May 30, 2023: Midday News

Demand for New York City's free summer school program surpasses its current capacity, hazy skies may get in the way of your Manhattanhenge viewing tonight at 8:12, and the Museum of Art and Design opens a new* exhibit dedicated to pop star Taylor Swift. In other museum news, New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art is one of the biggest museums in the world. But critics say it has a big problem: it owns hundreds of works that, at some point in history, were looted. As WNYC’s Arun Venugopal reports, the museum is now trying to address the issue. And finally, a Greenpoint coffee shop called Botbar is causing controversy with locals for using robots in replacement of human labor. WNYC’s David Furst sits with Eater NY reporter Luke Fortney who has been covering the story.