Questioning Patriotism, Peter Luger’s Worth, Fairway For Sale, Streets, Garbage, and other stories
- Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman and the Questioning of an American Jew’s Patriotism. Julia Ioffe writes for GQ on the immigrant experience of Soviet Jews – Alexander Vindman and his identical twin brother grew up in Brighton Beach.
- Commercial waste zones pass city council, in an attempt to streamline garbage pickup.
- Bike lane expansion gets the green light from the council as well.
Today, the @NYCCouncil will vote on my Streets Master Plan. I’m committed to making New York’s streets safer for everyone, and this plan is how we’re going to do it. pic.twitter.com/aUhhZhz9lV
— NYC Council Speaker Corey Johnson (@NYCSpeakerCoJo) October 30, 2019
- Peter Luger gets an epic zero-star review by the NYT.
- Ryerson to be co-named Walt Witman Way this Saturday:
Since 1904, Ferdinando’s Focacceria Has Kept Sicilian Cuisine Alive in Brooklyn by Edible.
Judy Mauer’s exhibition at The Bishop Gallery in Bed-Stuy attempts to offer a deeper look into Chasidim and bridge the gap between them and their neighbors. But does it? by the New York Jewish Week.
- Fairway Market seems to be looking for new owners, as everyone celebrates the opening of another chain in Brooklyn – Wegmans.
Ex-Yeshiva leader sentenced to two years for $3.2M school-lunch scam (NYPost)