The Briefly for March 7, 2019 – The "Mayor de Blasio Unsuccessfully PEGs the City Budget" Edition
Control over the MTA has always been central in the political city vs state fight. Governor Cuomo put his chips on the table by clearly stating if the city wants control of the MTA, they'll lose the $10 billion the state contributes to the MTA. (amNY)
The New York Public Library is getting a $317 million makeover. (Curbed)
New York really tries hard to hide police misconduct records from the public. The Legal Aid Society created a searchable database of 2,300 lawsuits filed against the city since 2015. (NY Times)
Mayor de Blasio instituted a Program to Eliminate the Gap (PEG) for the city's budget. The PEG is meant to cut $750 million from the city's budget. The mayor's budget increases the budget by $3 billion and the City Council isn't pleased. (Gotham Gazette)
How to avoid the bait and switch encroaching into more and more rent agreements. (Thrillist)
Where do the women of RHONY live? Do they live places? Let's find out. (StreetEasy)
A one-year-old boy rode the 1 train from 96th to 34th after his caretaker suffered a medical episode and was separated from the infant. The caretaker is a family friend and the family won't press charges. (Gothamist)
A list of all the best new things to eat in New York.(Grubstreet)
After being open since 1977 and months of speculation, Moishe's Bake Shop on 2nd Ave has closed. (Jeremiah's Vanishing New York)
The city's restaurants, and all restaurants, are free from Mario Batali. Batali, who has more claims of sexual harassment against him than he has crocs, has dissolved his partnership and his old partners have formed a new company without him. (NY Times)
Maybe he can make himself some pizza dough cinnamon rolls to console his sadness. (Everywhereist)
Buying? Renting? What does your numerologist say? (6sqft)
Every beat cop, sergeant and lieutenant are now equipped with body cameras. (NY Post)
George Washington brewed beer, and you don't believe that you can see his beer recipe in the New York Public Library. (Atlas Obscura)
Residents are fighting the city's plan to replace the Elizabeth Street Garden with a housing project. A non-profit fighting the development claims the city's environmental study wasn't thorough enough, which seems like a good tactic to buy time. (Curbed)
248 city bus routes received grades. Only 1 got an A. (Patch)
"We haven’t spent $850 million. We’ve only spent, by the end of June, we’ll have spent $560 million.” Chirlane McCray's Fox 5 interview didn't go as planned. (NY Post)
If you're under the 7 train in Sunnyside, the sky is falling. More debris fell from the elevated track and this time it hit a moving car. (Sunnyside Post)
The guy who started the Prince Street Pizza knockoff will soon be running the 140-year-old White Horse Tavern. (Eater)
The City Council passed a bill that would allow the Department of Buildings to issue stop work orders to "reckless" developers. (QNS)
Industry City is using Amazonian-like language in expressing their disappointment about their rezoning requests. City Councilmember Carlos Menchaca is threatening to kill the rezoning unless the process is delayed. (Curbed)
Watch a cop ride a seized bike past a school without wearing a helmet, lose control, crash, and walk away with a limp before abandoning the bike. (Daily News)
Rape charges were dropped against two Brooklyn cops who admittedly had sex with a teen girl while she was under arrest and handcuffed in their police van in 2017. The cops say that the sex was consensual, the woman disagrees. (NY Post)
It was a miracle on the E/F in Kew Gardens. A woman fell onto the tracks and the train couldn't stop. She survived by lying on her back between the tracks and the train passed right over her. Don't try this at home. (QNS)
Canarsie is not amused by the 40 ounce water bottle shaped like a 40 of malt liquor. "Get Ounced?" More like "Get Out." (Brokelyn)
A judge ruled that the MTA must install elevators as it renovates subway stations under the Americans with Disabilities Act, no matter the cost. Unless technically impossible, it is now legally required. (Politico)
The state's budget is full of Governor Cuomo's non-fiscal initiatives, like making it illegal to ride in the backseat of a car without a seatbelt and closing three prisons upstate.
Is it time to install LED lights on the sidewalks to prevent pedestrians with their heads in their phones from getting ruined by vehicles? (Bowery Boogie)
The five best pancakes in the city. (Thrillist)
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