The Briefly for July 9, 2019 – The "Attack Rats Leaping From Trash Piles" Edition
What do the city's weed dealers think about Albany's failure to legalize marijuana? Most of the ones Gothamist spoke to seemed to be behind the idea of legalization, even if it means changing their business. (Gothamist)
Get "disinfected" at The Museum of Booze. (Atlas Obscura)
We've got enough problems before we have to start dealing with rats leaping from the trash. (Patch)
Bastille Day is nearing, do you know how to celebrate? (Grub Street)
The Governor signed a bill into law that will allow the release of President Trump's state tax returns. (NY Times)
A good way to get shot by an NYPD officer is yelling "Die!" while also yelling that you have a gun. (Patch)
A new tool from The New York Times will visualize how unpredictable your subway commute is so you can quantify your misery. (NY Times)
The Guggenheim Museum on the Upper East Side was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site, one of eight Frank Lloyd Wright buildings that received the honor. (Curbed)
8 Frank Lloyd Wright houses in the city, mapped. (Curbed)
What you need to know about Wednesday's ticker-tape parade for the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team. (6sqft)
In a move that is both horrifying and also not surprising, the Department of Health let the Housing Authority appeal inspectors' discovery of lead in apartments, leaving children exposed to lead in some cases for years. (Curbed)
For the second time in a month, someone set fire to one of the rainbow flags outside the Alibi Lounge on Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard in the Bronx. The state's hate crimes task force is investigating. (amNY)
What would the city look like if sea levels rose 100 feet? Mostly underwater according to this map. (Viewing NYC)
A day in the life of Váyalo Cocina's Ana Fernandez, who came to the United States from Venezuela on vacation and stayed seeking asylum with her wife and sister. You can find Váyalo Cocina at Smorgasburg in Williamsburg on Saturdays (NY Times)
One week into Mayor de Blasio's major enforcement action against vehicles blocking and parking in bike lanes. Let's check in to see how it's going on Second Ave. (Streetsblog)
In what seems like a test to everyone along the L line, the MTA announced that for 9 weeks of nights and weekends there will be no L train service between Lorimer St and Broadway Junction starting July 16 and ending October 4. (Greenpointers)
There's a whole neighborhood between DUMBO and the Brooklyn Navy Yard. 10 things to know about Vinegar Hill. (Brooklyn Daily Eagle)
Inside the drama, comedy, and tragedy of producing theater outdoors across the city. (amNY)
The federal case against Jeffrey Epstein is centered on his Upper East Side Mansion, where prosecutors say he sexually abused dozens of underage girls in a yearslong sex-trafficking conspiracy. (Patch)
Epstein has pleaded not guilty. (Gothamist)
Inside Epstein's Upper East Side Mansion, which is one of the largest private homes in Manhattan. (NY Times)
The NYPD plans to launch a peer counseling program later this year in an effort to improve cops' access to mental-health resources after a string of four suicides in June. (Patch)
Take a video tour of MAD Magazine's offices as the publication will cease printing new material this summer. (Gothamist)
A look inside the lawsuit the Cabán campaign filed, which highlights a lack of trust in the Board of Elections. (QNS)
The mayor still believes that Vision Zero is "working," despite three people being killed by drivers in the last two days. (Gothamist)
The city is expanding its initiatives designed to encourage green rooftops after no landlord received a tax credit for it in 2018. (amNY)
8 ice cream spots in and around Bushwick. There are that many ice cream spots in and around Bushwick? Bushwick is whatever you want it to be. Maybe there are a million places to get ice cream in Bushwick and you've just never seen them all. (Bushwick)
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