The Briefly for October 29, 2019 – The "Seven Years Since Hurricane Sandy" Edition
The Popeyes chicken sandwich returns on Sunday. An excellent pairing with early voting. (Gothamist)
Reminder: Early voting continues all week. (QNS.com)
You can go to the Village to watch the Halloween parade if you're a masochist, but NY1 will broadcast the parade and there's a live webcam you can fire up if you can't "borrow" someone's Spectrum password. Enjoy costume spotting without braving the rain, people, or the subway ride home. (Curbed)
City Council Speaker Corey Johnson's "Streets Master Plan" is expected to pass City Council this week, which would add 250 miles of protected bike lanes and 150 dedicated bus lanes to the city. (6sqft)
The mayor supports the plan, but only as long as he doesn't have to preside over it. The first year of the plan would be 2021, the first year the city would be free from de Blasio's mayorship. (Gothamist)
Data continues to show traffic on 13th St has not gotten any worse than it was before the 14th St busway. (Streetsblog)
Here's how NYC is preparing for the next Hurricane Sandy. (Curbed)
Industry City's 6.6-million-square-foot expansion plan and renderings have been revealed. (New York YIMBY)
Photos: Check out all the good pups in the Fort Greene dog costume contest. (Brooklyn Daily Eagle)
Domestic violence is the leading causing of homelessness in the city. 41% of people entering shelters from July 2017 through July 2018 did so following a domestic violence incident. (Brooklyn Daily Eagle)
One in ten of the city's 1.1 million students is homeless, according to the New York State Technical and Education Assistance Center for Homeless Students. (Patch)
Photos: "What’s the big deal about Wegmans? Am I missing something?" was a text I got from a friend on Monday morning. I honestly couldn't tell you but it's hard to argue with the droves of people who showed up in the rain. (Gothamist)
The mayor made a big deal about having "the talk" with his son when it comes to dealing with the police during his failed presidential campaign, but what he didn't talk about was the more than half a dozen times he had the NYPD drive his son to and from Yale or pick him up at Penn Station when he decided to take the train. The mayor denies this. (Patch)
Photos: The 16th annual Bike Kill, a gathering of "mutant bicycles," originated by the Black Label Bicycle Club. (Gothamist)
8 of New York City’s spookiest abandoned sites. (6sqft)
There is mounting support for a ban of non-essential helicopter flights around the city, ending the steady stream of sightseeing rides around lower Manhattan and Uber's new "taxi" service to JFK. (Brooklyn Paper)
Photos: More from Great PUPkin Halloween Parade in Fort Greene Park. (Gothamist)
Winter is usually the quiet time of year to rent in the city, but there are indications that this year will be tougher than usual. (StreetEasy)
A plan to regulate hotels south of Union Square is being met with mixed reactions. According to City Councilmember Carlina Rivera, the plan would protect neighborhoods against outsized commercial developments like the Moxy Hotel on East 11th St, but it's met with skepticism that it would instead encourage the development of office buildings. (Curbed)
Why hip hop began in the Bronx. (Welcome2TheBronx)
Add a tugboat to the things that need to be removed from the Gowanus Canal. The boat started taking on water during Sunday's rain, eventually becoming almost entirely submerged. (Curbed)
Meet Roger the Sloth, the newest resident at the Brooklyn Children's Museum. (Brooklyn Daily Eagle)
Video: Does this arrest on the subway go too far? Guns were drawn amid a crowded car to arrest a man for fare evasion. (HuffPost)
The 7th annual Barnacle Parade will be held today (Tuesday) from 4-9 pm in Red Hook on Van Brunt St celebrating the neighborhood's resiliency in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy. (Brooklyn Daily Eagle)
The City Council voted to suspend Andy King for 30 days and fine him $15,000 after a report substantiated a whole list of claims against the member from the Bronx. (Gothamist)
Italian AOC is the best meme of the week. (Twitter)
It's almost a cliche to hear a company say "unionizing won't solve the workers' concerns," but here we are and of all companies to put that message forward, it's Housing Works. (NY Times)
Would you be surprised to hear that Mayor Bill de Blasio's dead presidential run was paid for by donors with city interests? (Politico)