The Briefly for January 17, 2020 – The Weekend "El Bloombito Will Not Be Bought!" Edition
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As part of an ad campaign for a new show, Awkwafina recorded announcements for stops on the 7 train. The MTA considers this a pilot program for future campaigns. There are, of course, jokes. These jokes might be funny the first time you'll hear them. Maybe even the second or third time, but when you're late for work because the brand new signals on the train have failed because of a light dusting of snow, hearing a joke about 69-ing might be the thing to finally send you over the edge. Of course, this is assuming you can hear the announcements at all. (Jen Carlson for Gothamist) New Yorkers, of course, have opinions on the advertising campaign. (Christina Goldbaum for NY Times) Video: Hear the announcements for yourself. (ActionKid) @ElBloombito will not be bought! (Jake Offenhartz for Gothamist) How to order a bagel, even if your order is wrong. (Alan Sytsma for Grub Street) The full Governors Ball lineup was announced for June 5-7 on Randall's Island. Tickets go on sale today at noon. (Andrew Sacher for BrooklynVegan) 10 best places to work remotely in NYC. (Rebecca Fishbein for 6sqft) A guided walk through Brooklyn Heights to Cher's house in Moonstruck, Love Lane, Truman Capote's house, and other neighborhood highlights. (Lore Croghan for Brooklyn Eagle) Behold: The Hot Milkman. (Serena Dai for Eater) Carlos Beltran "stepped down" from his job as manager of the Mets as a result of his involvement as one of the major contributors to the 2017 sign-stealing Houston Astros. (Joe Pantorno for amNewYork Metro) Review: The Carnegie Diner, which opened this week across the street from Carnegie Hall, puts a trendy twist on the classic diner menu. (Alex Mitchell for amNewYork Metro) Details are beginning to emerge about Yayoi Kusama's “KUSAMA: Cosmic Nature” exhibition at the New York Botanical Garden this summer. Paintings, sculptures, and the artist's signature Infinity Rooms will be a part of the exhibition in what will surely be the Instagram hit of the summer. (Howard Halle for Time Out) What are these mystery gumball machines on Avenue A? (EV Grieve) A coalition that includes attorneys general in 14 states, the District of Columbia and New York City are suing the Agriculture Department over a plan to impose stricter work requirements on millions of food stamp recipients. (Catherine Boudreau for Politico) If Uncut Gems was your type of movie, the Safdie Brothers released a short starring Adam Sandler about two street performers in Times Square called GOLDMAN v SILVERMAN. (Ben Yakas for Gothamist) The Domino Sugar Refinery is a literal shell of its former self in the first step of its transformation into an office building. (Susan De Vries for Brownstoner) Thursday ended a horrific 24 hours in Brooklyn as three pedestrians were killed by motorists. The first killed by the driver of an SUV in the crosswalk in Clinton Hill, the second killed by the driver of a private sanitation truck in Bensonhurst in a hit and run, and the third killed by the driver of a bus after she fell out of the bus and was subsequently run over by it. (Jessica Parks for Brooklyn Paper) Snowy Village could bring corn dogs back in trend in the city with a Korean take on the classic beach food. (Robert Sietsema for Eater) Who is to blame for these deaths? If you listen to Police Department Deputy Chief Charles Scholl of Patrol Borough Brooklyn South, the pedestrians killed should have been more "careful." (Julianne Cuba for Streetsblog) A Long Island woman died Thursday after a sheet of plywood blew off scaffolding and struck her in the head. Xiang Ji, 67, was fatally struck by the plywood which fell from a building on Main Street near 41st Road in Flushing. No one asked Deputy Scholl if she was careful enough. (Kathleen Culliton for Patch) Congrats to ROLLN in Flatiron for creating the world’s largest nigiri sushi, weighing in at 70 pounds. (Michelle Young for Untapped New York) 41 percent of all New York City schools — 755 in total — are more segregated than their neighborhoods according to a new report from the Citizens' Committee for Children of New York. (Meaghan McGoldrick for Brooklyn Eagle) A new installation in collaboration with MoMA in the 5th Avenue/53rd Street subway station shows off the history of mass transit's iconography and signage. (Ben Yakas for Gothamist) Is in-unit laundry the ultimate NYC apartment amenity? (Jordi Lippe-McGraw for StreetEasy) Fearing the state's $6 billion deficit, the mayor unveiled a city budget with the smallest percent increase during his tenure as mayor. (Emma G. Fitzsimmons and Jeffrey C. Mays for NY Times) NYCHA's heat outages are still abysmal, but they're already much better than last year. (Ben Brachfeld for Gothamist) As Barneys completes its slow march towards retail death, workers haven’t received information about a closing date, severance pay or benefits. (Sapna Maheshwari for NY Times) Gov. Andrew Cuomo is expected to unveil a proposal to legalize e-bikes and e-scooters in New York state at his budget address next Tuesday. (NY1) Mayor de Blasio hasn't filled his two MTA board appointments that are vacant and won't before next week's first two board meetings of the year. Good thing he has time to tweet about make believe bagel orders and chime in on memes about seating on subways, but can't fill vacancies that have been open since June and November. (Dave Colon for Streetsblog) The best cocktail bars in the city. (Sarah Probst for Thrillist)