The Briefly for January 16, 2019 – The "A New Kind of Green Deal" Edition
They take the local to Times Square, walk slow, don't wait for everyone to get off the subway before getting on, and there was a record 65.2 million of them in 2018. The city's tourism industry grew for the ninth year straight. (NY Times)
Live from the L train shutdown emergency meeting, it's a blog! (Gothamist)
Watch the 2019 State of the State address. (CBS News)
An overview of the New York 2019-2020 state budget. (Democrat and Chronicle)
Five takeaways from the State of the State address. (NY Times)
Governor Cuomo's $175.2 billion spending plan includes legal weed, congestion pricing, the removal of statute of limitations for rape, procurement reform and more. (Politico)
The state legislature voted to become the 15th state to ban gay conversion therapy. (Gothamist)
The governor is lobbying to pass legislation that would make it a felony to assault a journalist while they are on the job. (NY Post)
Find yourself some Netflix to binge on this weekend, because we're in for a weekend full of shitty weather. If you're ordering in, don't be a dick and get that 30% or more tip ready. (Gothamist)
A useful list of restaurants that are extremely close to subway stops for when it's too damn cold to go further than absolutely necessary. (The Infatuation)
The candidates for Public Advocate are in! Here are the 23 New Yorkers who want to become the next Public Advocate. (Bklyner)
An expert’s guide to renting a New York City apartment. (Curbed)
A third gender, X, is now available for IDNYC cards. (amNY)
What is going on here? No one roots for the landlords in Rent or Fox Books in You've Got Mail. Upper West Siders are petitioning to save a Starbucks from closing.(West Side Rag)
The alarms for subway emergency exits are coming back as the MTA continues to do anything except improve service to prevent subway fare evaders. (NY Post)
An early Valentine's Day story: She attacked him with a samurai sword and left him to die, and he waited for her outside the courtroom as she went to trial. (NY Post)
Watch Babe Ruth and Lou Gerhig take batting practice from 1931 in restored 60fps footage. (guy jones on YouTube)
The sky is falling! Terra cotta tiles fell from the 7 train viaduct in Sunnyside, piercing a car's windshield. (Sunnyside Post)
50 Jesuit priests were identified as having a history of sexual abuse over the last 60 years, who had assignments at the city's best Catholic schools. (NY Times)
It's official, New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand launched a presidential exploratory committee. (Politico)
8 things to know about Kirsten Gillibrand. (amNY)
A Department of Education mentor and founder of the student club "The Gladiators," Malik Barr, was charged with molesting a 14-year-old boy in his apartment. Barr as been removed form the school. (NY Post)
Infighting, politics, and accusations have lead to two different women's marches happening in Manhattan this Saturday. (NY Times)
The city's most iconic buildings, mapped. (Curbed)
There will be no citizenship question on the 2020 census, thanks to a lawsuit led by the New York Immigration Coalition. (Politico)
One half James Bond and the other Art Deco. Say hello to the new bi-level bar, Dear Irving on Hudson. (Time Out)
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