City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.

Welcome to City Limits’ NYC Housing Calendar, a weekly feature where we round up the latest housing and land use-related events and hearings, as well as upcoming affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.

Know of an event we should include in next week’s calendar? Email us.

Upcoming Housing and Land Use-Related Events:

Monday, June 3 at 5 p.m.: The NYC Rent Guidelines Board will hold a hearing to collect public testimony on proposed rent adjustments for the city’s rent stabilized tenants at Hostos Community College in the Bronx. More here.

Tuesday, June 4 at 9:30 a.m.: The NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission will hold a public hearing on several properties, including the Brooklyn Edison Building. More here.

Tuesday, June 4 at 10 a.m.: The NYC Council’s Committee on Aging will hold an oversight hearing on supporting the city’s Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities, and will also discuss a resolution calling on the state to increase the income eligibility threshold for several housing assistance programs for seniors. More here.

Tuesday, June 4 at 1 p.m.: The NYC Council’s Subcommittee on Landmarks, Public Sitings and Dispositions will meet about two land use applications related to the Red Hook Coastal Resiliency project. More here.

Thursday, June 6 at 10 a.m.: The NYC Council’s Committee on Immigration will vote on bills that would require the city to conduct surveys of newly arrived migrants on their health and employment needs. More here.

Wednesday, June 5 at 5 p.m.: The NYC Rent Guidelines Board will hold a hearing to collect public testimony on proposed rent adjustments for the city’s rent stabilized tenants at Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn. More here.

Monday, June 10 at 1 p.m.: The NYC Planning Commission will hold a review session. More here.

NYC Affordable Housing Lotteries Ending Soon: The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) are closing lotteries on the following subsidized buildings over the next week.

88-36 139th Street Apartments, Queens, for households earning between $68,572 – $218,010

1 Park Point, Brooklyn, for households earning between $33,806 – $167,700

3418 Third Avenue Apartments, Bronx, for households earning between $84,755 – $218,010

217 Main Street Apartments, Staten Island, for households earning between $85,715 – $218,010

Kelly Residentials aka 1034 Kelly Street Apartments, Bronx, for households earning between $104,640 – $181,740

414 East 152nd Street Apartments, Bronx, for households earning between $106,458 – $218,010

12-22 Astoria Boulevard Apartments, Queens, for households earning between $96,000 – $218,010

676 Myrtle Avenue Apartments, Brooklyn, for households earning between $120,000 – $218,010

Olivia Époupa saw action in five of the first seven Lynx games this season, for a grand total of 36 minutes.

She led the team Sunday.

Her offensive numbers of four points and two assists are not going to jump off the state sheet, but the great energy and defensive play — including four steals — by the unheralded backup point guard played a huge role in the Minnesota Lynx continuing their best start in five seasons.

The spark provided by Époupa helped the Lynx dominate late to beat Dallas 87-76 and improve to 6-2 for the first time since the 2020 bubble season.

“I really think she was like the momentum change when she came in,” said Napheesa Collier, who led the way with 24 points and 14 rebounds. “Just like steal after steal, deflection, just being such a pest on defense, getting out in transition. I feel it was kind of neck-and-neck for a while, but she came in and broke the game open for us.”

Minnesota led 51-50 with 3 minutes, 32 seconds to go in the third quarter when Époupa checked back in. She played 11 seconds in the first half.

With Époupa playing dynamically at both ends, the Lynx scored 26 of the game’s next 35 points for a 77-59 lead midway through the fourth.

Coach Cheryl Reeve said she went over to the rookie from France with about five minutes to play, thanking her for being ready when she got an opportunity.

“She’s been on our minds because we’ve been in situations like this before; we felt like she’s one that could help us through it. Today we actually pulled the trigger and did it. Obviously, she was pretty impactful for us,” said Reeve who won her 306th game as a WNBA head coach, tying Bill Laimbeer for second-most all time. Longtime Connecticut and Washington coach Mike Thibault has 379.

Époupa said her mindset this season has been simple.

“I just tried to get myself ready working hard,” she said. “We know that we have a great team with great leaders, so just be ready, focus on my team and when my time comes, I try to help the team as much as possible.”

Up 61-59 early in the fourth, the Lynx scored the next 16 points, including nine by Collier.

Minnesota had seven of its 15 steals in the fourth. For the game, the Lynx scored 30 points off 28 Dallas turnovers.

Kayla McBride led the Lynx with 25 points, including 15 from outside the arc, and also played tough defense against Arike Ogunbowale, the league’s top scorer at 27.5 points per game entering the day. Ogunbowale was 6-of-17 shooting, finishing with 21 points.

Collier said Époupa epitomizes the Lynx depth.

“We have such depth that goes down the line where if you take one person away there’s someone right behind them to make up for that,” Coller said. “Courtney (Williams) struggled today a little bit and Ollie came in and won us the game with her defense. It’s just so hard to play against teams like that. I knew this was coming, it’s just really exciting to see it play out.”

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The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension has provided more details about the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis police officer, including identifying the two Minneapolis officers who fired their guns during the shootout in the Whittier neighborhood of south Minneapolis.

Three people died and four were injured in the incident Thursday.

The BCA gave the following details in a news release Sunday night, which follows a preliminary investigation:

Minneapolis police received a call at 5:15 p.m. Thursday about two people shot inside an apartment at 2221 Blaisdell Ave S.

Jamal Mitchell, 36, was the first police officer to arrive on scene. He stopped about a block away from the building. He said on his radio that he saw two men with injuries in the street. The two men were later identified as Mustafa Ahmed Mohamed, 35, of St. Paul, and a bystander.

The BCA release says Mitchell got out of his car and approached Mohamed, who was sitting next to a parked vehicle, and asked Mohamed if he was hurt. Mohamed pulled out a handgun and shot Mitchell at close range, and Mitchell fell to the ground incapacitated.

Other officers arriving on the scene saw Mohamed continue to shoot Mitchell. As they approached, Mohamed began shooting at them, according to the release. Nick Kapinos and Luke Kittock fired, hitting Mohamed. Kapinos used his department handgun and Kittock used his department rifle.

The release says the Minneapolis officers attempted life-saving care. Mohamed died at the scene, and Mitchell later died at the Hennepin County Medical Center. Kittock and a Minneapolis firefighter were injured, and both were treated and released from the hospital. The bystander who was shot before police arrived remains hospitalized in critical but stable condition.

A handgun with an extended magazine and numerous cartridge casings were recovered at the shooting scene, BCA officials said. Investigators are reviewing all video footage of the shootings including body camera and squad car camera footage.

In addition, the BCA is investigating a shooting in the apartment building where another man, Osman Said Jimale, 32, was shot dead.

Kittock has nine years of law enforcement experience.

Kapinos has 10 years of law enforcement experience. He was one of several Minneapolis police officers who responded to a standoff call resulting in the July 14, 2022, death of Tekle Sundberg. The 20-year-old Sundberg was shot and killed by two police snipers who fired through the window of his apartment. Sundberg had barricaded himself inside an apartment after firing shots into a neighboring apartment. Kapinos didn’t fire his weapon in the incident, and no charges were filed against the officers involved in Sundberg’s death after an investigation determined the shooting was legally authorized.

The BCA will present findings from the investigations to the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office, which will review them and consider charges.

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FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Gymnastics superstar Simone Biles won her ninth U.S. Championship on Sunday, leaving little doubt that at 27 and a decade-plus into her run atop the sport, she is as good as ever.

Biles posted a two-day all-around total of 119.750, nearly six points clear of runner-up Skye Blakely and leaving little doubt that she appears ready to add a second all-around Olympic gold to go with the one she captured in 2016.

In front of an audience that included her husband, Chicago Bears safety Jonathan Owens, Biles put on a four-rotation clinic that featured all the trademarks of a typical Biles performance. There was jaw-dropping athleticism mixed with precision and more than a splash of swagger.

Biles finished with the highest two-day score on all four events — something she’d done only once before at nationals (2018) — to build plenty of momentum ahead of the Olympic trials later this month in Minneapolis.

Her only misstep on Sunday came on vault. She came up short on her Yurchenko double pike — two back flips with her hands clasped behind her knees — during warmups and overcompensated when it counted, generating so much force she wound up on her back. She still received a 15.000 for her effort, a testament to a vault that’s never been completed in competition by another woman and only attempted by a select group of men.

Not that it bothered her. Biles collected herself, took a couple of deep breaths then followed it up a Cheng vault that was rewarded with a 15.1 and put a ninth national title within reach, heady territory considering no other gymnast in the history of the sport in the U.S. has more than seven.

While Biles remains above the fray as usual, there is plenty of competition for the other four spots on the five-woman U.S. team that will head to Paris as heavy favorites to return to the top of the podium after finishing second to Russia in Tokyo three years ago.

Blakely, 19, put together another impressive performance and will head to Minneapolis with plenty of momentum. Three years after her bid to make the 2020 Olympic team ended with an injury, Blakely is peaking at the right time.

Suni Lee, the 2020 Olympic champion from Minnesota who has spent the last year-plus battling kidney issues that have limited her training, shook off an early mistake on vault to put together elegant routines on uneven bars and balance beam that few in the world — even Biles — can match. Lee was second overall on the beam to Biles and fourth on the bars. She was tied for 10th in the floor exercise.

Olympians Jordan Chiles and Jade Carey are in the mix, though both endured falls on beam on Sunday. Third-place finisher Kayla DiCello slipped off the uneven bars. Leanne Wong, perhaps looking fatigued after a long season competing at Florida, also endured uncharacteristic miscues.

Shilese Jones, considered the best all-around gymnast in the U.S. without the last name Biles, pulled out of the championships on Friday, citing a shoulder injury though she said Sunday she was feeling better and plans to be available for trials. So will 18-year-old Kaliya Lincoln, who opted not to compete on Sunday after tweaking something during Friday night’s opening session.

Both — if healthy — figure to be serious contenders to earn an invitation to Paris (Jones in particular). If they’re not, the door could swing wide open for others and test the depth the senior elite program has been touting for years.

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