The Briefly for January 22, 2019 – The "23 Flavors of Public Advocate to Choose From" Edition
Information on what to do if you are renting and have problems with your heat or hot water. (nyc.gov)
The cartoonish hook pulling performers off the stage? It originated at Miner’s Theater in the Bowery. (Ephemeral New York)
The new K.G.B. Spy Museum is now open. No, it's not in Trump Tower, it's on W 14th Street. (NY Times)
The MTA may as well hire the young man who keeps stealing buses and taking them on joyrides. The NYPD is assuming he's responsible for three "borrowed" buses. (Gothamist)
Welcome to Gowanus, where the cars use the sidewalks more than the pedestrians do. (Pardon Me for Asking)
With 23 candidates, is it possible to profile all the candidates for the city's public advocate position? The Times gives it their best with a sentence or two on each. (NY Times)
Years ago, former Mayor Ed Koch started a movie review YouTube channel. Enjoy the mayor at the movies. (YouTube)
Students at Poly Prep High School in Dyker Heights organized a walkout in protest of the blackface video which became public last week. Students claim administrators have not done enough to address the incident and this was not an isolated incident. (Gothamist)
How a 24/7 pierogi spot became the legendary Veselka. (Insider)
More than 10,000 people in NYCHA apartments were without heat or hot water on Sunday, Monday, and part of Tuesday this week. (NY Post)
A peace officer is accused of groping a woman in Chinatown. Lindell Blai was off duty at the time. (Gothamist)
The MTA continues to work to increase speeds on the subways, with the R, J, Z, and 1 trains seeing a boost with more to come. Don't get your hopes too high, of the 320 subway signals discovered to be malfunctioning, the MTA still has 261 to fix. (NY Post)
The history of Manhattan's defensive wall to keep out foreign invaders and how it didn't work. Wall Street stands in its place as a reminder. (Metro)
9 things to do in the city during the worst of winter. (New York Cliché)
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