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Downtown [1] skips 125 St
In Manhattan, downtown [1] and [2] local skip Christopher St-Stonewall, Houston St, Canal St and Franklin St
In the Bronx, Woodlawn-bound [4] skips Burnside Av
No [6] between Hunts Point Av and 125 St
In Queens, Flushing-bound [7] skips 52 St and 69 St All trains at Woodside-61 St board from the Manhattan-bound platform
In Manhattan, uptown [A] local skips 72 St, 81 St, 86 St, 96 St, 103 St, 110 St and 116 St
[E] is rerouted in Queens and Manhattan
No [D] between 59 St-Columbus Circle, Manhattan and Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr, Brooklyn
[F] trains are running with delays in both directions while we perform track maintenance near W 4 St-Wash Sq.
In Brooklyn, [G] skips 4 Av-9 St, 15 St-Prospect Park and Fort Hamilton Pkwy in both directions - take the [F] instead
[L] trains are delayed entering and leaving Canarsie-Rockaway Pkwy while we conduct track maintenance at that station.
Sanitation began installing more than 700 curbside Empire Bins across Downtown Brooklyn, Boerum Hill, Dumbo, Clinton Hill and the Navy Yard, and once the rollout is done, piles of trash bags will no longer be allowed there.
Mayor Mamdani and Sanitation Commissioner Gregory Anderson installed the first bin in Brooklyn Heights Thursday. The bins sit in parking spaces in front of buildings with more than 30 units, and side-loading trucks lift and empty them; recycling bags can still go out on the curb [78][89]. Next year the bins go to Hunts Point, University Heights, Sunnyside, the West Village, Prospect Heights and Staten Island's North Shore [78].
“For too long, New Yorkers have had to walk past mountains of trash bags piled high on the curb that offer feasts for rats and stink up our streets. We’re changing that.”
“If it gets rid of the rats, it's a good thing, but make it easier for people to park,”
“and these mechanical arms, it’s much easier on their backs and shoulders, and it’s also safer,”
Gothamist
Streetsblog New York CityFor the first time in 15 years, the New York City Marathon changed its course, and in the Bronx it now skips the turn that cut Patterson Houses residents off from their supermarket.
Sunday's 50th-anniversary race now runs up Alexander Avenue to East 141st Street, then Third Avenue to East 138th, before crossing the Madison Avenue Bridge back into Manhattan [146][172]. Closures start Saturday: Midtown streets close for the 5K, and the Verrazzano's upper level closes at 11 p.m. [182]. Women pros go off at 8:35 a.m., men at 9:05, and the last wave at 11:30 [172].
“They can hear us like six blocks prior and they can keep hearing us, so we help them with pacing.”
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The Finance Department has granted more than 8,800 of roughly 11,000 exemption requests, so fewer than 9,000 homes now owe the second-home surcharge, and Mayor Mamdani still says it will raise $500 million.
The surcharge hits non-primary homes worth more than $5 million and faces three lawsuits, including one from Steve Wynn and Wilbur Ross [12]. The Real Deal reports a Park Slope owner who lives in his house was billed $47,504 because he owns only half of the LLC that holds it; the city later granted him an exemption [72]. Blakeman has promised to cancel the tax if elected [12].
“No matter what the numbers are, the city says, ‘We’re confident we’ll hit the $500 million,’”
“The statute governing the surcharge allows property owners, under certain circumstances, to demonstrate that they are not subject to the surcharge because their property is used as primary residence,”
“this is the floor, not the ceiling, baby,”
Gothamist
Chantz Rivera left his dishwashing job in May and walked from the Bronx to San Francisco pushing his belongings in a shopping cart: 149 days, more than 2,500 miles [126][114]. Before the trip he had left the five boroughs twice [126]. He arrived Oct. 26, went to a McDonald's near Fillmore Street, and someone stole the bag holding the flash drives with his trip's videos [114]. "That’s when I got tight, because you can’t buy those videos," he said [114].