New York City

New York City is contending with a major heat wave this week. Officials activated cooling centers and deployed 15 cooling outreach vans, and urged residents to take precautions. A separate executive order expands heat protections for about 1.4 million outdoor workers, including street vendors, delivery workers and construction crews.

On housing and money matters, the Rent Guidelines Board voted a one-year freeze on rents in rent-stabilized apartments, affecting hundreds of thousands of homes. The mayor and City Council reached a handshake budget deal at the deadline, a $126 billion plan that expands housing vouchers and discounted transit fares.

In accountability news, federal prosecutors charged Frank Carone, a chief of staff to a former mayor, and three others over an alleged bribery scheme tied to a Queens hotel shelter contract.

On transport and services, the DOT began construction on permanent upgrades to Manhattan's Avenue B Open Street, and the Council advanced consumer protection, child care and immigration-related signage measures. Coverage here leans toward heat, budgets and housing, with other areas thin.