The Briefly for May 9, 2018 – Restaurant Surge Pricing, New York's Toxic Politicians, RIP The Chopped Salad Lunch, and More
The population of Manhattan, hour by hour. By citrusvanilla in r/dataisbeautiful. Are you ready for restaurant surge pricing? A series of 200 restaurants in the city want to add a surcharge to your bill instead of raising prices. The list includes some of the most successful, highest grossing, luxury restaurants in the city. Preet Bharara could become New York's first podcaster turned Attorney General. A cider to die for. Malus Immortalis is a hard cider made from apples grown in Green-Wood Cemetery. A grandmother fought off a kidnapping attempt in Gravesend. Go grandma! Which is more gross: The Newtown Creek or the Gowanus Canal? Let this guy who's swam in both give you an answer. Seven suggestions on where to take a first date in Bushwick from Bushwick Daily. https://twitter.com/MTA/status/963075366205186048 Who are these lost souls who helm the MTA's Twitter account? WSJ account required. Off-duty cop Michael Baror was charged with 11 counts, including second nd third degree assault for a New Year's Day bout of road rage. Baror was held in lieu of $15,000 bail and faces seven years in prison. All you can eat ice cream? I want to go to there. Police have charged Mirzo Atadzhanov of Sheepshead Bay in the Prospect Park South murder of professor Jeremy Safran. You're not sick. It's a POLLEN BOMB! RIP the chopped salad lunch spot. We hardly knew ye. The city's rules about food pushcarts involve more measuring than you would imagine. What is going on with all the toxic politicians that New York produces? The usuals are still filming: The Torture Report and Jon Hamm are in Fort Totten in Queens, Law and Order SVU is at Chelsea Piers, Late Night with Mindy Kaling is on 54th and Park, The Punisher is at Cadman Plaza West, and Daredevil is on Lincoln Ave in the Bronx, and Billions with Paul Giamatti is in a few different spots. Three corrections officers at Rikers Island stand accused of rape and sexual assault of a female inmate. From the Times's How 2 M.T.A. Decisions
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