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# Briefly Noted: New-ish Subway Entrance, OP Bike Lanes, El Chapo, Diversity and more links
- URL: https://bklyner.com/briefly-noted-new-ish-subway-entrance-op-bike-lanes-el-chapo-diversity-and-more-links/
- Published: 2019-02-12T22:16:22.000Z
- Updated: 2019-02-12T22:19:37.000Z
- Author: Liena Zagare
- Tags: News, Nonsponsored, #wp

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Photo by Annie Jiang @nycfeedsme

- After 30 years of being closed, 7th Avenue exit at 8th Avenue N stop has reopened.

> It’s [#PresidentsDay](https://twitter.com/hashtag/PresidentsDay?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=bklyner.com) soon l, so USPS in Brooklyn, Flushing, Jamaica, Floral Park and Staten Island are celebrating by providing customers passport-only hours from 9 am until 2 pm!!! [#TravelTuesday](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TravelTuesday?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=bklyner.com) [pic.twitter.com/JYJZU0i66J](https://t.co/JYJZU0i66J?ref=bklyner.com)
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> — Xavier C. Hernandez (@XavierUSPSNYC) [February 12, 2019](https://twitter.com/XavierUSPSNYC/status/1095408087584915456?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=bklyner.com)

- El Chapo was found guilty today in Brooklyn. [Rolling Stone has a good story on the months-long trial.](https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/el-chapo-joaquin-guzman-gulty-trial-789577/?ref=bklyner.com)

> “Of course we’re going to appeal” says defense attorney Jeff Lichtman outside BK federal court following a guilty verdict for El Chapo [pic.twitter.com/uMuCWim3A0](https://t.co/uMuCWim3A0?ref=bklyner.com)
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> — Noah Hurowitz (@NoahHurowitz) [February 12, 2019](https://twitter.com/NoahHurowitz/status/1095389552435441665?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=bklyner.com)

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> We’re on the steps of City Hall with [@bradlander](https://twitter.com/bradlander?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=bklyner.com) and [@NYCSpeakerCoJo](https://twitter.com/NYCSpeakerCoJo?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=bklyner.com) to call for the passage of the Reckless Driver Accountability Act. [#BootBadDrivers](https://twitter.com/hashtag/BootBadDrivers?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=bklyner.com) [pic.twitter.com/wLvf5doa6h](https://t.co/wLvf5doa6h?ref=bklyner.com)
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> — Families For Safe Streets (@NYC\_SafeStreets) [February 12, 2019](https://twitter.com/NYC%5FSafeStreets/status/1095368705134022657?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=bklyner.com)

- [NYCHA Elevator Chief Suspended](http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/02/nycha-elevator-chief-ivo-nikolic-suspended.html?utm%5Fmedium=s1&utm%5Fsource=tw&utm%5Fcampaign=di) – “The New York City Housing Authority has suspended the head of its elevator division amid an ongoing investigation into inspectors falsely claiming to have performed preventive maintenance.” THE CITY

[In Downtown Brooklyn, public spaces are poised for major revamp](https://ny.curbed.com/2019/2/12/18221246/downtown-brooklyn-bjarke-ingels-wxy-complete-streets?ref=bklyner.com) – WXY and BIG will collaborate on a new plan for the neighborhood’s public spaces (Curbed)

Thanks to Councilmember Mark Treyger ($1 million), speaker Corey Johnson and Boro President Eric Adams (each $500k) [Ocean Parkway bike and pedestrian paths between R and X Avenues will get repaired this spring](https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2019/02/12/ocean-parkway-bike-path-to-get-long-overdue-fix/?ref=bklyner.com). Streetsblog.

> ?Check it out! NYC Council member [@Bradlander](https://twitter.com/bradlander?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=bklyner.com) to introduce legislation tomorrow that says NYC fast food workers can’t be fired without a valid reason. ??? [https://t.co/uvgSHoAK5O](https://t.co/uvgSHoAK5O?ref=bklyner.com)
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> — Fast Food Justice (@JusticeFastFood) [February 12, 2019](https://twitter.com/JusticeFastFood/status/1095424322477395968?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=bklyner.com)

- [How A Useless $400 Million Tax Break For NYC Developers Chugged Along For 20 Years](http://gothamist.com/2019/02/12/nyc%5Ftax%5Fbreaks%5Fdevelopment.php?ref=bklyner.com) – Gothamist.

[New York City Public Schools Should Be Evaluated Based on Diversity, Not Just Tests, Panel Says](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/12/nyregion/ny-public-schools-diversity.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage&ref=bklyner.com) – NYTimes. [Here’s the report](https://www.schooldiversity.nyc/?ref=bklyner.com).