The Briefly for October 3, 2019 – The "Really Screwed by the Hudson Yards" Edition
New York Comic Con starts today, so get ready for the subways to get more weird and awesome through Sunday. (amNY)
Say goodbye to bologna, salami, pepperoni, or bacon in city schools as they have banned all processed meats. (Grub Street)
If you think you understand the challenges of driving a city bus, see the world through their eyes. (amNY)
These are the Forever 21 stores expected to close in NYC. (Patch)
If you've felt screwed by the Hudson Yards, now you can make it a reality. Wolfgang & Hite has released a series of sex toys shaped like the buildings in the Hudson Yards. Yes, there's a Vessel, and yes, it's a butt-plug. (Curbed)
Today is the first day of the 14th St busway. Let's find out if this makes the buses of 14th St any more tenable. (amNY)
New York state is on track to meet its goals to end the AIDS epidemic in the state by 2020. (NY Times)
The Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade is safe for 2019, thanks to the Heart of Chelsea Veterinary Group's sponsorship. Let's all look forward to seeing all those adorable pups in their cute outfits! (Bedford + Bowery)
Where did all those pedal-assisted Citi Bikes go? (Gothamist)
Staten Island Democratic Congressperson Max Rose has announced that he supports the impeachment inquiry, ending a week-long moment of indecision. (Politico)
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez announced her opposition to Mayor de Blasio's Riker's Island community jail replacement program. (Politico)
It's hard not to see the Greater New York Hospital Association's donations of a million dollars the New York State's Democratic Party and a Medicaid reimbursement increase of $140 million as quid pro quo. (NY Times)
The mayor wants to take credit for the decline in poverty in the city, but the truth isn't as easy as he wants to believe it is. (Politico)
14 chefs give their opinion on where to eat on a day off. (Grub Street)
What if instead of spending on police preventing fare evasion, more money was spent on subsidizing low-income New Yorkers' subway rides? (Gothamist)
Kevin Dennard hit and killed a homeless man who went by "Pops" with his car on Tuesday morning. Dennard has two previous convictions for drunk driving and admitted he had a few beers before hitting and killing Pops. Pops was the 83rd pedestrian to be killed by drivers this year. (Gothamist)
For those of you who love apartment-porn, here's a $12.5 million townhouse with a 40-foot pool, a terrace, and a two-car garage on the Upper East Side. (6sqft)
Seeing sukkahs in Williamsburg around the time of the Jewish holiday Sukkot isn't strange, but seeing them built in the middle of the street is very out of the ordinary. (Streetsblog)
A woman committed suicide by subway in Bensonhurst on Tuesday morning at Bay Parkway and 86th Street. Due to the elevated tracks, the FDNY was involved in washing down the street below. (The Brooklyn Home Reporter)
RIP James Robinson, who saw a gap in ambulance coverage in Bed-Stuy in the 80s and filled the gap with his own volunteer service. (NY Times)
The plans for renovations at East River Park as part of the East Side Coastal Resiliency project have changed and the park will not close completely for three years in favor of slower work that will only require portions of the park to close at any moment. (Gothamist)
A deep look at Rafael Espinal Jr's story from an English Language instructor for a GED program to City Council to a run at the Brooklyn Borough President's office. (Kings County Politics)
Home prices are skyrocketing near these five subway stops. Four in Manhattan, one in the Bronx. (Patch)
Did you know America's oldest public golf course is in the Bronx? (Welcome2TheBronx)
Schneps Media is buying amNY from Newsday. This won't change my inclusion of their stories in The Briefly, but as Schneps Media continues to buy local news outlets, we will continue to lose what made those publications unique. Schneps owns amNY, QNS.com, the Brooklyn Paper, Brownstoner, Gay City News, Carribean Life, El Correo NY, Bronx Weekly, The Villager, Chelsea Now, Manhattan Express and over a dozen smaller neighborhood-focused outlets. 33 newspapers, 28 magazines, and 20 websites. Media consolidation of this nature is not healthy for the city. There has been no announcement that newsroom jobs are safe, as was made in the New York Magazine and Vox merger.
Now you can read the same stories on even more websites. (Brooklyn Paper, amNY, The Villager, and QNS.com)
Finally, the MTA will install netting underneath the raised subway tracks in Queens that seem to be regularly falling apart as part of the $51.5 billion MTA Capital Plan. (QNS.com)
Ming, the 400-pound tiger who lived in a Harlem housing project and discovered in 2003, has died at the age of nineteen. (NY Times)
The best places in Central Park to see fall foliage. (6sqft)