The Briefly for April 9, 2019 – The "Ignoring the Most Serious Health Violations" Edition
Want to play NYC wildlife BINGO? (Gothamist)
14 places to view cherry blossoms trees. (Untapped Cities)
73% of the most serious restaurant health violations go unchecked. Just cook your own food from here on out. (Eater)
The NYPD is demanding they should be exempt from congestion pricing. Not the cop cars, their personal cars. (Streetsblog)
Watch this NYPD officer run a red light on an illegal dirt bike without a helmet in front of a bunch of other cops cheering him on and crash, hitting the pavement HARD while trying to avoid getting hit by traffic. (@_scottjohnson)
Some of the most reckless NYPD drivers in the city are in Canarsie. (Streetsblog)
Take a look at the Tokyo neighborhood that inspired Hudson Yards. (6sqft)
The 9/11 Memorial Glade section of the 9/11 Memorial, dedicated to people with 9/11-related illnesses, will open at the end of May. (Curbed)
The estranged husband of the Staten Island teacher found dead and burnt inside a storage unit last week was formally accused of killing her along with his girlfriend. (Gothamist)
Is it time to finally look into extending the 4 train past the Utica Ave station? $5 million was allocated to a study in 2015 and the MTA just got around to getting it started. (Curbed)
Trying to discover the best burger in NYC. (Food Insider)
The five best picnic spots in the Upper West Side. (I Love the Upper West Side)
Brooklyn DA Eric Gonzalez is open to the decriminalization of prostitution and would be open to a law that would legalize sex work. This is the same man who decriminalized marijuana in Brooklyn. (Gay City News)
Save this photo of old Penn Station from 1910 just in case you ever have to step foot in the dilapidated toilet that sits underneath Madison Square Garden. (Viewing NYC)
The mayor's plan to turnaround schools with the Renewal program had a statistically insignificant effect on the targeted schools, but it was great at spending money. $773 million to be precise. The mayor said the results would be "fast and intense." Half of the schools closed. (Chalkbeat)
Were #1! #1 in Lyme disease infections. (Patch)
This chubby cat needs a home. All 41 pounds of him. (Gothamist)
RIP Bob Slade, the creator and legendary radio host of the call-in program "Open Line." (NY Times)
The mystery of why "1922 HYATT" was found on a nearly century-old subway wall has been solved. (amNY)
The street corner in Brooklyn where impaling pumpkins is de rigueur. (Atlas Obscura)
Add it to the list of deadly New York nightmares. A construction worker died on Monday morning after a piece of the building he was working on broke off and struck him on the head. (Gothamist)
The city ordered yeshivas to bar students who have not received the measles vaccine. (NY Post)
The reason electric bikes and scooters aren't legal in New York? Blame Manhattan. (Streetsblog)
Here's where to BYOB. (The Infatuation)
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