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The Briefly for September 30, 2019 – The "14th St Busway has Risen from the Dead" Edition

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This week's late-night subway disruptions are pretty rough, so check the routes before you go anywhere late. (Subway Weekender)

Summer is stretching into this week with temperatures predicted to hit 90 degrees on Wednesday. (Patch)

The only Democrat in the House of Representatives not calling for the impeachment of the president is Staten Island's Max Rose. (Brooklyn Daily Eagle)

Cuomo wants it both ways when it comes to the impeachment. (Patch)

The 14th St subway is back and may even start as early as this week. (Streetsblog)

Battery Park City is going to compost the dog poop at its dog runs. (Tribeca Citizen)

The Dayspring Church, built in 1924 on Roosevelt Island, will become a speakeasy restaurant. (Eater)

The best pizza slice shops on the Upper West Side. (I Love the Upper West Side)

If you've got $118 million, you can buy yourself two penthouses in the Hudson Yards. (Curbed)

Protest sleep-outs in City Hall Park have existed since 1985. The protests have been suspended since 2012 due to Mayor de Blasio's promises to alleviate the situation, but last week the protests began anew. (Gothamist)

The worst commuter train in America is in New Jersey. Ha! (NY Times)

Meet the 92nd Street Y's new chief executive Seth Pinsky, the head of the Bloomberg administration's economic development arm. (NY Times)

In celebration of the graffiti-tagged subway cars of the city in the 70s. (Gothamist)

It's illegal for trucks to idle for more than three minutes. If you report idling trucks, you could get a reward. (Greenpointers)

There are new deadlines for voter registration in New York. You can change your party enrollment until February 1 to vote in the April presidential primary. (Brooklyn Daily Eagle)

The Legal Aid Society is raising money to help pay for fees associated with green cards, visas and other documents that give immigrants legal status. Help your fellow New Yorkers. (Patch)

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortex is joining the calls for a bailout of the city's taxi drivers, calling their plight "indentured servitude." (NY Times)

This week's list of restaurants closed by the Department of Health is pretty tame compared to most weeks. (Patch)

Korey Johnson, the man who allegedly ran down and killed a cyclist in Brooklyn with his SUV, was charged with second-degree murder, first-degree reckless endangerment, and faces 25 years to life if convicted. (Brooklyn Daily Eagle)

The preparation for the Macy's holiday windows has already begun in Red Hook. (Brooklyn Daily Eagle)

The latest public work from Kehinde Wiley, known for President Obama's portrait in the National Portrait Gallery, is Rumors of War a nearly 30-foot tall sculpture that is evocative of a confederate monument but instead features a young African-American male in contemporary clothes. (Time Out)

The L Train Slowdown will end by April 2020 rather than July 2020, three months earlier than scheduled. (amNY)

If you didn't understand what was happening in the Tekashi69 court case, here's the Old Gray Lady to explain it. (NY Times)

The City Council is looking into the impact of film shoots in residential neighborhoods and is considering a suite of bills to strengthen residents' rights. (Bowery Boogie)

Where to go when you've eaten everywhere in the West Village. (The Infatuation)


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