The Briefly for July 10, 2018 – de Blasio's Weekend at Bernie's, the Dog Fashion Show is Dead, Staten Island's Heroin Epidemic, and More
de Blasio's weekend at Bernie's (Sanders)
Win a bong signed by Abbi and Ilana from Broad City and support Cynthia Nixon at the same time.
There is no L train between Lorimer St and Broadway Junction between 10:30 and 5am until July 27. Plan accordingly.
One of the hottest subway cars was removed from service. #1872 on the 1 train is gone, but what about #1684 on the 6?
Queen's tallest tower just shrunk by 200 feet.
Chump Schumer? Progressive democrats worry Senator Schumer isn't doing enough to block Trump's pick of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh for SCOTUS. City Councilman and Lieutenant Governor candidate Jumaane Williams was arrested outside Trump Tower while protesting President Trump's SCOTUS pick.
The city shut down the parking lot in Bushwick where 4-year-old Luz Gonzalez was killed in a hit-and-run in June.
The first air conditioner in the world was invented in Brooklyn in 1902. Just one more reason NYC has always been the coolest.
Summer is the rat season. What neighborhood has the most rat complains in the city? RentHop has the answer.
Filming around town: Netflix and Marvel's Jessica Jones is at Franklin and Varick, The Sun Is Also A Star is at 30th and 5th, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel is at Noble St and West St in Brooklyn, and Tracy Morgan's The Last OG is at 86th St and Ridge Blvd in Brooklyn.
The iconic Freddy's Doggy Fashion Show in South Slope is canceled due to "too much red tape." Freddy's' manager Donald O'Finn is hoping to have a pet parade down Fifth Avenue instead, but will settle for an informal pup meet up this year.
A three-alarm fire in Sunset Park on Monday afternoon was likely related to the enormous electrical outage in Dyker Heights.
Northwell hospitals will get armed guards as part of a program put in place after a shooting at a hospital in the Bronx last year.
The FDNY deemed the June 14 fire at Red Hook's historic Bowne Warehouse as suspicious.
Donald Trump's personal driver for more than 20 years claims that he is owed about $160,000 for more than 3,000 hours of overtime.
“The heroin epidemic on Staten Island continues to rage like an out-of-control fire” - District Attorney Michael McMahon. Staten Island saw ten reported heroin overdoses on July 4th alone.
The Uber drive who kicked a lesbian couple out of his car was recommended to not have his license suspended after a hearing revealed that he was not as forceful as was reported by the couple and their kissing was closer to heavy petting.
Featured Photo: Forever Young by Rad paste up by Raddington Falls by Rob Blatt.
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