The Briefly for November 15, 2018 – The "These Preparations Are Snow Joke" Edition
The Amazon deal was a "hard bargain," according to Mayor de Blasio. Anyone want to play poker against the mayor? (Politico)
The city is going overboard and is not kidding around with these snow preparations. (Gothamist)
10 of the best slices of pizza in NYC, according to Pete Wells. (NY Times)
The MTA has a new 600 horse power "vacuum train" to clear the tracks. Look for the VAKTRAK when you're desperate for a train to come. (Gothamist)
If the city had an additional 1,000 ballot scanning machines that were not in use during the election, what the hell were they doing with them? (Gothamist)
"I want it to be real New York. I want it to be the local bridges, the local subways, the streets." Here's why Stan Lee's superheroes lived in New York and not a fictional city. (NY Times)
Is WeWork, the city's largest tenant, too big to fail? (The Real Deal)
The birth of mass transit in the city started with a horse-drowned "omnibus." (GVSHP)
The MTA's "Fair Fares" program, which provides discounted MetroCards to New Yorkers living below the federal poverty line, is finally launching. What's the hook? There will be no single ride discounts. (Gothamist)
The amazing story of a cross-country book sorting rivalry between New York and Seattle. (Atlas Obscura)
The federal government's plan to take over the NYCHA has been rejected due to a lack of sufficient funds ($2 billion didn't cut it) and poor planning. (NY Post)
What does the NYC public advocate do? (amNY)
The NYPD arrested a man accused of fishing 346 checks out of mailboxes. Travis Everett is accused of fishing about $400,000 worth of checks from Queens boxes. (NY Post)
New Yorkers have always preferred the "worse" subway map compared to the "perfect" one. (Cheddar)
The Brooklyn Army Terminal stop on the NYC Ferry is temporarily closed while a new barge is built. It's elected to re-open in three to four weeks. (The Brooklyn Home Reporter)
Parent groups are getting a federal lawsuit ready to stop Mayor de Blasio's plans to change specialized high school admissions. (NY Post)
An art historian is offering paid tours of street art. Yes, it's in Bushwick, how did you know? (Brooklyn Paper)
Realistically speaking, what can be done to stop the Amazon deal? Spoiler warning: Not much. (NY Times)
Never underestimate the allure of Nutella. The Nutella Cafe had over 100 people waiting in line for the grand opening. (Eater)
Meet App-App. It's like Netflix, but for appetizers. Seriously. (Viewing NYC)
Eight neighborhoods that will feel the hurt when Amazon comes to town. (StreetEasy)
Get a load of this! The largest chocolate waterfall in North America (45-foot-long, 10-foot-high) is now in Union Square. (Eater)
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