Garbage festoons the fence along the Brooklyn Bridge walkway. Photo: Mary Frost/Brooklyn Eagle
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The Lede: Good morning. From the stone towers to the skyline to the Statue of Liberty, thousands of tourists seek out the magnificent views available from the walkway of the Brooklyn Bridge every day. Now, the bridge’s fences are covered in garbage.
The Rundown
Brooklyn Navy Yard lease not renewed for drone maker tied to Israeli security contracts: The city-owned Brooklyn Navy Yard declined to renew the lease of Easy Aerial, a drone manufacturer linked in reports to Israeli security contracts, ending its tenancy at the 300-acre industrial campus, Jewish News Syndicate reports.
Tourists are trashing the Brooklyn Bridge: A stroll along the Brooklyn Bridge found the metal latticework covered with plastic bags, napkins, hair ties, food wrappers and, apparently, any old trash the bridge’s visitors happened to have on hand. Someone even wrapped a pair of panties around the fence recently.
Officer from 72nd Precinct charged with assault, misconduct during 2 incidents: New York Police Department officer Quran McPhatter, 42, was arraigned on a 13-count indictment on Feb. 10 in which he was charged with assault, misconduct and other alleged crimes during two separate incidents last year.
Mamdani grilled by old colleagues as city works to close budget gap: Mayor Zohran Mamdani returned to his old Albany stomping grounds last week to ask for the state’s help in closing a $7 billion shortfall in the city’s budget, as part of “Tin Cup Day,” where mayors across the state testified before the legislature to fill budget gaps.
Top Trump antitrust official leaves post following disputes over big mergers: The top antitrust official in the Trump administration is leaving her post amid tension about greenlighting big mergers in recent months.
Trump’s plan to wipe out US climate rules relies on EPA rescinding its 2009 endangerment finding, but will it survive court challenges?: The world just lived through the three hottest years on record, evidence of worsening climate change is stronger now than ever before, and people across the U.S. are increasingly experiencing the harm firsthand. (The Conversation)
Mamdani nominates former federal prosecutor to lead NYC anti-corruption watchdog: Nadia Shihata, who led the prosecution of R&B singer R. Kelly, was chosen to head the Department of Investigation. (THE CITY)
Our world in photos: Revelers, costumes, dogs and more.
Our World in Photos
RIO DE JANEIRO — Revelers and patients from the Nise da Silveira mental health institute take part in the “Loucura Suburbana,” or Suburban Madness pre-Carnival block party. Photo: Bruna Prado/AP
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READ: "The Myth of the Police State: No one, not even the supposed beneficiaries, is protected." (The Dial)
EAT: From Brooklyn Heights to Bushwick, Georgian restaurants are popping up all over New York City. (Eater)
CARTOON: The last straw. (Brooklyn Eagle)
LIVE: "Brooklyn developer to transform Williamsburg gas station into 45-unit building" (Crain’s New York)
The Wrap
⌛ ON THIS DAY
In 1925, the Eagle reported, "Trade of the United States with Greenland, says the National City Bank of New York, runs at the rate of nearly $250,000 a year, and has aggregated approximately $2,000,000 in the last dozen years." Click here to see what else happened on this day in history.
📔 IMPRINT
Zendaya wraps herself around Robert Pattinson for Interview Magazine.
👑 ROYAL WATCH
"Prince William deliberately distanced himself from Prince Harry as he prepares for the throne: butler" (Fox News)
🏀 SPORTS
Liberty star Breanna Stewart heading to Turkey
Musician and artist Yoko Ono
“Saturday Night Fever” star John Travolta
“The Outsiders” star Matt Dillon
“The Facts of Life” star Molly Ringwald
Styx co-founder Dennis DeYoung
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Brooklyn Today’s editor is Scott Enman. Contact him at [email protected].