The Briefly for October 24, 2018 – The "Evict Madison Square Garden in 2023" Edition
Watch Tuesday's debate between Governor Cuomo and Marc Molinaro. (CBS) Fact checking and five takeaways from the debate. (NY Times)
How to vote. (Special Projects)
Is it possible for New York to evict Madison Square Garden in 2023? (Gothamist)
Amazon is opening an Amazon Go store in Brookfield Place near the World Trade Center, which is Amazon's "no cash, no checkout" stores. What could go wrong? (Tribeca Citizen)
Get ready for a wet, wet, wet Halloween. (NY Post)
The Proud Boy who threw the first punch and triggered the fight on the Upper East Side was 26-year-old Maxwell Hare. The NYPD is conducting a criminal inquiry into the SPLC designated hate group Proud Boys. (Gothamist)
11 additive buffalo wings in the city. (Eater)
As more storefronts become empty throughout the city, something will have to be done. The Small Business Jobs Saving Act was a potential solution, but despite the backing of city council, the mayor is dead set against it and he has the backing of the Real Estate Board of New York. (Gothamist)
There are still hints of the original Penn Station sprinkled throughout the nightmare that sits underground on 34th St. (Curbed)
A tour of the Marvel Cinematic Universe's New York City. (Vanity Fair)
The 2020 census presents a problem for the city and Brooklyn's 2.6 million people to be specific. Without proper reporting, the city won't receive proportional funding or representation in Congress, but proper reporting could put undocumented residents in danger. This is where #MakeItCountBrooklyn comes in. (Brooklyn Daily Eagle)
This isn't how an ambulance is supposed to find people who need to go to the hospital. (NY Post)
The Staten Island Ferris Wheel is dead. (Curbed) If you're looking for puns, go no further than Rachel Holliday Smith on Twitter.
Another Brooklyn College professor is in trouble for what he posted online. This time it's Dr. Rohit Parikh, who posted an anti-Latinx screed on Facebook. Students are demanding sensitivity training and a boost in funding to latino student groups. (NY Post)
The city has granted unlimited sick leave to workers who contracted illnesses from working at Ground Zero after 9/11. (amNY)
How the 1919 "Black Sox" World Series was fixed on 73rd and Broadway. (6sqft)
If everyone who thought James Dolan was an asshole wasn't allowed into Madison Square Garden, it would sit empty every single night. (Observer)
What happened to the fire extinguishers in subway cars? (@s_nessen)
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