The Briefly for November 12, 2019 – The "Churros > Cuomo" Edition

It must be hard to be Mayor de Blasio. You've gotta drag yourself out of bed, avoid seeing any of your constituents on mass transit by taking a car twelve miles to your gym in Park Slope, work out, then take another car ride back to Manhattan and then you actually have to do some work? Ugh. Forget it. The mayor has been starting his work days later and later and in May of this year he didn't start work in the morning until about 10:18, a full hour later than the start of his days in 2014. he mayor is chronically late for meetings and embarrassingly he's often late for memorial events around the city, blaming his tardiness on oversleeping. Maybe it's time to retire. (NY Daily News)

Apartment Porn: Twelve bathrooms, an indoor pool, eleven thousand square feet, a glass elevator, six floors, a theater, glassed garage, and the former home of Lady Gaga. All yours for $18 million. (StreetEasy) - fixed link -

A square foot of rental in NYC is $5.20 on average, the second most expensive in the world! In San Francisco, those suckers, people are paying $5.75 per square foot! (Patch)

Churros in, Cuomo out. (@emma_a_whitford)

Will the Churro arrest become a part of the conversation surrounding 2021 mayoral race? (NY Times)

Another Churro vendor was arrested. This isn't an old story. Thank god we are getting these criminals off our streets! (Bushwick Daily)

See if this feels like a familiar story. The city makes a plan to build a shelter for the homeless and the neighborhood rallies together to embrace the shelter. Nah, I'm kidding. Someone said "I hope somebody's gonna burn down the place" and a Community Board meeting cheered. (The Independent)

Part bookstore and part bar. Book Club is now open on Third Street. (amNewYork)

Looking to volunteer your time to offset how you've been acting all year? 13 places to volunteer in NYC this holiday season. (6sqft)

If you didn't get a moment to go out and look at the weirdos on Bedford Ave this weekend, Greenpointers has you covered. (Greenpointers)

10 Off-Broadway shows worth seeing this holiday season. (amNewYork)

Photos: The Rockefeller Christmas tree arrived and is upright, waiting for adornment. (The Villager)

If you were in lower Manhattan this weekend, maybe you were passed by a series of people running through the neighborhood in their underwear. Congrats, you witnessed the 2019 Undie Run! Of course there are photos. Not this? Maybe you saw a bunch of exhibitionists? (amNewYork)

What's on your list of priorities when looking for a new home? Good light? Low crime? Statistically speaking, the ability to bike to work isn't on the list. (Curbed)

Gothamist is focusing on transit issues related to accessibility and wants input. As readers of The Briefly, you're the right kind of people to answer their survey. (Gothamist)

Before the 9/11 Memorial Museum, there was (and still is) the 9/11 Tribute Museum. Thor Equities, the landlord, put the space on the market for $30 million. Right now it's not sure if they'll move or close. (6sqft)

Trump appeared at the Veterans Day Parade to chants of "Lock Him Up" and "Impeach" signs. (HuffPost)

The Zagat survey of New York is back, like an old opinionated friend. (NY Times)

Photos: The Veterans Day Parade and protests. (Gothamist)

Harry & Ida’s Meat and Supply Co in the East Village is closing at the end of the month. (Eater)

Mayor de Blasio is the last person who should be giving advice about who should be the Democratic nominee based on his first choice, but not being the right person to speak up has never stopped him before. (Politico)

The Knicks still suck. Some things never change. (amNewYork)

How long does it take to build a park? Sheepshead Bay they've been waiting for over a decade. (Brooklyn Daily Eagle)

The five best meatless burgers in the city (Thrillist)