The Briefly for February 16-18, 2021 – The "Because Whoopi Goldberg Told Me To" Tuesday Edition

Today - Low: 20˚ High: 44˚

Rain in the morning and afternoon.

• 22-hour subway service will start on 2/22, shutting down daily from 2-4 am. (Christopher Robbins for Gothamist)

• Nearly a quarter of New York City’s students with disabilities have not received all of the services they’re entitled to this school year, according to new figures that offer the most comprehensive picture yet of special education during the pandemic. (Alex Zimmerman for Chalkbeat)

• The MTA got 25 celebrities to record Covid-19 PSAs for the subways. Finally New Yorkers will follow mask and social distancing guidelines because Michael Rapaport and Whoopi Goldberg told them to. (Dana Schulz for 6sqft)

• The seawall to protect Staten Island from another Hurricane Sandy was scheduled to be finished this year, but construction isn't expected to be finished for another five years or more. Radiation from a 1940s landfill in Great Kills Park halted progress on the East Shore Seawall as the city, state, and federal governments fight over who''s responsible for getting rid of the radiation. (Clifford Michel for The City)

• The Bronx is #2 highest risk in the country from natural disasters only behind Los Angeles. (Ed García Conde for Welcome2TheBronx)

• Green-Wood Cemetery wants your help to identify thousands of WWII soldiers buried at the cemetery. (Kevin Duggan for Brooklyn Paper)

• Good question: What does the mayor of NYC actually do? (Brigid Bergin for Gothamist)

• A look at how the roots of the NAACP run through Greenwich Village. (Joey Rodriguez for GVSHP)

• Video: Kissaki chef Mark Garcia makes 200-300 omakase to-go boxes every night. (Director Pelin Keskin for Eater)

• It's not just your imagination, the city's snowstorms have been getting worse. (Lydia McMullen-Laird for Gothamist)

• If you're in the latest group of New Yorkers eligible for the vaccine, you've learned that the state's vaccine website is utter garbage and can't keep up with demand. (Sydney Pereira for Gothamist)

• The alleged subway stabber, Rigoberto Lopez, was arrested. (Ashley Southall for NY Times)

• NYC's bird watching community is feeling the pressure of popularity after getting a wider amount of interest form the general public in the last year. (Daniel E. Slotnik for NY Times)

• Anna Sorokin aka Anna Delvey, the fake heiress grifter convicted of grand larceny, is out of prison and working on a memoir and a TV show. (Jen Chung for Gothamist)

• Revel is expanding its service to electric bikes for a subscription cost of $90/month. you'll get a pedal-assisted bike to use for as long as you're a subscriber rather than their traditional model of looking for one on the street. (Julianne Cuba for Streetsblog)

• 9 indie Brooklyn bookstores to visit. (Emilie Murphy for Brooklyn Magazine)

• Governor Cuomo almost apologized, but still didn't, for his administration's actions that led to the Covid-19 nursing scandal. (Jesse McKinley for NY Times)

• What it's like to run a movie theater, the Cobble Hill Cinema, in a pandemic. (Red Hook Star-Revue)

Thanks to reader Lolita for today's featured photo!