The "FaceTime Calls Everywhere on the Subway" Edition

How to get a Monkeypox vaccine, where to eat in Midtown East, Adams blues shelter woes on migrants, Bishop Whitehead gets Milkshake Ducked, and more

Today - Low: 71˚ High: 86˚
Rain overnight.
This weekend - Low: 72˚ High: 86˚

A sentiment graffitied on West 83rd St near Columbus Ave, sent in by reader Madeline. Email your photos to thebriefy@gmail.com

• How to get a Monkeypox vaccine. Men who have sex with men who have had multiple partners in the last 14 days, their close contacts, and people with conditions that weaken the immune system or have a history of dermatitis or eczema are encouraged to get vaccinated. There are currently 1,251 known cases in NYC. (Lola Fadulu for NY Times)

• Streetsblog explains why everyone does or should hate the plan for a new Midtown around Penn Station. (Dave Colon for Streetsblog)

• 21 Spots to Have a Decent Meal in Midtown East. (Eater)

• Bishop Lamor Miller Whitehead and his wife were robbed of $1 million of jewelry during a livestream last weekend. During an interview this week, Bishop Whitehead tossed around homophobic and fatphobic comments at two hosts of a livestream. Milkshake duck. (Michelle Bocanegra for Gothamist)

• Bishop Lamor Whitehead stole $90,000 from a parishioner according to a lawsuit. (Yoav Gonen for The City)

• City Limits wants to know how much a bagel costs in your neighborhood. (City Limits)

• Cell service in all subway tunnels is in the MTA's plans, so get ready for someone screaming into a FaceTime call for your entire commute. (Matt Troutman for Patch)

• As the MTA board on Wednesday detailed the financial hurdles facing the troubled transit agency as it tries to adjust to pandemic-era realities, disability-rights advocates sought not to be forgotten among shifting priorities. (Candace Pedraza with additional reporting from Jose Martinez for The City)

• Where is the Urban Room, the unbuilt atrium that was supposed to be a part of the Atlantic Yards construction? (Atlantic Yards/Pacific Park Report)

• Books Are Magic is opening up a location in Brooklyn Heights this fall. (Mary Kim for Brooklyn Heights Blog)

• The Adams administration’s first salvo (according to my watch) to take the city from its rat overlords is to push commercial trash time to 8 pm instead of 4 pm, giving the rats four hours less time to go to town on our trash. The time change would apply specifically to loose trash bags. (Clio Chang for Curbed)

• An off-duty Staten Island cop, Joseph Marino, was arrested Thursday on charges he used an expired paper license plate to avoid paying tolls for his 2021 Mercedes-Benz SUV. (Catalina Gonella for Gothamist)

• Where can you find a pool that costs less than your electric bill? (Caroline Shin for Eater)

• The Mayor has taken to blaming migrants for the shortcomings of the city's shelter system. Before the city broke its right to shelter legal obligation, there were no problems? (Jeffrey C. Mays for NY Times)

• Mayor Adams and Governor Hochul want the 2024 Democratic National Convention at Madison Square Garden. The city's competition is Atlanta, Chicago, and Houston. Let one of those other cities absorb that misery and nonsense and leave NYC out of it. (Jon Campbell for Gothamist)

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The thoroughly revamped loss-prevention regime at the Port Authority Duane Reade has finally created something of beauty, a sort of Jeff Koons homage.

• The Central Park Boathouse announced it is permanently closing on October 16. Make your plans and bring your Rolodex to recommend who your newly single friend should date before it closes. (Caroline Shin for Eater)

• Construction began on the Greenpoint ferry stop, which has been out of commission since May of 2021, with a target of August for completion. (Jennifer Rosini-Gentile for Greenpointers)

• A bill banning the sale of dogs, cats, and rabbits in New York’s pet stores is waiting for Governor Hochul's signature. It would still allow the sale of animals from breeders, which you shouldn't do because too many pets are waiting to be adopted. (Luis Ferré-Sadurní for NY Times)

• The number of legal evictions in New York City grew each month in the first half of 2022. (David Brand for City Limits)

• Yeah, there are a lot of empty apartments at the moment, partially because tenants priced out of pandemic-era discounted leases generated at least a third of available rentals in the second quarter of this year. (Shaye Weaver for Time Out)

• Some Grand Central Terminal myths debunked. What about the basketball court on the roof? (Irene Madrigal)

• There are two newly opened public plazas in lower Manhattan, Rapkin-Gayle Plaza at Grand and Lafayette Streets, and Manuel Plaza, on East 4th Street between Bowery and Lafayette Street. (Anna Rahmanan for Time Out)

• Economy Candy is celebrating 85 years with a block party this Sunday. (Elie Z. Perler for Bowery Boogie)

• 11 surprisingly good happy hour deals because you need them this week. (Luke Fortney for Eater)

Featured City Pet: Dumpling

Thanks to reader Michele for sending in this photo of Dumpling in fashionable and not functional glasses, a photo I forgot to include in a previous edition. Send in your pet photos to be featured.