The Briefly for May 17, 2018 - Kickstarting A Bridge, Pay For Drinks with a Drawing, L Train Displacement, and More

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Does removing seats from a subway train speed up your morning commute? After a few months of testing this theory on the E train, the MTA doesn't have an answer.

Letitia James, the New York City public advocate, declared her candidacy for attorney general.

The city signed 11 new bills into law aimed at fighting sexual harassment. The bills range in scope, but mostly help workers know their rights, making sure city contractors have policies and procedures in place, and include sexual harassment in gender-based discrimination.

There was a time where you could pay for your bar tab by drawing cartoons on the walls.

How much does having a roommate annually save you in NYC? StreetEasy did the math and on average it's $12,600 for one roommate and $16,000 for two with Brooklyn having the highest savings.

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Filming in the city: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel at W 4th and Jones, The Torture Report (Jon Hamm) at Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt on 24th, The Deuce (Maggie Gyllenhaal, Mustache Franco) at W 43rd and 6th.

Bye bye Broadway-Lafayette Bowie.

Ruthie Ann Miles, who was in the recent fatal car crash in Park Slope, lost her unborn baby. The driver of the car plead not guilty to multiple charges.

If you earn less than $58,450, you might quality for low-income housing.

When the L train shuts down, about 24,000 riders/Hour will be displaced. The MTA has been promoting the idea of the J/M/Z train picking up the slack to cross the river. Turns out the Williamsburg Bridge can’t accommodate more than 6,000 additional riders per hour, and that’s in an ideal scenario. Can the bridge accommodate 18,000 bikes per hour?

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You can live like a Ghostbuster or Anderson Cooper with this former $5.5 million firehouse in Long Island City. Actually, the Ghostbusters never had this level of luxury.

City officials are filing grievances to the bar association after attorney Aaron Schlossberg racist rant. It’s almost like actions have consequences.

Ice Town all over again. An 18-year old republican is running for assemblyman in Staten Island.

A Kickstarter for a pedestrian bridge between Greenpoint and Long Island City. No, seriously.

It's like Super Mario 64 to get out of the Fort Hamilton stop on the F.

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