The Briefly for January 18, 2019 – The "L Train Shutdown is Officially 100% Dead" Edition
A holiday weekend plus a winter storm? What could go wrong with the subways? Here are the subway closures and changes of service scheduled for this weekend. (6sqft)
THE L TRAIN SHUTDOWN IS OFFICIALLY DEAD! (amNY)
Here's what's next for the L train non-shutdown. (NY Times)
Here are the street closure's for Saturday's Women's Marches. (6sqft)
Time to watch The Empire Strikes Back, because all your Hoth jokes are going to be relevant this weekend. (Gothamist)
The weather this week may be unbearable outside, but a NYCHA housing development in East Williamsburg is one of many developments without heat or hot water this week. (Bushwick Daily)
Chain store volume saw the first ever year-over-year decline since the number has been tracked. No wonder the Upper West Side was rallying to save a Starbucks. (GVSHP)
Case in point: the Kohl's in Rego Park will close due to real estate and operational cost. (TimesLedger)
The Right to Disconnect bill, which would have made it illegal to be punished for not responding to after-hours communications, is being blocked by Mayor de Blasio. (NY Post)
Take a peek at the private pool, gym, and views from the first residential tower of the Hudson Yards megaproject. (Curbed)
James Turrell's "Meeting" at MoMA PS1 is supposed to give an unimpeded view of the sky, something extremely rare in the city. How rare is it? New developments are now impeding the skyspace piece. (Gothamist)
Made in New York allegedly swiped the recipe for Prince Street Pizza's famous spicy pepperoni slice, but it does not hold up against the original. (Eater)
While rare, the leucistic grackle that has been seen in Central Park isn't going to be stealing the social media attention away from the Mandarin Duck. Why? Because leucistic grackle sounds like some kind of throat disease. (Gothamist)
Are we the bedbug capital of America? Hardly. New York lands at #6 behind Baltimore, DC, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Columbus. (Gothamist)
The Gowanus Canal EPA cleanup hit a wall and can't move forward until the federal shutdown comes to a close. (Brooklyn Paper)
New Yorkers stand to lose $500 million a month in benefits if the federal shutdown continues into February, which will turn into a real humanitarian crisis. (Curbed)
Black Lives Matter activists were spied on by the police, who called protestors "idiots" while bragging about all the overtime they were receiving, according to newly released emails from the NYPD. (NY Post)
Westsider Books might not be closing after all. A Go Fund Me sprung up to save the bookstore and owner Dorian Thornley stated if he could raise $50,000 he would consider staying open. After one day, the campaign is close to $37,000. (6sqft)
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez made her first floor speech on Thursday. (Welcome2TheBronx)
A bit more about the super blood wolf moon lunar eclipse, or "goth moon," this weekend. (Time Out)
Hussain Jawad of Queens was charged with murder, assault and criminal possession of a weapon after allegedly stabbing his wife to death and slashing his teenage daughter. His motive is unknown and his daughter is in stable condition. (NY Post)
Mayor de Blasio's 34,160 affordable homes built or preserved in 2018 is an impressive number, but not to the Coalition for the Homeless. Only 16% of those apartments were designated for the homeless and those making under 30% of median income, $21k. (Gothamist)
Five ways to your hot chocolate on. (amNY)
15 proposals not in Governor Cuomo's State of the State speech. (Gotham Gazette)
East River Park will be buried... so it can be saved. (NY Times)
The best spots for ramen in the city. (Thrillist)
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