The Briefly for December 18, 2018 – The "New York: Now With 100% Legal Nunchucks" Edition
Shooters shoot, and Governor Cuomo is shooting his shot when it comes to the 2019 legislative agenda. (Gothamist)
First on the table is legal weed. Governor Cuomo announced 2019 is the year for legal marijuana in New York. (NY Times)
One of the loftier goals set forth by Cuomo is a Green New Deal for New York state. The goal is to be 100% carbon neutral by 2040. (Politico)
Legal pot and a Green New Deal is only a small piece of the governor's 2019 agenda. In the first 100 days of the term he plans on launching a $150 billion infrastructure fund, a congestion pricing plan, ending vacancy decontrol, repealing preferential rent, and much more. (Curbed)
If you think that Governor Cuomo could get through a speech in public without being interrupted by Amazon protestors, you were wrong. (NY Post)
Cowabunga! New York's ban on nunchucks was declared unconstitutional. (NY Post)
Stabbings, weddings, live music, and alcohol. A look back at the history of Hank’s Saloon, which draws lineage back to 1903, ahead of the iconic dice’s closing in January. (The Indypendent)
The city’s top 10 preservation battles in 2018. (Curbed)
Google is going to be investing $1 billion to build a new Hudson Square campus, with plans to build 1.7 million square feet and hiring an additional 7,000 employees. (The Real Deal)
Jennifer Egan, Dan Brown, Margaret Atwood, Jesmyn Ward, and Michael Wolff top off the most checked-out books in New York's libraries. (6sqft)
Bill Murray, legend. The indomitable Mr. Murry joined Puss N' Boots' Norah Jones, Sasha Dobson, and Catherine Popper on stage for their annual Christmas show at the Bell House for some merrymaking. (Brooklyn Vegan)
The Fair Fares program is supposed to begin in 2019 for low-income New Yorkers, but no plans have been announced. (Gothamist)
Nitehawk Cinema opens in Park Slope on Wednesday after a $10 million renovation, complete with two bars, food, and movie theaters too. (6sqft)
The chances of finding a pearl in an oyster are 1 in 12,000, but the chances of finding a pearl worth between $2,000 to $4,000 in an oyster at the Grand Central Oyster Bar? Much higher. (Gothamist)
It's been two years since the Four Season Restaurant's owner Julian Niccolini pleaded guilty to sexual assault, but it took negative reviews in The New York Times and New York to actually get him ousted. (Eater)
That mysterious green goop stored in the dumpsters of the L train shutdown? It's probably color inaccuracies in the photos. Or that's what THEY want you to think. (Gothamist)
The Statue of Liberty protest climber, Therese Patricia Okoumou, was found guilty. (amNY)
Mandarin Ducks? Brooklyn's had them for years. (Gothamist)
The top 10 theater productions of 2018. (Time Out)
There are multiple reported sightings of zombie raccoons outside of Prospect Park, venturing into the city's streets. If you come across a raccoon on the street, avoid it and call 311. (Brooklyn Paper)
If you thought the NYCHA's problems weren't society's problems, if the city lost 10% of its public housing, homelessness would increase 62%. (Curbed)
HOLLA?D TONNEL no more. (NY Post)
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