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| It's Monday. The young hawks at New York University took flight last week. |
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| Weather: Rain is likely all day, with possible thunderstorms later. High about 70. |
| Alternate-side parking: Suspended today for Shavuot. |
 A storefront installation in Brooklyn highlighting The Times's local journalism.
Local Projects |
| Let's turn it over to The Times's Clifford Levy, an associate managing editor and the Metro editor: |
| Journalists for The New York Times visited more than 160 countries last year, but even as our ambitions and audience have expanded, we remain deeply committed to our home base. |
| Distinctive reporting on the New York region is core to The Times's mission, especially at a time when local journalism across the country is at risk. |
| That's why I'm pleased to let you know that The Times is mounting a new campaign to highlight our journalism in the five boroughs — "The Truth Is Local." |
| At the heart of the campaign are five innovative storefront installations, one in each borough, that you can visit. |
| Each storefront installation speaks to signature local reporting done by Times journalists: |
| The one in Brooklyn, at 400 Atlantic Avenue (shown in the photo above), is inspired by our groundbreaking reporting on a Brooklyn homicide detective who was accused of using faked confessions to put innocent men behind bars. |
| Our reporting on inequality in the city's elite public schools is the subject of the installation in the Bronx, at 305 East Kingsbridge Road. |
| In Manhattan, the installation is based on the major investigation The Times published last month about reckless lending in the taxi industry. The storefront is at 227 West 29th Street. |
| The one in Staten Island, at 49 Victory Boulevard, describes the lost history of the abandoned effort to bring the subway to the borough. |
| "The Case of Jane Doe Ponytail" was one of the most powerful articles we published last year. It was the inspiration for the installation in Queens, at 135-01 Northern Boulevard. |
| I hope that you'll visit the installations, and let us know your response to them by sending a tweet to @nytmetro. |
| From the archives |
 Eddie Hausner/The New York Times |
| During a heat wave in June 1984, a headline in The Times read "An Air-Conditioner Store Without a Crowd Is Probably One That Has Sold Out." At the time, air-conditioners cost about $400 on average, about the same price they are more than 30 years later. Here, our photographer Eddie Hausner captured Myra Pagan, left, and her sister Alma installing an air-conditioner in their New Jersey apartment. |
| See more old photos at our archival storytelling project, Past Tense, and on Instagram @nytarchives. |
| From The Times |
 Sara Krulwich/The New York Times |
| The Tony Awards, the annual ceremony recognizing musicals and plays staged on Broadway, took place last night at Radio City Music Hall. |
| The "I can't breathe" case: Seven takeaways from the disciplinary hearing on Eric Garner's death. |
| Residents cowered while workers at a group home smacked and pushed them. |
| Inside the stealth campaign for "responsible rent reform." |
| [Want more news from New York and around the region? Check out our full coverage.] |
| The Mini Crossword: Here is today's puzzle. |
| What we're reading |
| Two Long Island residents died when their small aircraft crashed in Southold, N.Y. A dog in the aircraft survived. [NBC New York] |
| An employee time-keeping clock was vandalized amid the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's crackdown on worker overtime. [NY1] |
| Public school students in the Bronx are learning about hip-hop and careers in the music industry. [amNew York] |
| An apartment in the former Hells Angels headquarters in the East Village will rent for about $3,500 a month. [New York Post] |
| Coming up today |
| Nicole Dennis-Benn discusses her novel "Patsy" with Glory Edim, the creator of the "Well-Read Black Girl" anthology, at the New York Public Library's Mid-Manhattan Library at 42nd Street. 6:30 p.m. [Free] |
| Researchers gather to explore how Muslims' heritage and history in New York City affects their contemporary experience, at the Brooklyn Historical Society in Brooklyn Heights. 6:30 p.m. [$5] |
| Are you a video game expert, or do you just enjoy playing? Wonderville in Brooklyn hosts a Red Hot Ricochet tournament starting at 7:30 p.m. [$3 to compete, free to watch] |
| — Derek Norman |
| Events are subject to change, so double-check before heading out. For more events, see the going-out guides from The Times's culture pages. |
| And finally: On your mark. Get set. Watch. |
 Britta Pedersen/European Pressphoto Agency |
| Tonight is the start of the free movie summer series at Bryant Park. |
| For many, the series is a summer tradition. But this year, there are new features: a state-of-the-art LED screen, a 'lounge' where you can buy beer and wine, and a new film partner. |
| Here's what you need to know about the movies at Bryant Park: |
| When to get there |
| Movies will be shown every Monday at sunset (usually between 8 and 9 p.m.) through Aug. 12. |
| On the days movies are screened, the park clears people off its lawn by 2:30 p.m. The lawn reopens for movie seating at 5 p.m. |
| "People look like they're on the starting line of a sprint," Dan Biederman, the executive director of the Bryant Park Corporation, said. When the clock strikes 5, people "run on with their blankets." |
| The new screen |
| The screen is still 40 feet by 20 feet, said Irene Vagianos, the vice president of brand partnerships and events for the Bryant Park Corporation. |
| But the new screen uses LED technology, which means the movies will look sharper, according to Ms. Vagianos. Viewers can "see them clearly from farther and farther away," she said. |
| The new 'lounge' |
| Sitting farther away may appeal to you. |
| The back third of the lawn will be a "lounge" where moviegoers can buy beer and wine, Ms. Vagianos said. (The park experimented with alcohol sales near the lawn last year.) |
| Get comfortable |
| Blankets and food are welcome. Furniture and plastic tarps are not because they can damage the lawn. |
| The movies |
| In past years, the repertoire was familiar: a "date movie," a musical that people could sing along to, an art-house film. This year, there will be several crowd pleasers. |
| Tonight, the park is showing 1988's "Big." Next week is 1999's "Big Daddy." On July 1, it's "To All the Boys I've Loved Before." A different kind of teenage-centered story, "Carrie," follows. |
| "Bad Boys," "Coming to America" and "Goodfellas" are also on the schedule. |
| In previous years, the park partnered with HBO. This year, for the first time, its partner is Netflix. |
| Here is a schedule and more information about free outdoor movies in New York City. |
| It's Monday — enjoy the show. |
| Metropolitan Diary: Charlie Barnett |
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| Dear Diary: |
| Some years ago, I was watching the comic Charlie Barnett do his Saturday routine in Washington Square Park. |
| As usual, the audience had formed a circle, leaving him space to perform. During one burst of laughter, a disheveled woman who looked like the child of Fred Flintstone and the sports cartoonist Bill Gallo's "Basement Bertha" character slouched into Charlie's space. |
| She stared at him. He stared back. The silence was deafening. Then Charlie did his best Cary Grant. |
| "Your place or mine, dear?" he said. |
| Without missing a beat, the woman pointed to the ground between them. |
| "Right here," she said. |
| The crowd went nuts. |
| — Joseph Stropoli |
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