EVG Etc.: The possible future of Mayor Adams; the effect of unlicensed weed shops

Tompkins Square Park photo shoot via Derek Berg

• Insiders talk about what might be next for Mayor Adams (Politico) ... Inside the mayor's "clumsy" attempt to hinder foreign bribery probe (NBC News) 

• A State Supreme Court judge refused to toss two lawsuits seeking to overturn Gov. Hochul's congestion pricing pause (Streetsblog) 

• The enforcement of illegal weed shops has left the LES and East Village with dozens of empty storefronts for the foreseeable future (Gothamist)

• A feature on East Village musician Jesse Malin's recovery from a spinal stroke — with some help from friends (CBS News) 

• An interview with EV native Kyota Umeki, who now runs the skateboard-friendly Star Shop on Ninth Street (Office Magazine) 

• About "Dickhead," now playing at Theater for the New City (Our Town) 

• Mapping the city's best slices (Eater) 

• "The Substance" is a reminder of all the films Demi Moore has made, and don't sleep on "Margin Call" (Metrograph) 

And this weekend at Cooper Union (info here): 

Hello From The Data Vandals (or free as air and water, or whatsoever things are true) is the premiere exhibition by the New York City data-activist collective known as the Data Vandals (artist Jen Ray and data visualization expert Jason Forrest). 

It will be on view in Cooper's Civic Projects Lab at 41 Cooper Square. The Data Vandals' art focuses on starting conversations on universal issues through data visualization. Using sculpture, performance, music, and bold designs, the Data Vandals create dialogues that are relatable, accessible, and dynamic.

The exhibition will be a fun look at the East Village through data past and present, filling the Civic Projects Lab with large data visualization paintings and sculptures, workshops, lectures, and a movie night.