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Legionnaires' At NYPD Station; NBA Star's Wild Brooklyn Truck Ride; Flaming Yellow Cab: PM Digest

Plus: A bloody transgender attack on Brooklyn Pride, a brand-new LES mural defaced already and a Citi Biker killed by a bus in Chelsea.

NEW YORK, NY — And just like that, seemingly overnight, the collective NYC weather gripe has turned from "Ugh, so cold" to "Ugh, so hot." A change in pace, at least! Here's all the top local news from the hottest day of the year so far, Monday, June 12. Stories are pulled from our 28 neighborhood Patch sites across NYC.


Legionnaires' Bacteria Found In Manhattan NYPD Station

After a police officer fell ill with Legionnaires' disease, city inspectors say they've detected traces of the bacteria inside a Harlem station house.


Learn To Stuff A Dead Rat In New Brooklyn Art Class

For $50 extra, you can give your rat two heads.

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Yellow Cab Bursts Into Flames On Midtown Street

"A bunch of people were in hysteria," the FDNY says. See the crazy aerial footage.


Inwood's Infamous Rezoning Plan Is Back

Residents fear it'll turn Upper Manhattan into the new Williamsburg.

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Fund For Columbia Student Hit By Car Raises More Than $150K In Just 2 Days

Shariq Jumani, the victim of a hit-and-run driver, has already undergone surgery on his brain, legs and abdomen.


NBA Star Caught Cruising Bed-Stuy In Pickup Truck Full Of Loaded Guns (And A Lit Joint), Cops Say

Sebastian Telfair is in a world of trouble with the NYPD.


Transgender Women 'Brutally' Attacked On Day Of Brooklyn Pride

The unidentified attackers called London Jade and Jasmine Infiniti "f----ts" and "transformers" during the bloody Bushwick assault, police say. Here's how to help with their medical bills.


Crown Heights Gets Its Third New Homeless Shelter Of The Year

After a rowdy couple hours in Brooklyn court.


The Latest On Penn Station's Impending 'Summer Of Hell'

Long Island Rail Road commuters, in particular, will want to read this.


On That Note: 9 Separate Subway Lines Were Delayed By A Single 'Rail Condition' This Morning

The MTA's aging system appears to be croaking right before our eyes.


Real-Life Don Draper Lists Upper East Side Home For Nearly $10 Million

It's the house the 1960s ad boom bought.


'Shakespeare In The Park' Is Losing Sponsors Over Trump Stabbing Scene

The Public Theater's latest iteration of "Julius Caesar" portrays a presidential lookalike being stabbed multiple times.


New Mural By Famous Graffiti Artist Defaced On Lower East Side

Just days after it went up.


Trump's Latest Victim? Farmers Markets In NYC

Federal budget cuts proposed by President Trump would gut the city's Greenmarkets, city officials say. Here's what's at stake.


Citi Biker Killed By Bus In Chelsea

This is the agency's first-ever fatality.


East Village Explosion Site Sells For $9.15M

You heard right: nearly $10 million for a charred lot where two people died in a tragic explosion.


Brooklyn-To-Queens Streetcar Gets Critical Vote Of Union Support

The proposed streetcar would run all the way from Astoria down to Sunset Park.


Sunny's Bar Has Been Saved

The most beloved bar in Red Hook has met its crowdfunding goal — but it's planning one more benefit concert in July, just to be safe. How to attend.


Controversial Revamp Plan For Brooklyn Armory Is Headed To City Hall: What You Need To Know

Haven't been following the heated Brooklyn-Union Armory battle in Crown Heights? Catch up here.


NYPD Cops Shoot Man They Say Was Stabbing Brooklyn Roommate

Francis DeJesus chose a strange moment to plunge a knife into his roomie, police say.


Here's The Lowdown On The Coney Island Mermaid Parade, Coming Up This Weekend

Arguably the best parade — and certainly the most fabulous — in all of New York City.


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