🌱 Patch AM: Why Chelsea NYCHA tenants say they’re living in constant fear

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• Why Chelsea NYCHA tenants say they're living in constant fear

Also on today's calendar: Fine Arts and Mid-Century Modern Auction | Jewelry | Silver | Art | Furniture & More and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Why are elevator jokes so good ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Sunday: A couple of showers, with a high of 74 and low of 63 degrees.
• Monday: Sunny to partly cloudy, temps: high: 79, low: 65.
• Tuesday: Sunny to partly cloudy, with a high of 83 and low of 66 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• NYC Tenants Beg for Help as Splashy Squatter and Naked Vagrants Terrorize Housing Project (pulptastic.com) — Residents of the Robert Fulton Houses on West 17th Street in Chelsea describe living in fear as an alleged squatter's unit draws violent incidents, drug use, and naked intruders into their NYCHA building. Tenants say repeated police visits and NYCHA actions have failed to resolve the situation, highlighting broader security problems with unauthorized occupants in public housing across New York City.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Chelsea

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday September 10
• Fine Arts and Mid-Century Modern Auction | Jewelry | Silver | Art | Furniture & More →
  Online Auction,
  10:00 am
• Earl Grey Presents: I Am ME...On PURPOSE! →
  Laurie Beechman Theater, 407 W 42nd St, New York
  7:00 pm
Friday September 11
• 9/11 25th Year Memorial with Beethoven, Brahms & Schiller →
  The Salvation Army, 120 W 14th St, New York
  6:45 pm
Saturday September 19
• Jay Medal Soirée →
  Jay Estate, 210 Boston Post Rd, Rye
  5:30 pm

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Other local events

Sunday September 6
• Poetry in The Glade →
  Hudson River Greenway, New York
  6:30 pm
• Tai Chi in The Play Ground →
  Hudson River Greenway, New York
  7:30 pm
• Laurie Anderson DJ Set in The Play Ground →
  Hudson River Greenway, New York
  10:15 pm
Tuesday September 8
• Free Screening: IX XI by Sean Wilsey →
  Hudson River Greenway, New York
  8:00 pm
Saturday September 12
• Every Street Has A Story →
  Pleiades Gallery, 547 W 27th St, New York
  3:00 pm
Tuesday September 15
• Marriage, Partnering & Singlehood documentary screening →
  Dwyer Cultural Center, 258 St Nicholas Ave, New York
  6:30 pm
• Acting Technique I and II →
  The Actors Theatre Workshop, 145 W 28th St, New York
  6:30 pm
Tuesday September 22
• Protecting Your Health: Medications & Fall Risk: Free HSS Program! →
  10:30 am

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🗞 Nearby News

Manhattan

• Three Wellness Brands Just Leased Space in Three Different Manhattan Neighborhoods. None of Them Are Connected. (realtytoday.com)
• From Manhattan to Montauk: How Barlume Beach Turns Mediterranean Hospitality Into a Coastal Experience (hudsonvalleystylemagazine.com)
• Manhattan office market closing in on pre-Covid reality (therealdeal.com)

New York

• Robin Morgan, poet and feminist who is credited with coining 'herstory,' dies at 85 (nbcnewyork.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Because they work on so many levels ! (Thank you Gary M. for sending it in!)
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