The Briefly for October 12, 2018 – Weekend Subway Changes, Biggie Smalls Way, the NYPD's Lasso Gun, and More
Seriously, today is the deadline for voter registration if you're going to vote in the November 6 election, and you're going to vote in the election, right? Right? (amNY)
Plan ahead, because the MTA planned another game of "is my subway running this weekend?" All the weekend's scheduled subway changes. (6sqft)
MetroCard Vending Machines will be unable to take credit or debit cards starting tonight at midnight until tomorrow at 5am. Just another headache to add to your weekend transit nightmare.
Community Board 7 requested a two way protected bike lane on Central Park West. This is a direct response t the death of Australian Tourist Madison Jane Lyden. (West Side Rag)
What did the city get for the $4.5 billion spent on the Hudson Yards? (Gothamist)
The MTA is ready to build four new Metro North Stations in the East Bronx, but Amtrak is holding the project hostage, demanding a ransom of "access fees" for the use of their rails. The MTA is already paying $1 billion to upgrade the system. (Welcome2TheBronx)
The secrets of the former Bell Labs Research Facility, now known as the Westbeth Artist Housing. (Untapped Cities)
A garbage truck hit and killed a 37-year-old man on the corner of Brooklyn Avenue and Eastern Parkway on Thursday morning. The driver, Aaron Gilchrist, was charged with failure to yield to a pedestrian, driving in the wrong direction on a one-way street, and failure to exercise due care. (NY Post)
You can't bike the perimeter of Manhattan because of multiple gaps in the greenway. The city is planning to invest a quarter billion dollars to close that loop and add 15 new acres of open space. Construction is expected to be complete in 2021. (6sqft)
NYPD officer Vincenzo Trabolse was caught on video repeatedly punching and tasing a 24-year-old William Colon, who has severe medical issues and was in handcuffs at the time. An internal affairs investigation has been opened. (Gothamist)
The same artist who got the city to install the "Respect" tributes to Aretha Franklin is trying to get St. James Place between Gates Ave and Fulton Street Christopher Wallace Way after Biggie Smalls. (Brooklyn Paper)
“Despite an infusion of $836 million in state and city funds, there has been little improvement so far in subway service." -NYC Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli. Despite fare increases in 2019 and 2021, the MTA is projecting a budget gap that will balloon to over half a billion dollars by 2022, and that doesn't include the $40 billion needed to enact the fabled 10-year Fast-Forward plan. (NY Post)
How much waste is created by one Manhattan loft renovation? No matter how much you guess, the answer will be more. (Gothamist)
The 13 places in the city you didn't know were haunted. (Thrillist)
The NYPD is testing a "lasso gun" to use to subdue suspects. (Gothamist)
The city and the United Federation of Teachers reached a preliminary $2.1 billion, 43-month contract that will include more money for hard-to-staff positions, pre-screening of teachers, a $25k innovation fund per school, and more. (Politico)
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