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It’s Tuesday.
Weather: Stormy (see below). High in the upper 70s.
Alternate-side parking: In effect until Aug. 15 (Feast of the Assumption). Read about the amended regulations here.
Keep flashlights close, make sure your phones are fully charged and watch out for flooding. That’s what state officials advised as Tropical Storm Isaias moved up the Eastern Seaboard and made its way to New York today.
A tropical storm warning is in effect through early Wednesday morning for regions across New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. The storm, which made landfall in North Carolina about 11 p.m. Monday as a Category 1 hurricane, is likely to bring strong wind and heavy rain to New York. It might have a greater impact than Tropical Storm Fay did last month.
The storm may wallop New York with the strongest wind the city has experienced since Hurricane Sandy in 2012, but officials don’t expect it to cause significant damage in the region.
“But we have been surprised before,” Mayor Bill de Blasio said at a news conference on Monday. “So we’re in a very vigilant state right now.”
[Read the latest updates on the forecast for Tropical Storm Isaias.]
Here’s what you need to know:
The forecast
Two to four inches of rain may fall in the region, the National Weather Service said. Strong wind may begin around noon, but the most intense rain and gusts are expected in the afternoon and the evening, when heavy downpours may occur in New York City and the lower Hudson Valley.
Coastal flooding and powerful wind from 30 to 70 miles per hour are expected throughout the day. New Yorkers may see downed trees, damage to homes and scattered power outages.
If the wind reaches those speeds, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority might suspend some service.
The storm is expected to weaken as it moves through the region, according to the National Weather Service, with its effects in the area diminishing by Tuesday night. In North Carolina, flooding, home fires and power outages were reported as the storm passed through.
The preparations
Emergency crews set up barriers throughout Lower Manhattan, which state officials said was particularly vulnerable to flooding.
The South Street Seaport is the only area in New York City expected to be at risk of storm surge, which could reach one to three feet, though minor flooding may occur in other neighborhoods, officials said on Monday.
While evacuation orders were not put in place for any regions in the state, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said motorists should anticipate poor weather and take precautions for potential flash flooding.
In New York City, restaurants were told to bring in all outdoor furniture and to secure all barriers and platforms that were recently created to accommodate outdoor dining.
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What we’re reading
At one New York City hospital, nearly half of coronavirus patients developed kidney issues. [New York Post]
Construction has resumed on a Greek Orthodox Church that was destroyed by the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. [CBS New York]
Census response rates are still lagging in the region because of the pandemic. [Gothamist]
And finally: George Floyd and a dance festival
The Times’s Marina Haas writes:
This summer, as stages across the country lie unused, Kaatsbaan, a dance center in the Hudson Valley, will be something precious and rare: one of the few places in America where dancers will be performing live and in front of a living and breathing, if well-distanced and masked, audience.
From now until Sept. 27, Kaatsbaan is holding an outdoor dance festival, made up mostly of solos and socially distanced duets, ranging from ballet to flamenco to tap to Broadway to postmodern dance. The festival, a response to the lack of performance opportunities facing American dancers, is the brainchild of Stella Abrera, the center’s artistic director, and Sonja Kostich, its executive director.
[In the Hudson Valley: Live dancers, real sweat and natural beauty.]
The national soul-searching touched off by the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis further intensified the sense of urgency. “How can we not respond to what is happening in our society?” Ms. Abrera said. “Art helps us be part of our world, to process what is happening around us, to grieve.”
She and Ms. Kostich saw a need as well as an opportunity. To make the festival as inclusive and as responsive to the moment as possible, they invited three distinguished Black dancers to develop the programming with them. Their input influenced all aspects of the festival, like the curation of programs, the selection of dancers and the inclusion of new works.
For Calvin Royal III of American Ballet Theater, who programmed the first evening of the festival last weekend, the chance to reimmerse himself in dance came at just the right moment. A ballet dancer on the cusp of stardom, he saw several important debuts melt away during the spring season. Then came the killing of Mr. Floyd and the ugliness it highlighted.
“The news is so depressing and so negative,” Mr. Royal said. “I wanted to really show the beauty that’s out there, honoring Black and brown artists.”
It’s Tuesday — lift up artists.
Metropolitan Diary: In Chinatown
Dear Diary:
It was the early ’70s, and we were at our favorite Chinatown restaurant. Our party of five included a former New York City junior high school teacher, Cathleen McDonnell Pietronuto.
As usual, the restaurant was crowded, and the noise level was getting out of control.
At some point, Cathy stood up.
“There is entirely too much noise in this room,” she announced in her classroom-tested voice.
Total silence.
Then a tentative voice piped up from across the dining room.
“Miss McDonnell?”
— Joseph Demas
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