The Briefly for January 31, 2019 – The "Amazon Threatens to Walk" Edition
Winterfest organizer Lena Romanova used a pseudonym to harass vendors and the press. Complaints against Winterfest are being reviewed by the Brooklyn District Attorney’s office. (Brooklyn Eagle)
Brooklyn Assemblywoman Latrice Walker is a candidate for Public Advocate, even if she doesn't want to be. (Gothamist)
Amazon plans to sponsor computer science classes in more than 130 of the city's high schools. (TechCrunch)
Amazon executives have expressed frustration in private at their treatment in New York and made veiled threats of walking from their Long Island City plans during a three hour city council meeting. Maybe some computer classes weren't enough to win over the long list of groups who are against HQ2. (NY Times)
Reminder: Google is building a $1 billion campus with no bargained tax breaks from the city or state. (NY Mag)
A ranked list of the city's best matzoh ball soups. (Grub Street)
Watch a snowstorm kick the city's ass for 30 minutes in this 29 second time-lapse. (@mattmfm)
The MoMA PS1 Skyspace is closed while the 5 Pointz construction obstructs a view of the sky that's supposed to be completely unimpeded. (Curbed)
Take a look at the photo of the guy reviewing the place and ask yourself "Does this man look like he would enjoy himself a Taco Bell that serves booze?" (NY Post's uptight Steve Cuozzo)
The city released a draft of Gowanus' rezoning. Just try not to think about the decades old toilet that's currently running through the neighborhood. (6sqft)
Watch the Queens president Melinda Katz' State of the Borough 2019 address. (Melinda Katz)
A very small number of the 30,000 New Yorkers eligible for half priced MetroCards have signed up for the Fair Fares program. (Gothamist)
The city's high school dropout rate hit a record low in 2018. (Chalkbeat)
How to watch next week's the public advocate debate. (amNY)
“We’re not happy with the service. And we do owe the public an apology” MTA president Pat Foye. Pat Foye wins this week's "no shit" award. (NY Post)
Mayor de Blasio can't stop digging himself deeper when it come to his former aide fired after sexual harassment accusations. Now he's blaming the governor of Montana. (NY Post)
16 date night restaurants in the East Village. (Eater)
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