New York’s COVID rates drop slightly as BA.2, a subvariant of omicron, becomes dominant strain; Bronx murder conviction overturned because DA took six years to try ‘relatively simple case;’ NYC Council progressives blast Mayor Adams’ anti-gun plan as heavy-handed, discriminatory: ‘We cannot police our way out of this’; MTA inks $50M deal to install security cameras near turnstiles at 88 NYC subway stations