The Briefly for November 7, 2018 – The "As Smooth as Your Morning Commute" Edition
Here is a complete list of winners from Tuesday's midterm election. All three ballot proposals were approved, NYC will send all Democrats to the House of Representatives, Marty Golden was voted out of office, and more.
Recreational marijuana? Fix the subways? Expanded rent control? Universal healthcare? What are the Democrats going to do with their control over New York? (NY Times)
Turns out the state is as good at running an election as they are at running the MTA. (Gothamist)
City Council Speaker Corey Johnson is calling for the director of the Board of Elections, Michael Ryan, to resign. Why was the election a logistical mess? It's your fault, according to the state Board of Elections boss Michael Ryan. (NY Post)
There's scum and then there's the kind of person who would steal a bodega kitten. (Patch)
The subway therapy Post-Its have returned to 14th St in time for the midterm elections. (Gothamist)
Inside the beautiful and ornate Loew’s Valencia Theatre, opened in 1929 in Jamaica. (6sqft)
The MTA's bus depots are being invaded by trash pandas. (NY Post)
Think you have what it takes to be a Rockette? (amNY)
What you need to know about the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. (Curbed)
People are very mad at in the middle of the NYC Marathon. (Gothamist)
The city's largest street art mural was unveiled in the West Village. (Viewing NYC)
The driver who hit and killed two children in Park Slope on March was found dead in her home due to an apparently suicide. Dorothy Bruns was 44 years old. (Brooklyn Paper)
2019's NYC Michelin-starred restaurants, mapped. (Eater)
This is the MTA's plan to accommodate riders during the L train shutdown. Will these 1,000 extra roundtrips per week prevent a complete transit disaster? (Town & Village)
The Times Square bomber, Akayed Ullah, has been found guilty on terrorism charges for the December 11, 2017 explosion. (Gothamist)
El Chapo will be moved between Manhattan and Brooklyn twice a week, shutting down the Brooklyn Bridge in the process, once his trial starts next week. (Brooklyn Daily Eagle)
What do we have on the subway more than the smell, playing music without headphones or man spreading? People who talk on the phone. (NY Post)
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