The Briefly for April 1, 2019 – The "Congestion Pricing is Not An April Fools Joke" Edition
Quick note: There are no April Fools articles listed today.
Late night subway work this week will affect the 1, 3, 6, D, F, N, R, and G trains. (Subway Changes)
The state's $175 billion budget passed early on Sunday, including cash bail reforms, a new mansion tax, a plastic bag ban, a property tax cap, and congestion pricing. (NY Times)
What you need to know about the state's plastic bag ban. (Grub Street)
What's not included in the state's budget? Mobile sports betting. (NY Post)
Seven takeaways from the state budget. (NY Times)
It's time to vote in participatory budgeting! There is $35 million to spend in the 32 communities in the city and you have a say in how it's spent, and you can vote online! (nyc.gov)
Once you've voted, you can submit your own idea for the next cycle, like this idea for new bike racks. (PBNYC)
With the Hudson Yards open, the city has turned its eyes towards the next railroad yard to develop in Sunnyside, Queens. (Sunnyside Post)
Say hello to the city's newest restaurants. (amNY)
An ode to the longtime neighborhood bar and what the loss of it means for the city. (Curbed)
Citi Bike is headed to where it's never been before: Bushwick. (Gothamist)
Add the D train to the list of trains you want to steer clear of walking underneath. The MTA announced it will start cleaning the undersides of the D train's elevated tracks after the 7 train started raining subway parts last month. The work is starting from the Stillwell Ave station. (Bklyner)
A history of NYC's 13 triangle buildings. (Untapped Cities)
Summer school, but this is actually interesting. Prospect Park is looking or immigrant professors, researches, and lecturers to teach their "Open Air University," which runs from June 11 to June 30. (The Brooklyn Reader)
Summerhill, Crown Heights' "bullet hole" bar, has closed. (News 12)
Smorgasburg is coming back to its outdoor locations and Time Out has some suggestions about what you're gonna want to taste. Here's the full list of vendors/a>. (Time Out)
Former Knicks star Kristaps Porzingis has been accused of rape. Porzingis claims the encounter was consensual. (amNY)
Sink your sweet tooth into Godiva's midtown cafe, opening on April 18. (Eater)
It's estimated 90,000 to 230,000 birds die in the city as a result of colliding with glass buildings. A proposed bill would require 90% of glass in new and altered buildings to be treated to reduce bird fatalities. (Curbed)
Inside the battle to fight off invasive species washing down the Bronx River from Westchester. (NY Times)
Should you wash your hands after being on the subway? No, because except Brooklyn. (Red Hook Star-Revue)
Former Assemblymember Dov Hikind is blaming a Bklyner reporter for organizing the protest against Councilmember Kalman Yeger’s comments that Palestine "doesn't exist." (Bklyner)
There's at least one benefit of living in Staten Island: it only costs you $5.50 to cross the Verrazzano to Brooklyn. If you're a Brooklynite (or anyone else), it'll cost you $19. (Bklyner)
A deep dive into Industry City's effect on Sunset Park and UPROSE, a decades-old community group whose goal was always to revitalize that area as a manufacturing hub. (The Indypendent)
If you have someone who always wants to go to brunch but never has an idea of where to go: The NYC Brunch Directory. (The Infatuation)
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