The Briefly for August 16, 2018 – Removing Garbage Cans, Aretha Franklin Tribute, New Jails, and More
Airbnb is donating $10 million to non-profits in an attempt to woo Albany into passing a law that would act as a runaround the city's laws that are hostile to Airbnb's business model.
The Department of Sanitation has a weird idea to increase cleanliness throughout the city: remove garbage cans. The MTA tried a similar idea on subway platforms and it didn't work.
A woman jumped to hear death on Wednesday morning at the Wolcott Hotel on East 31st Street near Fifth Avenue. The woman is still unidentified.
There's a fan-made tribute to Aretha Franklin at the Franklin St. subway station in Tribeca.
Ever since the creation of community boards in 1963, their members have been able to serve unlimited two-year terms. A new set of reforms on the November ballot could introduce term-limits for members that would allow the boards to accurately reflect changing neighborhoods.
One of the city's new ferry lines started operation yesterday and the Soundview line cuts the commute time in half from the South Bronx to the Financial District.
Everything you need to know about registering to vote in New York City.
The de Blasio administration launched the environmental review process for four new jails in order to close Riker's Island. Each borough would have a new jail, except Staten Island (make your own joke).
This just in: Public "squares" throughout the city aren't square.
Governor Cuomo is ratcheting up the anti-Trump rhetoric, saying America was "never that great." A few hours later Cuomo decided to back track and released a statement stating that America has always been great.
Former city jail-officers union boss Norman Seabrook was found guilty of bribery and faces up to 40 years in prison. This is the fifth major public-corruption conviction in the last five months.
37 years after killing John Lennon, Mark David Chapman's tenth parole hearing is next week.
This Saturday is the annual "Clear the Shelters" event, where adoption fees are waived at the city's animal shelters and the ASPCA will offer a name your adoption fee" event at its Manhattan shelter.
Aging sewers have turned Middle Village into the crappiest neighborhood in Queens.
Felony sex crimes rose by 138% year over year in city schools. Misdemeanor forcible-touching is up 76%.
A car on fire stopped traffic on the Brooklyn Bridge on Wednesday night.
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