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New York Today: What’s the State of Your Block?

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Other than frozen, how is your block doing? Andrew Renneisen for The New York Times
Updated 11:04 a.m. Good morning on this fiercely cold Tuesday. 
The snow and sleet have stopped, but there is ice everywhere, so please be extra careful.
And watch for subway delays.
Mayor Bill de Blasio delivers his second State of the City address at 11 a.m. today at Baruch College.
The mayor is expected to roll out proposals aimed at increasing the city’s stock of affordable housing by rezoning parts of the city to allow taller buildings.
That’s the big picture.
We are also interested in the little picture:
What is the state of your New York City block?
We want to hear the things you notice every day as you go about the business of living:
How are your neighbors and the local stores doing? How is parking? Potholes? Garbage? Crime?
Please tell us in the comments, on Twitter at @nytmetro, or email nytoday@nytimes.com with the subject line State of My Block.
Please also tell us which block you’re talking about: the borough, your street and what streets it is between.
You may, of course, remain anonymous.
We will collect some of your responses and compile them for an article in the near future. Thanks!
Here’s what else is happening. 
WEATHER
Temperatures rise into the lower 20s today.
The city at large will be de-iced on Wednesday, as a warm front passes through, bringing highs in the upper 30s and the odd flurry.
COMING UP TODAY
• A “Support Your Local Police” news conference and rally at the Bronx Civil Court House. Noon.
• Elected officials speak at a public forum on New York’s medical marijuana program, at Hostos Community College. 1 p.m.
• A panel on food and climate change at Brooklyn Winery invites “food-active individuals to consider all things food and farming in 2015.” 8 p.m. [$50, with wine, beer and snacks]
• An Orson Welles retrospective, in its last days at Film Forum, serves up “A Man for All Seasons” and “Someone to Love.” Various times. [$12]
• Diana Ross gives the inaugural performance at the recently refurbished Kings Theater in Flatbush, Brooklyn. The mayor and first lady attend. 8 p.m. [Sold out]
• Knicks host Celtics, 7:30 p.m. (MSG). Islanders host Panthers, 7 p.m. (MS+2). Devils host Senators, 7 p.m. (MSG+).
• For more events, see The New York Times Arts & Entertainment guide.
COMMUTE 
• Subway: There have been weather-related delays and service changes today. Please check latest status before you go anywhere. Check PATH status.
• L.I.R.R., Metro-North, N.J. Transit, Amtrak
• Roads: Check traffic map or radio report on the 1s or the 8s.
• Alternate-side parking: suspended.
• Air travel: La Guardia, J.F.K., Newark.
IN THE NEWS
• A police officer was indicted on assault charges after a video showed him stomping on the head of a subdued suspect in Brooklyn. [Daily News]
• Assemblyman Carl E. Heastie of the Bronx is poised to replace Sheldon Silver as State Assembly speaker, and to become the first African-American to hold the position. [New York Times]
• The mayor’s State of the City is also expected to call for 1,500 new affordable live-work spaces for New York City artists by 2024. [WNYC]
• The Police Department is creating separate units to handle terrorism and protests. [New York Times]
• In the case of a cabbie charged with having raped a passenger on Monday, the victim told her story. [Daily News]
• Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey has shown a predilection for expensive trips and the finer things, at least when others are paying the bill. [New York Times]
• Sanford Rubenstein has filed a defamation suit against the Al Sharpton associate who accused him of raping her. [New York Post]
• A 71-year-old man was hit by a flying manhole cover in Park Slope. [Daily News] …
• … And early Tuesday morning, six buildings were evacuated because of a manhole fire just blocks away from the first explosion. [NBC New York]
• Scoreboard: Nets nail Clippers, 102-100. Rangers bag Panthers, 6-3.
• For a global look at what’s happening, see Your Tuesday Briefing.
AND FINALLY … 
Just off the Bronx, on a chunk of land once known as Little Pea Island, there once stood a 410-foot broadcasting tower.
In 1941, The Times reported, the tower sprung “into ethereal activity for the first time as the new key station of the Columbia Broadcasting System— the newest, perhaps the most revolutionary, broadcast unit ever devised.”
CBS renamed the place Columbia Island. It has changed hands many times over the years.
Now a house is being built on the island, perhaps the city’s only private island home, and Nick Carr of the blog Scouting New York checked it out recently and took some pictures.
“Though it seemed dilapidated and possibly abandoned from a distance, as we drew closer, I began to see signs of modern activity,” he writes. “A huge solar panel on the roof, along with construction equipment scattered about.”
The old station now appears to be owned by the filmmaker and actor Al Sutton.
Joseph Burgess contributed reporting.
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