New York Today: Statecraft, Past and Present

Brendan Mcdermid/Reuters A  Declaration of Independence written in Jefferson’s hand will go on display at the New York Public Library on Monday, along with an original copy of the Bill of Rights.

A bit of a civics bonanza awaits the city on Monday.

The New York Public Library will put on display at noon a Declaration of Independence written out by Thomas Jefferson and a handwritten copy of the Bill of Rights. It will be the first time the library has shown the two treasured documents together.

Downtown at 2 p.m., the mayor will celebrate the start of the fiscal yearby signing bills. One keeps muni-meters from taking people’s money when parking rules are not in effect. Another names a street in Staten Island after the man who sang “Sugar Sugar.”

Here’s what else you need to know to start your muggy Monday.

WEATHER â€" Clouds and thunderstorms shall rule the day, with highs staying in the low 80s. No June rainfall record was set after all â€" we must settle for No. 2 â€" but July is another chance, and we’re off to a good start. Bring the umbrella.

TRANSIT & TRAFFIC

- Roads: West Side Highway northbound is slow but otherwise not bad as of 6:01 a.m., 1010 WINS reports. Alternate-side parking rules are in effect.

- Mass Transit: Southbound N and D trains running on the Q route in! Brooklyn. Otherwise subways are normal. Click for the latest status.

COMING UP TODAY

- For the first time in more than 40 years, the Metropolitan Museum of Art is now open on Mondays.

- On the campaign trail, William C. Thompson Jr. says he will be endorsed by a “major Latino leader.” Sal Albanese will do a live chat on The Daily News’s Web site at 2:30 p.m.

- Wake up and stretch: there’s free yoga on Pier 6 in Brooklyn Bridge Park at 7:30 a.m.

- On the grounds of a Bronx public-housing project, the artist Thomas Hirschhorn will open a vast installation and pop-up cultural production center < href="http://www.gramsci-monument.com">honoring the Italian Marxist philosopher Antonio Gramsci.

- For more events, see The New York Times’s Arts & Entertainment guide.

AND FINALLY…

“You’ve heard about that island paradise where life is raw and love is free,” reads the title over the cartoon of palm trees and hula-skirted lovelies. “Well, here’s the island that puts them all to shame.” That island is Coney island, as seen in the rarely screened 1953 film “Little Fugitive,” (watch the trailer) about the adventures of a 7-year-old runaway. It shows at dusk on a 40-foot scren on the beach at West 10th Street in Coney island as part of the Coney Island Flicks on the Beach series.

E.C. Gogolak contributed reporting.

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