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In Upper Manhattan, downtown [1] skips 125 St, 116 St-Columbia University, Cathedral Pkwy (110 St) and 103 St
No [4] between 149 St-Hostos and 125 St
In Queens, no [7] at Flushing-Main St
In Manhattan, uptown [A] local skips 72 St, 81 St-Museum of Natural History, 86 St, 96 St, 103 St, Cathedral Pkwy-110 St and 116 St
Downtown [E][F] trains are running with delays after we addressed a switch problem at Briarwood.
In Upper Manhattan, downtown [D] skips 155 St All trains at 145 St board from the uptown platform
No [M] between Myrtle Av (Broadway) and Delancey St-Essex St All trains at Myrtle Av (Broadway) board from the Manhattan-bound platform
In Brooklyn, some Church Av-bound [G] trains will skip 4 Av/9 St, 15 St-Prospect Park, and Fort Hamilton Pkwy
No [J] between Myrtle Av and Broad St
8 Av-bound [L] trains are delayed while we remove a train from service at Bedford Av.
In Brooklyn, no [N] at Coney Island-Stillwell Av
Nonprofits and land trusts get first crack at buying about 2,100 distressed rent-regulated buildings when owners sell, after the Council passed the bill 38 to 9.
When an eligible building goes up for sale, the owner has to notify HPD, and certified nonprofits get a head start on bidding before for-profit buyers [47][54]. The law reaches buildings of 100 or fewer units that carry heavy Class B or C violation counts or sit in city distress programs, and owners can seek a hardship exemption [64][54]. Mamdani says he will sign it [47]. HPD has a year to write rules and certify the qualified buyers [64].
“Buying and preserving some of the housing we already have is the most immediate way to stop displacement. That’s what COPA does,”
“Giving the right-of-first-refusal to nonprofits shuts out conventional buyers who have the financial wherewithal to immediately improve and rehabilitate a failing building,”
6sqft
Commercial Observer
After video showed EAGLE agents pinning a Brownsville school dean to a B14 bus shelter, MTA chief Janno Lieber ordered the teams out of the field until investigations finish.
Kyle Taylor says he paid with a paper transfer on the B14 on Oct. 6 before inspectors punched him and knocked him to the ground [78]. Lieber revealed a second, months-old confrontation and asked MTA security chief Michael Kemper to review how the unarmed teams, which can fine riders and order them off, operate [78][79]. El Diario reports Taylor has begun a $25 million claim [79]. Fare checks were the core of Lieber's "European style" plan of handheld OMNY verification [78].
“We’re not giving up on the battle against fare evasion because New Yorkers want buses to be there,”
“This was a naive effort.”
El Diario NYPolls open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. today for nine days of early voting, and city voters also decide five charter questions on how fast streets and permits get changed.
Today is also the last day to register and to request a mail ballot online [18][25]. Your early site may differ from your Election Day site, so check vote.nyc [18]. Proposal 3 would speed bike and bus lanes by trimming review of street safety projects; a no keeps Council approval of property dispositions and current consultation steps [28]. Eleven Brooklyn groups rally against it outside Barclays Center at 10 a.m. today [4]. New York requires no photo ID, and no one may demand proof of citizenship [6].
“If your vote wasn’t so important, they wouldn’t be trying so hard to mess with it,”
“We are not against safer streets. We are against decisions being made about our communities without meaningful participation from the people who live and work here,”
Gothamist
Revson Fountain at Lincoln Center runs off one iPad in an underground room full of pumps, and its engineers save their favorite effect, "shooters," 60-foot arcs, for windless days [93]. The day Gothamist visited, a gust soaked a family from Hong Kong. "I think that kind of made the experience, actually," said Michael Petrie, father of three giggling teenagers [93]. Chief engineer John Houlihan turns down Bellagio-style requests: "This isn’t Vegas, you know?" [93]