The Briefly for April 28, 2020 – The "de Blasio Forced to Make Another Popular Decision" Edition

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Alt-side parking has been suspended citywide through May 12. (Norwood News) How to watch today's Blue Angels flight over New York City today. (Charles Woodman for Patch) For every celebration, there's always a buzzkill. Streetsblog is here to ensure you can't enjoy some planes flying overhead today. (Gersh Kuntzman for Streetsblog) The mayor has given in when it comes to opening streets to pedestrians and cyclists, announcing that 40 miles of streets will be opened up this month and an additional 60 miles will be opened up soon. the mayor deserves literally zero credit for this because the City Council backed him into a corner and Governor Cuomo said in his press conference that he supports opening streets up. Much like his presidential campaign, he was the last person to see that no one supported his position. (Danielle Muoio for Politico) The New York State Board of Elections canceled the June presidential primary, citing the June date as an opportunity to vote for actual elections and candidates and not for the purposes of issues at a convention, which was Bernie Sanders's stated reason for not dropping out of the race completely. The Sanders campaign, as you could imagine, is ornery about the decision. (Brigid Bergin and David Cruz for Gothamist) Also canceled was the special election for Rafael Espinal's vacated City Council seat. Mad the election continued, voters would have had to vote twice on June 23, once in the primary and once in the actual election, and all for a single six-month term. Corey Johnson will manage the district while the seat is vacant. (Kevin Duggan for Brooklyn Paper) One thing that New York City will be known for after the pandemic is behind us is its inequality, which extends to a hospital system where Warren Buffet personally intervenes to get one hospital supplies and another made room for patients out of duct tape and plastic tarps. (Michael Schwirtz and Kirsten Luce for NY Times) Most New Yorkers trust Governor Cuomo over President Trump when it comes to reopening the state according to a Siena College poll. I think most New Yorkers would trust my dog Pepper over the president when it comes to reopening the state. (NY1) A closer look at the governor's plan to dip New York's toe into the waters of reopening. (Dana Schulz for 6sqft) It's already hard enough to remove an emotionally disturbed customer from the subways who was chasing other riders around and trying to light subway ads on fire but add in COVID-19 fears and also he was naked. (Jose Martinez for The City) The L train is back to full operation just in time for no one to care. (Amanda Hatfield for BrooklynVegan) The Office to Combat Domestic Violence launched a chat and text service on Friday to help New Yorkers discreetly report domestic violence. The office is suggesting the number be stored until a fake name. (David Cruz for Gothamist) A case against the city's gun laws came before the US Supreme Court, but by the time it reached the court city and state laws had changed, making the case moot. The case was dismissed by the court. (David Cruz for Gothamist) New York City is looking to hire 1,000 medical professionals to serve as contact tracers as the city begins to plan its own reopening. The tracers will interview people who have tested positive in hopes of identifying people who may need to be tested or quarantined. (Brendan Krisel for Patch) The Atlantic Boat Club in Crown Heights continued to serve customers after the shutdown and the state liquor authority has revoked their license. They face fines up to $40,000 and revocation of their liquor license. (Tanay Warerkar for Eater) Where you can still get a fresh bagel in NYC. (Carla Vianna for Eater) A few weeks ago I came across someone's Instagram story who was showing a group of vehicles that included cars, bikes, scooters, ATVs, and go-carts, which seems just as weird on a city street as you might think. Seems I wasn't the only person to take notice of these vehicles in the street because the NYPD seized 20 off-road vehicles that were "terrorizing" the streets over the weekend. (Anna Quinn for Patch) "Sir, this is a Wendy's." A man without a face mask caused $1k of damage to a Wendy's in the Bronx. (Alex Mitchell for amNewYork Metro) It's weird to see Times Square so empty, but of course, the Naked Cowboy is still there. He's like a roach in the apocalypse. (Todd Maisel for amNewYork Metro) Video: The New York Philharmonic is still playing together, even while separate. Watch and hear their latest performance of “Adagietto” from Mahler’s Symphony No. 5. (Matt Coneybeare for Viewing NYC) Now through May 25, Coney Island USA (the home of the sideshow) is running a mask design contest called "Put on a Funny Face" through May 25 with 11 different winning categories. (Shaye Weaver for Time Out) Success Academy Charter Schools will continue to use a traditional grading while the Department of Education is planning a new grading system for the remainder of the school year. (Alejandra O'Connell-Domenech for amNewYork Metro) Rent strikers have Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's support. (Georgia Kromrei for The Real Deal) The delivery guide for a big night in. (Matt Tervooren for The Infatuation) Thanks to reader Zlata for today's featured photo!