrees), Wednesday (82) and Thursday (83) are expected tocontinue the trend.
Tonight it’s supposed to hit 66 degrees. (Turn off the air-conditioner.)
We are on track for 10 days in a row – and 15 out of the last 16 – of abnormal coolness. The expected high this time of year is 84.
You will clearly not be shivering. Still, if we’re all going around feeling guilty about helping to cause global warming, we might as well take pride in this small accomplishment.
Congratulations, New York. Give yourself a mittened round of applause.
Here’s what else you need to know for Tuesday.
TRANSIT & TRAFFIC
• Mass Transit [6:52] Delays of up to an hour on New Jersey Transit trains because of a train stuck in a tunnel. No subway delays. Click for latest M.T.A. status. Staten Island Ferries will run every 20 minutes instead of every 15 minutes till 9 a.m.
• Roads [6:22] O.K. so far. Click for traffic map or radio report on the 1s.
Alternate-side parking: in effect today, but not the rest of the week.
COMING UP TODAY
• Tonight is National Night Out Against Crime. The mayor will speak at events in all five boroughs. Mayoral candidates will join block watches all over the city.
• At least 10 mayoral candidates are expected at a forum on the concerns of minority residents and the elderly at Hunter College this morning.
• In the comptroller’s race, Scott M. Stringer will talk about a plan to track all that government money going to Hurricane Sandy recovery efforts.
• Take a peek at the oyster garden growing off Brooklyn Bridge Park with the students from the Urban Assembly New York Harbor School who are tending it. 7 p.m. on Pier 6. [Free, R.S.V.P. required]
• “Stories in the Garden,” a reading series for kids, kicks off at Wave Hill garden in the Bronx, where admission is waived on Tuesday. [Free]
• Jungle Brothers, who helped turn hip-hop gently on its ear along with Tribe Called Quest and De La Soul, and Zhigge play at Marcus Garvey Park in Harlem at 7 p.m. [Free]
• Free outdoor movies: “Akeelah and the Bee” at Valentino Pier in Red Hook courtesy of Rooftop Films (dusk); “The Muppets” at Sherman Creek Park in Upper Manhattan (8 p.m., free popcorn); “The Lorax” at Highland Park in Queens (8 p.m.)
• Free indoor movie: “What About Bob?”, the 1991 psychiatric comedy with Bill Murray and Richard Dreyfuss, screens at TriBeCa Cinemas at 8 p.m.(Doors open at 6:30.)
• The hip-hop-themed theatrical take on “King Kong” that played in Central Park Monday moves to Saint Mary’s Park in the Bronx. 8 p.m. [Free]
• There’s a talk and slideshow on backyard foraging and edible plants at the Mid-Manhattan Library at 6:30 p.m. [Free]
IN THE NEWS
• John C. Liu, mayoral candidate and city comptroller, was denied as much as $3.5 million in matching campaign funds. [New York Times]
• The governor wants tax deadbeats to lose their driver’s licenses. [NY1]
• A man is accused of stabbing a dog in Prospect Park. [DNAInfo]
• A salesman at a Lacoste store in Manhattan says he was fired after posting a photo of his paycheck on Instagram. [Gothamist]
• An amazing library hides in plain sight near City Hall. [New York Times]
• A-Rod, still playing major league baseball, hit a bloop single as the Yankees fell to the White Sox 8-1.
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/08/06/new-york-today-cold-wave/?hp
Jabin Botsford/The New York TimesNo sweat: with the pleasant temperatures, it’s a good day to enjoy a nap outside.
Updated, 6:58 a.m. | Technically, there is no meteorological definition of a cold snap, but New York Today is hereby declaring one.
Monday, with a peak of 78 degrees, was the seventh straight day with a high temperature below normal.
Tuesday (82 degrees), Wednesday (82) and Thursday (83) are expected tocontinue the trend.
Tonight it’s supposed to hit 66 degrees. (Turn off the air-conditioner.)
We are on track for 10 days in a row – and 15 out of the last 16 – of abnormal coolness. The expected high this time of year is 84.
You will clearly not be shivering. Still, if we’re all going around feeling guilty about helping to cause global warming, we might as well take pride in this small accomplishment.
Congratulations, New York. Give yourself a mittened round of applause.
Here’s what else you need to know for Tuesday.
TRANSIT & TRAFFIC
• Mass Transit [6:52] Delays of up to an hour on New Jersey Transit trains because of a train stuck in a tunnel. No subway delays. Click for latest M.T.A. status. Staten Island Ferries will run every 20 minutes instead of every 15 minutes till 9 a.m.
• Roads [6:22] O.K. so far. Click for traffic map or radio report on the 1s.
Alternate-side parking: in effect today, but not the rest of the week.
COMING UP TODAY
• Tonight is National Night Out Against Crime. The mayor will speak at events in all five boroughs. Mayoral candidates will join block watches all over the city.
• At least 10 mayoral candidates are expected at a forum on the concerns of minority residents and the elderly at Hunter College this morning.
• In the comptroller’s race, Scott M. Stringer will talk about a plan to track all that government money going to Hurricane Sandy recovery efforts.
• Take a peek at the oyster garden growing off Brooklyn Bridge Park with the students from the Urban Assembly New York Harbor School who are tending it. 7 p.m. on Pier 6. [Free, R.S.V.P. required]
• “Stories in the Garden,” a reading series for kids, kicks off at Wave Hill garden in the Bronx, where admission is waived on Tuesday. [Free]
• Jungle Brothers, who helped turn hip-hop gently on its ear along with Tribe Called Quest and De La Soul, and Zhigge play at Marcus Garvey Park in Harlem at 7 p.m. [Free]
• Free outdoor movies: “Akeelah and the Bee” at Valentino Pier in Red Hook courtesy of Rooftop Films (dusk); “The Muppets” at Sherman Creek Park in Upper Manhattan (8 p.m., free popcorn); “The Lorax” at Highland Park in Queens (8 p.m.)
• Free indoor movie: “What About Bob?”, the 1991 psychiatric comedy with Bill Murray and Richard Dreyfuss, screens at TriBeCa Cinemas at 8 p.m.(Doors open at 6:30.)
• The hip-hop-themed theatrical take on “King Kong” that played in Central Park Monday moves to Saint Mary’s Park in the Bronx. 8 p.m. [Free]
• There’s a talk and slideshow on backyard foraging and edible plants at the Mid-Manhattan Library at 6:30 p.m. [Free]
IN THE NEWS
• John C. Liu, mayoral candidate and city comptroller, was denied as much as $3.5 million in matching campaign funds. [New York Times]
• The governor wants tax deadbeats to lose their driver’s licenses. [NY1]
• A man is accused of stabbing a dog in Prospect Park. [DNAInfo]
• A salesman at a Lacoste store in Manhattan says he was fired after posting a photo of his paycheck on Instagram. [Gothamist]
• An amazing library hides in plain sight near City Hall. [New York Times]
• A-Rod, still playing major league baseball, hit a bloop single as the Yankees fell to the White Sox 8-1.
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/08/06/new-york-today-cold-wave/?hp
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