Members of the advocacy group Families for Safe Streets say they'll go on a hunger strike starting today to push for a new speed limit law, New York City Mayor Eric Adams vows to increase the nutritional value of meals in public schools, and in food news, Junghyun Park of Atomix restaurant in Murray Hill is named Best Chef, New York State at last night’s James Beard awards.
Finally, New York City, long a Democratic stronghold, is seeing a red shift in areas such as suburban Westchester, Long Island, and parts of southern Brooklyn and Queens. WNYC's Sean Carlson discusses this political phenomenon with journalist David Freedlander, who covered topic for Politico. Is New York turning red?