The Briefly for August 6, 2018 – Cuomo vs NRA, Central Park's Zombie Raccoon Problem Persists, and More
Almost 70 raccoons have died due to the “zombie” virus outbreak in Central Park.
According to the NRA, the Governor Cuomo/NRA feud has cost the group millions of dollars. The state is moving to dismiss a lawsuit against it from the NRA.
The Marriage bureau building in Manhattan might become a jail if Rikers Island closes. If you were a comedian in the Catskills in the 50s, the city is writing the jokes for you.
The city is allowing a pilot program that allows for basement and cellar apartments in Brooklyn’s Community District 5.
The long-time bookseller on the corner on 73rd and Broadway had his books confiscated by the NYPD. Kirk Davidson had recently expanded his bookselling to five tables. The law allows for a table eight feet long and three feet deep and five feet high.
The hottest restaurants in Queens, according to Eater.
Century Waste Services, the company whose truck lost a tire on the Gowanus Expressway and killed a driver last week, is being investigated by the Port Authority for its spotty safety record.
A Bronx public school teacher, Dori Myers, has admitted she performed oral sex on a 14-year-old boy on “multiple occasions and in multiple locations” — but will not have to go to prison or surrender her teaching license.
A map of ICE raids in and around Bushwick.
Attorney General candidate Letitia James said that if elected, she won't take orders from Governor Cuomo and would push for independence from the office of the governor.
Simcha Felder wants his opponent's name removed from the ballot because Blake Morris's legal first name is Lawrence. While Felder argues that nicknames can't be used on ballots, he should try telling that to former Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz. Speaking of Simcha Felder, two days after the state's speed cameras were shut down, a woman was killed in a hit-and-run in his district in Brooklyn. Felder's Cities Committee did not allow the speed camera extension to come up for a vote.
Filming around town: Tell Me A Story w/Kim Cattrell is at Parsons Blve and Union Tpke in Queens, Happy w/Chris Meloni is at St Marks and 3rd Ave, The Blacklist w/James Spader is on Roosevelt Island all week, Elementary w/Lucy Liu is at 67th and Park, FBI w/Jeremy Sisto is around Franklin Square, Law and Order: SVU is around Pine st and Pearl St, New Amsterdam w/Ryan Eggold is at 25th and 1st, Madam Secretary w/Tea Leoni is at Court Square, and God Friended Me w/Joe Morton is at Bridge St and Fulton St in Brooklyn.
Kristin Davis, the Manhattan Madam, met with Robert Mueller. It may be for her connections with Roger Stone.
The Bridge asks if the new towers with hundreds of apartments in Coney Island get built near the amusement district, is the carnival over?
The amount of weapons seized in city schools jumped to 2,718, up 28% from last year.
A baby found in the East River has died at the hospital.
The Society for the Suppression of Unnecessary Noise is proof that noise pollution has always been a problem in the city.
Two people were hit and killed by non-passenger Long Island Rail Road trains this morning in different locations.
Who can police a police officer who abuses their parking placards?