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The Briefly for December 10, 2018 – The "Aftermath of SantaCon" Edition
No week is complete without scheduled subway changes and outages. (Subway Changes)
Unvaccinated children are banned from all schools in parts of Brooklyn, public or private, until a measles outbreak has been contained. This is regardless of religious or medical exceptions. Patient zero was an orthodox family that took one of their children to Israel and brought the virus back to Brooklyn. There have been 39 confirmed cases in Brooklyn Yeshivas. (U.S. World and News Report)
The subway is going to get faster. (NY Times)
We've seen the worst, now here are Robert Sietsema's 15 best dishes of 2018. (Eater)
If you're a collector of doomed NYC landmarks, here's an auction for you. Pieces of the never-was Staten Island wheel are up for sale. (NY Post)
Moishe’s Bake Shop has cried wolf a few times in the past, so it's hard to say if this is the true end of the near 50-year-old bakery. (Bowery Boogie)
The NYPD officer accused in Eric Garners illegal chokehold death, Daniel Panteleo, is set to have a disciplinary trial
In order to save the NYCHA, the NYCHA may break itself up into five different agencies. Will they be N, Y, C, H, and A? (The Real Deal)
Ever get so mad you wanted to punch a city bus? You're not the only one. (Gothamist)
This trash panda would have gotten away with this jewel heist if it wasn't for the pesky NYPD. (NY Post)
Have we lost sight of what congestion pricing is about on a fundamental level? (Curbed)
If you're looking to treat yo self to some wine, Amy Poehler's wine shop in Park Slope is now open. (Eater)
“I like to get drunk and look at Santas and listen to Christmas music” (Gothamist)
How could you hate SantaCon? Easy. (@fuctupmike)
William Hung, the SantaCon of singing, came out of hiding this year. (Blast)
"#SaltBae coming soon" sounds more like a threat than an announcement. (Eater)
Barry Diller and Diane von Furstenberg's quarter billion dollar park on Pier 55 is taking shape. (NY Times)
A state new law will require public, charter, and private schools to report allegations of sex abuse. Amazingly, this wasn't the law prior to last week. (NY Post)
Handcuffing a woman giving birth is illegal in New York state, but according to a new lawsuit it didn't stop the NYPD from doing exactly that. (amNY)
If you're planning on relying on CitiBikes to get you out of Bushwick during the L train shutdown, don't. a href="https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2018/12/07/citi-bike-adding-just-five-bushwick-stations-ahead-of-the-l-train-shutdown/">Only five stations are being added in Bushwick, which is below the 28 station per square mile standard. (Streetsblog)
A rent hike claims another business. This time it's the 15-year-old Flatiron Lounge, whose rent is set to rise from $22,000 to $30,000 per month. (Eater)
The first CB2 meeting about the Amazon headquarters went about as smooth as you might expect. CB2 has a seat at the negotiating table, but the attendees want "no negotiations, no concessions." (LIC Post)
Where's the mayor? Good question. He's spent 20% of his second term out of town. (NY Post)
A woman broke her spine in an alleged subway attack by a homophobe. The NYPD is still searching for the man and there is a video available. (Gothamist)
Congratulations and happy 12th anniversary to Queens Crap.
What started as an argument over a woman sitting on the floor of a food stamp office ended with the NYPD ripping her one-year-old daughter from her hands and an arrest. (NY Times)
Add the NYPD's Sergeants Benevolent Association President Ed Mullins to the people criticizing the Robert F. Kennedy mass bailout program and not the bail system itself. (NY Post)
The city's best beer bars. (Thrillist)
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