The Briefly for July 31, 2018 – The Typo That Caused Commute Chaos, Junior Guzman's Way, Cuomo Leads, and More
No announcement was made before Monday's commute went to shit on the D/N/R in Brooklyn. A typo prevented any announcements ahead of five months of work on the local tracks between 36th St and 59th St.
Governor Cuomo has a sizable 31 point lead of Cynthia Nixon with likely Democratic primary voters. Kathy Hochul leads Jumaane Williams for Lieutenant Governor, and Leticia James is ahead of Sean Patrick Maloney and Zephyr Teachout for Attorney General.
While the "Yes in My Back Yard" episode of Planet Money isn’t about New York, but it’s very àpropos of the constant conversation surrounding new construction and housing.
Dirty but delicious: Mapping where we love to eat regardless of the health inspection status.
On the 28th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, State Senator Michael Gianaris released a report showing New York City as dead last nationwide for wheelchair-accessibility public transit. Happy anniversary!
Revel, a shared electric moped company, launched in Williamsburg, Greenpoint, and Bushwick on Monday. They're limited to a 30mph max speed and aren't supposed to leave Brooklyn or Queens.
Brooklyn's least favorite restauranteur/local asshole/tree murderer's Bar Salumi has closed. Adam Harvey is due in court in September for allegedly drilling holes in his neighbor's tree and filling them with herbicide.
The corner of East 183rd Street and Bathgate Avenue will be renamed for Lesandro "Junior" Guzman.
Filming around town: The Blacklist w/James Spader is at 29th St and 36th Ave in Astoria, Tell Me A Story w/Kim Cattrall is at 74th and 1st, Spike Lee's She’s Gotta Have It is at Court St and Butler St in Brooklyn, The Last OG w/Tracy Morgan is at 6th St and 5th Ave in Brooklyn, The Deuce w/Maggie Gyllenhaal is at 160th and Amsterdam, and Amazon's The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel is at Ave and Avenue K in Brooklyn.
Sushi Roxx, the sushi restaurant with “sexy choreography," closed after double charging credit cards for at least $20,000 in "mystery charges" and the staff claims they haven't been paid in two weeks.
Smoking is now illegal inside and within 25 feet of NYCHA public housing, conforming with a mandate from the U.S. Department of Housing and Development.
Brooklyn's major streets owe their layout to Native American trails.
Brooklyn DA Eric Gonzalez hasn't charged or issued a ticket to the hit-and-run driver who killed four-year-old Luz Gonzalez in Bushwick.
NYPD is refusing to release demographic and location information of turnstile jumping enforcing, despite a law that requiring it to be posted on its website.
City Councilmember Mark Gjonaj suggested the city place speed radar signs at nearly 1,200 public schools as a speed deterrent while the state's speed cameras are not operating. The city's Transportation Department say the signs aren't as effective as speed cameras, but at some point something is better than nothing.
Photoville is returning to Brooklyn Bridge Park with an exhibit called "Humble Cat," and they want your cat photos.