Extra Extra: "Leviticus, bro"

Happy Monday in New York City, where we are again dealing with another brutal heat wave .

Here’s what else is happening:

• How is Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine addressing the city's housing crisis? By appointing pro-housing community board members.
• Steve Cruz is a New Yorker who has dedicated his time to following NYPD officers around to record their interactions with the public and post the clips on social media in an effort to hold them accountable.
• Speaking of NYPD officers, some of them are using the Bible to justify their beards after a new rule banning facial hair, except for religious or medical reasons, went into effect. “Leviticus, bro,” said an officer in Brooklyn. “I’m Catholic.”
• The return of Papaya King also means the return of the Papaya King vs. Gray’s Papaya rivalry.
• Apparently 2024 is the year of denim, but that’s not helping Levi’s sales all that much.
• Brooklyn has lost one of its beloved Mr. Fruit stores .
• If you need sex toys, don’t go looking for them on Etsy, which says it will be limiting the types of adult toys and sexual accessories sold on the platform to keep it “a safe and delightful place.”
• And finally, symbiotic relationship: