NYC week ahead, Nov. 2-8: Election Day Tuesday, a snow-plow hearing, the Rockefeller tree arrives and rain late in the week

A short guide to the week in New York City, with dates and times checked against official and organizer pages.

Monday, Nov. 2: snow plows at City Hall

With winter coming, the City Council's Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management holds an oversight hearing on the city's snow removal and winter storm response at 10 a.m. at 250 Broadway, 8th floor, Hearing Room 1, according to the Council calendar. Members will also take up Int. 1042, sponsored by Council Member Ty Hankerson, which would require the Department of Sanitation to publish and keep historical and current plowing data. Today the PlowNYC site shows only the last time a block was plowed, Gothamist reported, after two big storms last winter left snow piled up for weeks.

Also Monday: there is no early voting, and New York's unemployment insurance system starts a planned shutdown for an upgrade; here's what claimants need to do.

Tuesday, Nov. 3: Election Day

Polls are open 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. at your assigned poll site, which may differ from your early voting site; check findmypollsite.vote.nyc. Public schools, many of them poll sites, will hold classes remotely, THE CITY reported. Alternate side parking is suspended, according to the NYC DOT calendar.

Early voting closed Sunday with 690,526 unofficial check-ins over nine days, per the Board of Elections; see our running count. On the ballot: governor (Gov. Kathy Hochul vs. Bruce Blakeman), attorney general and comptroller, plus Congress and the Legislature depending on where you live, and five City Charter questions on the back. Our Election Day explainer and election guide have the rest,.

Kids off? Prospect Park Alliance runs free Election Day programs: nature activities at the Audubon Center 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., open hours at Lefferts Historic House noon to 4 p.m., and the Carousel noon to 5 p.m. ($3 a ride), per the Alliance. Event details.

Thursday and Friday: free shows at Lincoln Center

• Thursday, Nov. 5, 7:30 p.m.: Voices of a People's History at the David Rubenstein Atrium, 1887 Broadway (Lincoln Center).
• Friday, Nov. 6, 7:30 to 9 p.m.: ALBA Musik: Contemporary Flamenco, same atrium (ALBA Musik).

Saturday, Nov. 7: the tree arrives

• Rockefeller Center: this year's tree, a 76-foot Norway spruce from West Edmeston, N.Y., arrives Saturday for the second Meet the Tree Day, with family activities. It will be lit Wednesday, Dec. 2, 7 to 10 p.m., and stays up through mid-January, according to Rockefeller Center.
• Staten Island: bring leftover jack-o'-lanterns to the free Pumpkin Smash at Snug Harbor's Heritage Farm, starting at 10 a.m.; the pumpkins become compost. Snug Harbor warns of limited access to its grounds and gardens Nov. 6-18 while the Winter Lantern Festival is installed (Snug Harbor).
• Fort Greene: BAM's Playback street party takes over Lafayette Avenue between Ashland Place and St. Felix Street (BAM; RSVP on its page).

Looking up: our November sky guide has this month's meteor showers and the Nov. 24 supermoon. More ideas on our events page.

Weather

The National Weather Service forecast is dry and mild to start: mostly sunny Monday through Wednesday, with highs of 66 to 69 degrees and lows in the upper 50s. Rain chances arrive Wednesday night, and light rain is likely Thursday night into Friday, with about a 60% chance and highs near 70. Saturday has a chance of light rain and a high around 64, and Sunday looks mostly sunny and cooler, near 62.