The "Photos of Dogs in Costumes and Other News" Edition
Converting schools to electric heat, the federal report on Rikers, Trader Joe's employees decide not to unionize, 311 ghost complaints, Queens' IKEA is closing this year, a guide to St Marks, and more
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• Photos: The 2022 Village Halloween Parade. (Amanda Hatfield for BrooklynVegan)
• Photos: Second Annual “McGhoulrick” Park Dog Halloween Parade. (Emma Davey with photos by Julia Moak for Greenpointers)
• Photos: ‘Great Pupkin’ dog Halloween contest in Fort Greene Park. (Scott Lynch for Brooklyn Magazine)
• Photos: The Eastern Red Bat flying in Central Park. (D. Bruce Yolton for Urban Hawks)
• 311's ghost complaints. (Kathleen Culliton and Matt Troutman for Patch)
• The story behind Forsyth Fire Escape, a highly in-demand burrito that started during the pandemic with Instagram DMs. Pre-orders go out at the start of the month and sell out in moments. (Asia London Palomba for Grub Street)
• The city will spend about four billion dollars to convert 100 fuel-burning public school buildings to cleaner energy by 2030 to comply with emissions reductions mandated by city law. (Michael Elsen-Rooney for Chalkbeat)
• "The problems are so deeply entrenched and complicated that no single person, power, or authority will be able to fix them on the rapid schedule that the gravity of the problems demand." The Federal Monitor's report on Rikers Island doesn't mix words. (Matt Katz for Gothamist)
• See a Nazi, kick out a Nazi. (Emma Orlow for Eater)
• If you can believe it: Fare evasion summons are way up since the governor and mayor flooded the subways with cops. (Kathleen Culliton for Patch)
• Conservatives Explain Why They Are Terrified Of New York City. (The Onion)
• In March of 2021, Bill de Blasio put a nonprofit in charge of a violence prevention program without the nonprofit being aware of it. (Chip Brownlee for The City, originally published by The Trace)
• The owner of seven McDonald’s franchise locations in Brooklyn will pay $1 million in restitution to its employees and more than $92,000 in civil penalties in a settlement after the city’s Department of Consumer and Worker Protections found he was violating labor laws. (Kirstyn Brendlen for Brooklyn Paper)
• The employees at the Williamsburg Trader Joe’s decided not to unionize. (Gwynne Hogan for Gothamist)
• Workers at a Starbucks-Amazon Go convenience store near Times Square filed a petition for a union election Friday, reporting that workers are receiving write-ups and citations for wearing pro-union shirts to work. (Claudia Irizarry Aponte for The City)
• Q&A: The city's pay transparency law goes into effect today, mandating salary minimums and maximums in job listings. (Gwynne Hogan for Gothamist)
• Photos: The twenty types of mutant bikes at Bike Kill. (Christopher Robbins and Tod Seelie for Hell Gate)
• When you buy a boat, you should probably do an inspection first. The decommissioned ferry purchased by Colin Jost and Pete Davidson might be full of roaches and asbestos. (Clio Chang for Curbed)
• Even the dead are impacted by climate change and flooding. Green-Wood Cemetery announced a flood resiliency plan to divert flood waters from graves and city sewers. (Rosemary Misdary for Gothamist)
• Rent prices are finally falling. Well, kinda falling. Do you count a less-than-one percent decrease as falling? (Anna Rahmanan for Time Out)
• Apartment Porn: A $34.9 million apartment on Central Park West with 6,200 square feet, two kitchens, Central Park views, floor-to-ceiling windows, two primary suites, amenities include concierge, valet, gym, spa, poolroom service from Jean-Georges, and more. Good thing you're gonna save money with that 0.07% rent decrease. (Devin Gannon for 6sqft)
• The Jacob Riis Park Bathhouse is getting a $50 million renovation that will add restaurants, a bar, a pool, event spaces, and hotel rooms. The project also includes coastal resiliency and sustainability best practices, as the building was heavily beaten up a decade ago during Hurricane Sandy. (Shaye Weaver for Time Out)
• Photos: See the construction progress of the new canyon-inspired science center at the American Museum of Natural History. (Devin Gannon for 6sqft)
• Farewell to Queens’ IKEA. It closes for good due to the changing needs of our customers" on December 3, 2022, after being open for two years. (Anna rahmanan for Time Out)
• A new food hall is opening in Williamsburg. Anna Rahmanan has the appropriate level of excitement, starting the article with "Another day, another food hall opening announcement." Between this and Rossilynne Skena Culgan's recent post about immersive experiences, I am thoroughly enjoying some snark from Time Out's writers. I see you Time Out. (Anna Rahmanan for Time Out)
• New York City Health Commissioner Ashwin Vasan tested positive for Covid-19. (David Giambusso for Gothamist)
• Ten secrets of Midwood. (Untapped New York)
• The Eater guide to St Marks Place. (Robert Sietsema for Eater)
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