The Briefly for October 16, 2019 – The "Cuomo Uses the N-Word on the Radio" Edition

If you've been enjoying the weather for the last week, tough shit, you're in for a rude awakening later today. (Gothamist)

The results of the new Kosciuszko Bridge, which cost $873 million to build, are in. Traffic SLOWER headed towards Queens. Almost a billion dollars and it's made traffic worse. Good job all around. (Greenpointers)

There is a new breed of bro in the city. Are you ready for the sushi bro? (Eater)

Here's a new entry into the NYC nightmare books: A decomposing body was found under a manhole on W 58th and Broadway. There is no indication of how it happened and no cause of death has been determined yet. (Gothamist)

Governor Cuomo, while fully awake and during a radio interview, casually used the N-word while discussing slurs used against Italians. (@yashar)

The governor dropped the N-word just after talking about the importance of apologizing after making offensive comments. (Gothamist)

Now that the 14th St busway has been a success, everyone is looking around the city for the next street for a car traffic ban. Is Fordham Road in the Bronx next? (Welcome2TheBronx)

The Times takes a look at Yorkville, the Upper East Side neighborhood that was connected to the rest of the city with the second avenue subway. (NY Times)

If you've never been to Red Hook, you've never seen the abandoned trolley behind the Fairway. Even if you've seen it, maybe you don't know the history behind it. (Untapped Cities)

A tour of Astoria's best Greek tavernas and sweets. (Brooklyn Based)

The plans for the city's Rikers-replacing neighborhood jails have shrunk. Thanks to a new estimate that there will only be 3,300 people incarcerated in NYC by 2026 (the year Rikers will close), all four replacements have significantly shrunk in size. (Curbed)

The mystique surrounding some doodles by artist Yoshitomo Nara in Niagra bar on Avenue A is strong. This week some people this week estimated they could be worth upwards of $5 million and simply taking a photo of them got one of Gothamist's writers booted from the bar. (Gothamist)

State Sen. Brian Benjamin is taking a cue from Kamala Harris's playbook and proposed a bill that gives tax relief to New Yorkers paying more than 30% of their income on rent, as long as their income was under $125k/year. (6sqft)

Here are Michelin's NYC Bib Gourmand picks for 2020, restaurants with high-quality meals for under $40. (Gothamist)

There'll be a Wu-Tang Clan art pop-up on October 24 and 25. (Brooklyn Vegan)

The New York Immigrant Freedom Fund pays immigration bonds for community members who are unable to afford it and have raised over $2 million to bond out 300 people in the New York area. (Gothamist)

There are NYPD oversight measures on the ballot this year, but how significant are they? (Gotham Gazette)

The best Indian restaurants in the city. (The Infatuation)