The Briefly for June 7, 2019 – The "It's Better to Work at the MTA Than to Ride It" Edition

This weekend's subway work is relatively light thanks to the Puerto Rican Parade, but that doesn't mean the city is without disruption. (Subway Weekender)

Simply put, this weekend's weather looks great. (amNY)

This weekend's forecast might give you a chance to see Jupiter in the sky. It's close enough to earth to see it with a pair of binoculars, or at one of the multiple events put on by the Amateur Astronomers Association of New York. (amNY)

The MTA installed a new time clock at an LIRR station in Queens in order to cut down on the excessive overtime which caused recent controversy, and surprise surprise, it's already been broken. (Gothamist)

Somehow the MTA made the list of the state's best employers. (Patch)

Drag Queen Story Hour has remained 100% awesome, but every now and then some jackass comes along trying to put a stop to it. Why should this month be any different just because it's Pride? (Gothamist)

Does the mayor understand the story of 'Jekyll & Hyde?' If the mayor spent any time in the city, he might want to go to the NYPL and read a book or two. (Patch)

A community board district manager in Brooklyn secretly gave himself a raise for the three years in a row by digitally forging the signatures of the board's chairperson. Between this and the community board district manager who bought himself an SUV, what the hell is going on with Brooklyn's community boards? (Brooklyn Daily Eagle)

Brazilian street artist Kobra has 18 murals across the city as part of their "Colors for Freedom" series. Here's where you can find them all, or just look at photos of them if you're not feeling adventurous. (Untapped Cities)

With the city on the edge of banning fur, seems like a good time to look back at the history of New York's fur trade. (6sqft)

A Burger King in Williamsburg has been selling the Impossible Whopper on Seamless, the all-plant Whopper, with one problem. They're selling normal beef Whoppers. (Eater)

It looks like the mayor and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand are qualifying for the Democratic Presidential Debate later this month. (Politico)

Governor Cuomo supports the giving drivers' licenses to undocumented New Yorkers, but his longtime ally Jay Jacobs (from Long Island, of course) is calling Democrats trying to kill support for the bill. (Gothamist)

Forget all other sports New York is a Musical Chairs city now. (Deadspin)

50 years after the fact, NYPD Commissioner James O’Neill has apologized for the NYPD's role in the Stonewall Riots. (NY Times)

Turns out trying to actually spending time with an art masterpiece is harder than you'd think. (NY Times)

This weekend's the Bus Festival in Brooklyn Bridge Park, so grab the transit nerd in your life. It's like Comic-Con for buses! (Brooklyn Daily Eagle)

If you're trolling for the world's largest weiner, it'll be at Ulysses Restaurant on the 26th as Feltman's (the original Coney Island hot dog) is bringing a 120 pound of frank and a five foot two inch bun in support of the Headstrong Project. (Coney Island Blog)

An analysis from the Independent Commission on New York City Criminal Justice and Incarceration Reform shows that neighborhood jails don't hurt crime rates or property values. (Patch)

The body of Joseph Calabrese, an NYPD detective, was found by Plumb Beach, just off the Belt Parkway. This was the second apparent NYPD suicide this week. (NY Times)

Tom Brady can go to hell for multiple reasons, but this time it's because he is attempting to trademark "Tom Terrific," which is, of course, the nickname of New York Met Tom Seaver. (Patch)

"Why are people on bikes in the city so angry?" Maybe because of psychopaths like this who regularly attempt to run them over. (Gothamist)

Youth, who normally spend their time terrifying adult subway goers with their fun-having, organized in City Hall Park to protest the city's slow approach to integrating public high schools. (amNY)

With a city as old as New York, you're bound to find a few surprises when you start to dig. For a parking lot near the South Street Seaport, surprise turned to concern when discovering a thermometer factory from the nineteenth century, which contains elemental mercury, the type that becomes airborne and can cause brain damage upon inhalation. (NY Times)

The best first date spots in the city. (The Infatuation)

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