The Briefly for January 8, 2019 – The "How the Federal Shutdown Could Lead to MTA Cutbacks" Edition
The city's latest public service announcement makes the equivalency of danger between giving cigarettes or sugary drinks to children. (Metro)
Discover the history of each one of the East Village's 2,200 buildings with the Greenwich Village Historic Preservation Society's new online tool. (6sqft)
New York did pretty well at the Golden Globes from Rachel Brosnahan winning best actress to Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse winning best animated film. (amNY)
Those billboards on the water are not only an eyesore, but are also illegal, according to the Mayor's press secretary. (Gothamist)
Amtrak is eyeing the governor's L train plan with a little bit of envy, calling it a "common sense solution" for their damaged tunnels between Manhattan and Queens. (6sqft)
A three-foot gap in the Belt Parkway was the cause of FDNY firefighter Steven H. Pollard's death on Sunday night. Pollard fell through the gap while saving two victims in an overturned car. (NY Post)
Tell every single person you know who has ever spent any time upstate (defined as North of the Bronx). The Brooklyn Navy Yard Wegmans is hiring 500 employees, 150 full-time for their opening in the fall. (Greenpointers)
New York's abortion laws predate Roe v. Wade by three years and haven't been updated since. Governor Cuomo and Hillary Clinton called for the state legislature to pass the Reproductive Health Act and the Contraceptive Care Act to modernize the state's laws. (amNY)
Take a peek inside Brooklyn's biggest bank, which will soon sit at the base of its tallest building. (6sqft)
The city has six more weeks without its monthly reimbursements from the FTA, which will not happen if the Trump shutdown does not conclude, until the MTA will have to start making budget cuts. (Brooklyn Daily Eagle)
Williamsburg rents will rise thanks to the change in the L train shutdown, according to experts. Also according to literally anyone in the city with half a brain. (amNY)
No one's sure who the hell has to approve the Cuomo's shutdown of the L train shutdown. Will Trump's Federal Transit Administration have to sign off on the plan too? (Politico)
Who hides hundreds of thousands of dollars in their oven if they are out of their apartment for months at a time? Lady Gaga's ex-boyfriend Rob Fusari did, and $265,000 was lost when he was evicted from his apartment. (NY Post)
Either this woman is evading a subway fare or she's purposefully mooning the camera. (reddit)
It's hard to hate Lin-Manuel Miranda. Miranda and three Hamilton collaborators are buying the theater district's Drama Book Shop rather than let it be driven out of business by raising rents. (NY Times)
Got $1,100 lying around? Then you can afford dinner for two at Eleven Madison Park after their new year's price hike. (Eater)
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