Sunday, November 1, 2026

From The New York Read · 00:14:42

Show by The Curious + Creative Network

A city mourning a child, a city running, and a city voting: Mayor Mamdani says President Trump agreed to a visa for the mother of Javits Frimpong, the fifteen-year-old killed walking to school in the Bronx; the TCS New York City Marathon marks fifty years of the five-borough course; early voting ends today ahead of Election Day on Tuesday; Hochul and Blakeman make their final push in the city; five charter questions sit on the back of the ballot; eight people were arrested at a Bushwick protest after an ICE arrest; the paraprofessionals' $10,000 RESPECT checks head to court; and the New York Botanical Garden closes its Día de los Muertos celebration with a parade of puppets.In today's brief:• Mamdani says Trump agreed to a visa for the mother of Javits Frimpong — https://www.kcau9.com/news/national/ap-mamdani-says-trump-agrees-to-grant-visa-to-mother-of-ghanian-teen-killed-in-bronx-shooting/• Marathon Sunday: fifty years of the five-borough course — https://marathonhandbook.com/live/2026-new-york-city-marathon/• The last day of early voting — https://hpl.nyc/2026/10/2026-nyc-early-voting-tallies/• Hochul and Blakeman make their final push in the city — https://hispanicbusinesstv.com/new-york-governor-race-hochul-blakeman-make-final-campaign-push-in-nyc/• Flip the ballot over: the five charter questions — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_New_York_City_ballot_proposals• Eight arrested at a Bushwick protest after an ICE arrest — https://kvnutalk.com/8-people-arrested-at-protest-during-ice-arrest-in-brooklyn-nypd-says/• The paraprofessionals' $10,000 goes to court — https://www.uft.org/chapters/doe-chapters/paraprofessionals/news-paraprofessionals• And finally: a parade of puppets in the Bronx — https://www.nybg.org/event/dia-de-los-muertos/Part of the Curious & Creative network. Back tomorrow morning.

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