Good morning, New York City. Here’s what you need to know today.
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We have a comfortable start, with readings in the low 60s.
We’ll see sunshine today and high temperatures in the 70s.
The humidity remains low.
Highs: Upper 70s
Lows: Near 60
Mild and bright
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Around NYC
1. City celebrates Knicks title amid isolated violence
The Knicks’ first title since 1973 sparked celebrations across the city, from living rooms and bars to streets packed shoulder-to-shoulder after the final buzzer.
In Midtown alone, police estimate crowds swelled to the thousands, overtaking streets around Madison Square Garden and Times Square.
2. Supreme Court declines to take up challenge to N.Y. gun law allowing lawsuits against gun makers
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to take up a challenge to New York state’s law allowing lawsuits to be filed against gun makers, wholesalers and dealers.
It’s a law that allowed the families of the victims in the 2022 Buffalo mass shooting at a Tops supermarket to sue the companies that sold gun parts to Payton Gendron before the shooting.
3. Lee, Niou face off ahead of Senate District 27 Democratic primary
A state Assemblywoman and her predecessor are vying for an open state Senate seat in Lower Manhattan.
Both Grace Lee and Yuh-Line Niou are progressives who favor taxing the rich, but oppose the city’s plan for the district’s planned jail site as a replacement for Rikers Island.
Around the Nation
1. 8 people died in B-52 bomber crash at U.S. Air Force base in Southern California, officials say
2. Lawmakers respond with praise, questions following Iran deal announcement
3. President announces July Fourth festivities to include ‘Trump rally’