The Briefly for June 21, 2018 – No One Owns a Bike in NYC, It Just Hasn't Been Stolen Yet
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A New York state judge on Tuesday overturned new rules that would have allowed charter schools to decide to lower the standards set by the state.
Republicans in the state senate enjoyed a one vote majority, but Republican Tom Croci of Long Island resumed active service with the Navy Reserves and has left the state. The senate is currently gridlocked, which could spell doom for the Every School Camera Speed Camera Act.
The city is moving forward with its desegregation plan for middle schools. This was the plan that made parents on the Upper West side lose their shit when it was announced.
BAM Park, which randomly opened after being closed for over a decade closed again. It opened to film Netflix/Spike Lee's "She's Gotta Have It" and was accidentally left unlocked.
"The United States has taken good care of these children" -convicted felon and Republican congressional candidate Michael Grimm talking about the children separated from their parents at the border.
The Department of Cultural Affairs committed $10 million to a new effort called "She Built NYC," which will honor historical women with public artwork.
Gay-for-pay. Eater calls out restaurants cashing in on Pride.
You can register your bicycle with the city. They engrave a serial number on it and attach a one way sticker so in the event of it being stolen, it can be identified and returned. No one owns a bike in NYC, they simply have a bike that hasn't been stolen yet.
Louis Simeone Park in Corona Park is now open after a $3.2 million upgrade that added a new playground, a spray shower, new swings, and fitness equipment.
Xiu Qing You, the man detained by ICE last month, was given a stay of deportation.
“I do believe that an attack on any one of them is an attack on all of us” -MTA Chairman Joe Lhota, speaking about a train conductor attacked in Brooklyn. Let's hope if the 2015 situation where an off-duty NYPD officer attacked a conductor repeats itself, he sings the same song.
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle comprehensibly looks at the extremely controversial 80 Flatbush, the problems, the proposed changes, and next steps.
A portion of the ceiling at Borough Hall on the 4/5 in Brooklyn collapsed. The sky is literally falling.
New York City public schoolteachers will get paid parental leave beginning this fall, providing six weeks of paid leave and up to 12 or 14 weeks depending on the birth itself. Previously, teachers had to use sick time for all of their parental leave.
5Pointz artists had their landmark lawsuit upheld against developer Jerry Wolkoff for violating the federal Visual Artists Rights Act. The damages of $6.75 million stays.
The Port Authority has plans to give LaGuardia an AirTrain, but it may resort to eminent domain to get the land necessary for it.
The MTA agreed to install handicap-accessible elevators at the Sixth Ave stop on the L during the L train shutdown. Advocates are also calling for elevators to be added to the Third Ave stop.
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