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Whehaeltrhey begCinl assosoens! careers begin. NO. 1 FREE DAILY IN THE US NEW YORK CITY Weekend, January 4-6, 2019 metro.us | t: MetroNewYork | f: MetroNewYork Allied Health Programs STUDY THE FIELDS OF: Medical Assisting • Medical Billing • Surgical Technologist • Massage Therapy GOLDEN GLOBES Personal Training • Nursing Call us today to learn more Your guide to the 2019 awards ceremony. 15-16 646.738.3860 GETTY IMAGES Felicity Jones on why Ruth Bader Ginsburg is a What are Giants’ options besides by Sthwee Ndieswh IYnostrikt uSttea’tse p Erodgurcaamtios na rDee rpeagritsmteernetd. wAcitchr eadnitde rde bgyu lAatCeCdS C. For important information on program costs, completion and ‘punk icon.’ 17 Eli Manning? 18 placement rates, median debt incurred, etc., please visit http://www.swedishinstitute.edu/disclosures. -EVENTH-HOUR SWITCH Gov. Cuomo stunned New Yorkers by canceling April’s L train shutdown, and instead turning to European technology to make repairs to the tunnel without having to close it. 2-3 GETTY IMAGES METRO.US 2 SERVICE RESTORED WEEKEND, JANUARY 4-6, 2019 Cuomo cancels full L train shutdown NEWS GETTY IMAGES sit Center, a foundation directions in the other for improving urban mo- tube. Rush hour week- bility, on Twitter. day service will not be MTA Acting Chair- affected, officials said. man Fernando Ferrer ad- The expected time- dressed these concerns line range for this work With fewer than at the press conference, is 15 to 20 months. four months until saying that the answer When asked if he could planned construc- for why this innovative assure that this would approach hadn’t been take a maximum of 20 tion, the L train considered earlier is months, Cuomo said won’t close com- that “the integration of he could not make that pletely during these approaches — and promise. there are several — and The night and week- restoration. the technology had not end L train closures previously been applied are expected to begin in the context of a reha- around the same time KRISTIN TOUSSAINT [email protected] bilitation project, a reha- the original L train shut- bilitation project that is down was scheduled to underground.” start, in April. Gov. Andrew Cuomo an- The new design in- As New Yorkers had nounced on Thursday view the plan, to look April 2019 and last 15 subway travel for even cludes a polymer that prepared for the origi- that the L train shut- at it with fresh eyes, no months, stranding thou- longer. Cuomo said at has previously only been nal shutdown, commu- down will be canceled, assumptions, no givens, sands of straphangers the news conference used on bridges. nity activists and transit with only some night and if there’s any pos- and disrupting New York that “this is the shortest, So  how will strap- advocates worked on and weekend closures sible suggestions for how City transportation. The best route for rebuilding hangers be affected now? other solutions to help now necessary to fix the we can make it better, closure was necessary, of- residents get around the subway tunnel. great,” Cuomo said at a ficials said, to fix the Ca- “With this [new] design it would not city. With this plan halt- The news comes more press conference Thurs- narsie Tunnel, which was ed, some are concerned than two years after of- day. “To make a long flooded and damaged be necessary to close the L train tunnel that the other transpor- ficials first announced story short, they have during Hurricane Sandy. at all.” tation initiatives will that one of the busiest proposed a new design to Although the tunnel Gov. Andrew Cuomo also be left behind. subway lines between use in the tunnel.” is structurally sound, “However this new Brooklyn and Manhattan This design has not saltwater from the East the tunnel.” “The original plan was plan plays out, we expect would stop running to al- yet been used in the Unit- River leaks inside, cor- Others wondered [to] close both tunnels that the new bus and low for repairs. ed States, per Cuomo. roding electrical switch- why, if this design is pos- and do the work. This bike infrastructure that Cuomo said that he “With this design it es and power lines. sible, a 15-month L train plan is [to] leave both has been planned will asked a panel of “best would not be necessary “Saltwater and elec- shutdown was initially open during the day, be preserved,” Joe Cu- experts,” including en- to close the L train tun- tronics do not mix,” Cuo- proposed at all. close one at night and trufo of Transportation gineers from Columbia nel at all, which would mo said. “What’s left of MTA’s [on] weekends, so you’ll Alternatives told Metro, and Cornell, to look be a phenomenal ben- Following the an- technical credibility always have constant ser- “and even without a full at the L train situation efit to the people of New nouncement, some New when engineering pro- vice,” Cuomo said. 15-month L train shut- again as the April 2019 York City,” he said. Yorkers expressed con- fessors can come up with As one tube will be down, New York City is start date looms. The L train shutdown cern that this would a better plan in a few closed for repairs, L train still in the midst of a real “I asked them to re- was slated to begin in inconvenience their weeks?” asked the Tran- service will run in both transportation crisis.” The Twitterverse reacts to the governor’s ‘L’ of a bombshell vanshnookenraggen MsJessicaB @MsJessicaB @vanshnook Can we just call it like it is, and acknowledge that Cuomo This Cuomo #Ltrain bomb is shutting down the L train shutdown because he’s going means one of two things: to run in 2020 and can’t have Manhattan and Brooklyn, he had planned this last or anyone else, hating him for a 15 month shutdown that min announcement all would cripple the system? #LTrainShutdown along, so he was always f—king with us, or he is doing this on a whim based on ego, so he is necessary repairs to had raised $5,417. just f—king with us. Either the Canarsie Tunnel, The board game’s way, he is f—king us. which runs under the co-creator, Hunter Fine, East River. Some people told Metro that he was took the time to share still waiting to learn of ‘hell’ as construction GETTY IMAGES their feelings about the more details about the begins. The game is still After Gov. Andrew make necessary repairs took to Twitter to governor.  L train news and wants moving forward, but we Cuomo’s press confer- to the Canarsie Tunnel, express pleasure in the Several months back, to continue to move will update it to reflect ence announcing a which was flooded and announcement, others a Kickstarter was cre- forward with the game. the latest decisions/ halt to the 15-month damaged during Hur- expressed concerns ated for a board game “No matter the out- news.” L train shutdown that ricane Sandy. about how it will based around the L train come, Williamsburg res- was planned to start  While many people continue to delay the shutdown called “Es- idents will face varieties LENYON WHITAKER in April 2019, Twitter cape from HelL.” The users began sharing game is based on get- their opinions on the John Andrews @Jandies1 ting to Manhattan from transit news that affects Honestly, I’d rather them shut down the #LTrain completely Williamsburg after the L lozeerose @lozeerose approximately 250,000 for 15 months than have whatever semblance of service train has shut down. As Amazon: Yo, andy, We just bought Queens but apparently daily commuters. we will now have for THREE YEARS! Are you kidding me of press time and with there’s some important train thing missing? According to MTA with this? We had all come to terms with it. We had all 15 days remaining in Cuomo: I got u #Ltrain: this smells fishy officials, the shutdown prepared. Now we will be crammed onto too few trains... the campaign, the game was needed in order to had 143 backers and METRO.US 3 NEWS SERVICE RESTORED WEEKEND, JANUARY 4-6, 2019 PARTIAL SHUTDOWN, WHOLE LOT OF PROBLEMS GETTY IMAGES The most cost-effective ANALYSIS time to do construction work is when contractors have 24/7 access. The con- LARRY tractor is on-site full-time, mobilized with a staging PENNER area for workers, sup- plies and debris removal. Larry Penner is a Forcing contractors to transportation historian and mobilize workers prior advocate who previously to tunnel access evenings worked 31 years for and weekends increases the U.S. Department of project costs. So does hav- Transportation. ing to stop work prior to resuming subway service. The proposed new strategy could add mil- lions to the project costs. Having only one tube open overnight on week- days and during weekends provides operational prob- lems. Bi-directional ser- vice on one track is risky. Headways between trains will double. Any train with mechanical difficul- ties in the tunnel could result in chaos. Significant Gov. Andrew Cuo- numbers of riders use the mo’s announce- L train in the evening, ment that the overnight and on week- upcoming Canarsie Line ends. tunnel reconstruction, Several hundred mil- scheduled to start in April, lion was previously pro- will be changed lacks criti- vided under a Federal cal details. How much Transit Administration longer will it take for NYC Hurricane Sandy Recov- Transit and private con- ery and Resiliency grant. tractors to complete work Washington doesn’t pay with only overnight and for the same work twice. weekend closures than MTA HQ and NYC the previously announced Transit were blindsided by 15-month, 24/7 project du- Cuomo’s announcement. ration? Was it designed to ingra- MTA and NYC DOT tiate himself with vot- have already spent mil- ers rather than serve the lions in planning, envi- long-term interests of rid- ronmental review and ers? MTA HQ, board mem- design and engineering bers, NYC Transit, NYC ahead of the shutdown. DOT managers and engi- This work was performed neers have had no time by experienced engineers to review and comment and engineering consult- on this “new design” or ing firms. They have first- potential budget impacts. hand knowledge of how What will the impact the nation’s largest sub- be on the final project way system works. budget? Having to count Cuomo’s outside ex- on periodic versus 24/7 perts come from Colum- access, potential private bia and Cornell university construction contractors world of academia. If their will increase their pro- new design idea was used posed bids. How will the abroad and could work, MTA find additional fund- both the MTA and NYC ing to supplement previ- Transit President Andy By- ously approved federal ford (who previously ran funding? transit systems in London Cuomo’s microman- and Toronto) would have agement is penny-wise considered it. and pound-foolish. METRO.US 4 NEWS WEEKEND, JANUARY 4-6, 2019 Comptroller demands answers about failed Fair Fares program rollout GETTY IMAGES The half-price asked for many days, MetroCard program ‘Where’s the program?’” The Fair Fares plan in- was scheduled for CARING cluded a six-month wait- Jan. 1, but there are ing period before it was to still no details. be implemented, to help develop the program, HAS A PLAN. Stringer said. That plan- KRISTIN TOUSSAINT ning process was to end [email protected] Dec. 31. She has a name. Stringer pointed out The new year was sup- that no posters or bill- Her health plan posed to bring half-price boards have even been MetroCards to low-in- unveiled to announce the come New Yorkers, but program to New Yorkers. actually knows it. the Fair Fares plan has yet With Fair Fares in lim- to begin, and NYC Comp- bo, so is the $106 million troller Scott M. Stringer is allocated to fund the plan. demanding the city step “My job is to account SEE WHAT’S POSSIBLE up. for the $106 million,” said Under the new Fair Stringer. “I have every WHEN HEALTH CARE Fares plan, which was in- intention to continue to cluded in the city budget ask questions, so people GETS PERSONAL. in June, low-income New are not stuck in a wait- Yorkers are eligible for ing time for another six half-price seven-day and months or another year.” 30-day MetroCard passes. Advocates with the Are you getting the most Fair Fares was sched- Community Service Soci- uled to start Jan. 1, but on ety and the Riders Alliance out of your Medicare plan? Thursday, Stringer called joined Stringer Thursday out City Hall for not yet morning to call on Mayor detailing a timeline for Bill de Blasio for more 0 how the plan transparency will be rolled “Now, 800,000 about the out; who will program. $ be eligible to New Yorkers are At an un- plan participate; or waiting for the related press even any infor- cheaper Metro- conference premiums* mthaet ion porno ghraomw Cards they were odne BTlhasuiros dwaays, will be imple- promised.” asked about mented. Fair Fares up- 150 “Getting on NYC Comptroller dates in light up to that train for Scott M. Stringer of the comp- so many New troller’s com- Yorkers is a true ments. $ financial burden. So when “We are entirely fo- the Fair Fares program of- cused on doing something fering discount tickets got that’s never been done be- funding in this year’s bud- fore in the history of New get, low-income families York City,” he told report- won a landmark battle,” ers, “and I want to thank monthly over-the-counter card Stringer told reporters the City Council for their Thursday morning. focus on this and for their * Premium, co-pays, coinsurance and deductibles may vary based on the “Now, 800,000 New partnership over the last level of Extra Help you receive. Please contact plan for further details. Yorkers are waiting for six months in creating a the cheaper MetroCards brand-new initiative that Call to enroll or make an in-person appointment they were promised, be- never existed before, and cause this program was has to be gotten right.” 1-800-469-6292 (TTY 711) supposed to begin on Jan. Gov. Cuomo said that 1,” he said. “It was sup- an announcement ex- posed to be the moment plaining how people can villagecaremax.org 8 am to 8 pm, 7 days a week when people could sign apply for half-price Metro- up and get on that train, Cards will be made soon, save some money, con- and that “every stage” tribute to the economy of the Fair Fares project and make a difference will be announced as it is for their families. We’ve ready. metro.us w. w w Receive 5% discount with this ad (Use code SAVE MET01) Bronx Register Now! Call, visit or join us at an Open House in the Bronx or Manhattan! Bronx Open Houses SSaattuurday, January 26, 2019 11:00am-1:00pm Earn TThhuurrsday, February 7, 2019 6:00pm-8:00pm Certifications SSaattuurday, February 23, 2019* 10:00am-12:00pm One in 2-3 months www.hostos.cuny.edu/Continuing-Ed 718.514.7103 College. 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Most of that increase the safest big city comes from grand larce- in America. ny incidents in Manhat- tan. NYPD Chief of Transit Edward Delatorre said in- KRISTIN TOUSSAINT ternational professional [email protected] pickpocket teams and a group of local repeat of- Though overall New fenders contributed to York City crime dropped this increase, but with to record-low numbers those individuals in cus- in 2018, reports of rape tody he expects to see a rose — a sign, according downward trend again. to the NYPD, not neces- Overall New York City sarily of more incidents, crime dropped to a level but of more people not seen since the 1950s, “Absolutely coming forward. the mayor said. 2018 saw Rape increased 22 the lowest number of ho- The No. 1 (cid:32)Show percent in 2018, with micides recorded in the 328 more rapes reported city’s modern era with in the world.” than in 2017, officials an- 289, compared to 292 in nounced Thursday. 2017. Of all rapes reported —Kenn Wells, former lead dancer of in 2018, 27 percent oc- English National Ballet curred in prior years. In 2017, 20 percent of rapes New York City reported occurred before crime statistics that year. “We meet with sexual for 2018 I’ve reviewed about 4,000 shows. assault advocates every three months,” NYPD • Overall New York City None can compare to what I saw tonight.” Commissioner James P. crime down 1.3% since O’Neill told reporters. 2017 —Richard Connema, renowned Broadway critic “Their contention, as • Murders down 13% since well as our belief, is that 2013 and 87% since 1990 rape is an underreported • There were five days or “Absolutely the greatest of the great! crime. … We’ve had our more without a recorded public awareness pro- murder five different times It must be experienced.” gram for people to come in 2018, including a streak forward with sexual as- of nine days, from Nov. 25 —Christine Walevska, “Goddess of the Cello”, sault complaints, and I to Dec. 3. think that’s a big part of • Shootings down by 35 watched Shen Yun 5 times why that number contin- incidents (4.4%) in 2018 ues to rise.” compared to 2017 Mayor Bill de “The highest and the best — Blasio pointed to the  #MeToo  movement New York City’s mur- of what humans can produce.” and other encouraging der rate is about 3.3 per messages in the public as 100,000 people. —Olevia Brown-Klahn, singer and musician —Broadway World reasons why more people “What does New York may be reporting rape. City look like going into “We’re dealing with 2019? It looks like the a new reality,” de Blasio safest big city in the said, “where advocates country,” said NYPD and the NYPD believe the Chief of Crime Control same thing: that a his- Strategies Laurie Pol- toric underreporting is lock. finally being addressed.” Marijuana-related Hate crimes increased arrests dropped 81 per- 7 percent in 2018, with cent in 2018 compared JAN 10–20 LINCOLN CENTER ShenYun.com/NY 361 total hate crimes. to the year before, after MAR 6–17 David H. 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All rights reserved. 8 NEWS METRO.US WEEKEND, JANUARY 4-6, 2019 New NYPD directive will now fine businesses for e-bike violations Delivery work- “In theory, the num- ers and elected officials ers often rely on bers [of citations] for called on Mayor Bill de throttle electric cyclists should be zero,” Blasio to help convert Steven Wasserman, an these workers’ e-bikes bicycles, which are attorney for the Legal so that they can comply not legal on city Aid Society, which ob- with the law. streets. tained the department’s “I’ve been given memo, told Gothamist. many fees and fines just He thinks the di- for doing my job,” one KRISTIN TOUSSAINT rective “is a very good delivery worker named [email protected] thing,” he added. Clemente said at that Though pedal-assist gathering in front of e-bikes are legal in New City Hall. “We need the New York City delivery York City, throttle e- support of the city so we workers have been hit bikes, which can travel can be able to convert with heavy fines from more than 20 mph, our e-bikes to comply NYPD officers for the use are not allowed on city with the laws. We’re ask- of throttle electric bi- streets. This delineation ing the city not to leave cycles while on the job, has harmed delivery workers behind.” but a new effort may al- GETTY IMAGES workers, advocates have Even if the fines are leviate that individual argued, thus dispropor- given to the business strain by targeting the transportation for work employer, though deliv- If the e-bike or elec- tionately affecting New rather than the delivery employers they work for or for personal reasons, ery workers have often tric scooter is found to York City’s immigrant worker, the workers’ instead. according to a memo de- been the ones receiving be used for business community.  bikes are still confis- The NYPD has direct- tailed by Gothamist. the fines.  purposes, the officer Some delivery work- cated, according to Go- ed officers to interview City  law  states that The NYPD has direct- is directed to then de- ers have reported receiv- thamist. The employer the rider of a throttle it’s the business that ed its officers to follow termine the business’s ing as many as 14 tickets is responsible for paying e-bike or motorized should be held liable the law and thus cite the name and location and in one day. Per-ticket to get them back, which scooter after stopping when someone is using restaurants instead, ac- “respond to business lo- fines are $500. could harm delivery them to find out if they a motorized scooter or cording to the Nov. 20 cation if within a reason- In April,  transit ad- workers if they ignore are using that mode of e-bike on behalf of their memo. able distance.” vocates, delivery work- the summons.  is Hiring Apply Online: Jan 2 – 22 Strengthening Communities. Changing Lives. Visit: n y c . g o v / j o i n D O P for details DOP is an equal opportunity employer. For language interpretation services, call: 212-510-3740 metro.us w. w w 019 Weekend, January 4-6, 2 York w Ne 9 10 NEWS METRO.US WEEKEND, JANUARY 4-6, 2019 Judge blocks New York City law requiring Airbnb to hand over user data Airbnb declares vic- and overcrowding. home-sharing com- tory after a federal In 2010, in an effort pany, HomeAway.com to address those con- Inc., both sued the city judge prohibited cerns, the state of New last year seeking to NYC from enforcing York passed a law ban- block the law. Thurs- a law being chal- ning apartment rent- day’s order applies to als for periods of fewer both companies’ cases. lenged in court. than 30 days unless a Airbnb and Home- permanent resident Away argued that the A federal judge on remains in the apart- law ran afoul of the U.S. Thursday blocked a ment. New York City Constitution’s protec- New York City law re- also bans short-term tion against unreason- quiring Airbnb to hand apartment rentals in able search and seizure over data each month many cases. of private property by about people who use The new city law, the government. its apartment listing which was passed last Engelmayer said in service from taking ef- July and scheduled to Thursday’s ruling that fect while the company take effect next month, the companies were challenges the law in aimed to help the city likely to prevail in their court. identify Airbnb listings argument. He said the The preliminary rul- that ran afoul of the scope of the informa- ing, handed down by short-term rental laws. tion required by the law U.S. District Judge Paul It would require was “breathtaking,” en- Engelmayer in Manhat- GETTY IMAGES Airbnb and providers compassing “virtually tan, could be a boon of similar services to all monthly informa- for the San Francisco- is a huge win for Airbnb in a statement. their homes to guests turn over information tion the service receives based company as it and its users, including New York City’s law through an online ser- about its users, includ- from each user.” prepares for a widely the thousands of New department could not vice. The company’s ing names, addresses The judge will not anticipated initial Yorkers at risk of illegal immediately be reached critics in New York and and details of how they enter a final ruling un- public offering later surveillance who use for comment. other major cities say used the service, each til later in the case, af- this year. Airbnb to help make Airbnb allows us- the service contributes month. ter both sides have ex- “The decision today ends meet,” Airbnb said ers to lease or sublease to high housing costs Airbnb and another changed evidence. REUTERS Think you can’t afford coverage? THINK AGAIN. Pay as little as $0 a month. Ask us about the Essential Plan. 866.206.1741 (TTY 711) AffinityPlan.org/EP To learn more about applying for health insurance, including Medicaid, Child Health Plus, Essential Plan, and Qualified Health Plans through NY State of Health, The Official Health Plan Marketplace, visit www.nystateofhealth.ny.gov or call 855.355.5777.

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Whehaeltrhey begCinl assosoens! careers begin. NO. 1 FREE DAILY IN THE US NEW YORK CITY Weekend, January 4-6, 2019 metro.us | t: MetroNewYork | f: MetroNewYork Allied Health Programs STUDY THE FIELDS OF: Medical Assisting • Medical Billing • Surgical Technologist • Massage Therapy GOLDEN GLOBES Personal Training • Nursing Call us today to learn more Your guide to the 2019 awards ceremony. 15-16 646.738.3860 GETTY IMAGES Felicity Jones on why Ruth Bader Ginsburg is a What are Giants’ options besides by Sthwee Ndieswh IYnostrikt uSttea’tse p Erodgurcaamtios na rDee rpeagritsmteernetd. wAcitchr eadnitde rde bgyu lAatCeCdS C. For important information on program costs, completion and ‘punk icon.’ 17 Eli Manning? 18 placement rates, median debt incurred, etc., please visit http://www.swedishinstitute.edu/disclosures. -EVENTH-HOUR SWITCH Gov. Cuomo stunned New Yorkers by canceling April’s L train shutdown, and instead turning to European technology to make repairs to the tunnel without having to close it. 2-3 GETTY IMAGES METRO.US 2 SERVICE RESTORED WEEKEND, JANUARY 4-6, 2019 Cuomo cancels full L train shutdown NEWS GETTY IMAGES sit Center, a foundation directions in the other for improving urban mo- tube. Rush hour week- bility, on Twitter. day service will not be MTA Acting Chair- affected, officials said. man Fernando Ferrer ad- The expected time- dressed these concerns line range for this work With fewer than at the press conference, is 15 to 20 months. four months until saying that the answer When asked if he could planned construc- for why this innovative assure that this would approach hadn’t been take a maximum of 20 tion, the L train considered earlier is months, Cuomo said won’t close com- that “the integration of he could not make that pletely during these approaches — and promise. there are several — and The night and week- restoration. the technology had not end L train closures previously been applied are expected to begin in the context of a reha- around the same time KRISTIN TOUSSAINT [email protected] bilitation project, a reha- the original L train shut- bilitation project that is down was scheduled to underground.” start, in April. Gov. Andrew Cuomo an- The new design in- As New Yorkers had nounced on Thursday view the plan, to look April 2019 and last 15 subway travel for even cludes a polymer that prepared for the origi- that the L train shut- at it with fresh eyes, no months, stranding thou- longer. Cuomo said at has previously only been nal shutdown, commu- down will be canceled, assumptions, no givens, sands of straphangers the news conference used on bridges. nity activists and transit with only some night and if there’s any pos- and disrupting New York that “this is the shortest, So  how will strap- advocates worked on and weekend closures sible suggestions for how City transportation. The best route for rebuilding hangers be affected now? other solutions to help now necessary to fix the we can make it better, closure was necessary, of- residents get around the subway tunnel. great,” Cuomo said at a ficials said, to fix the Ca- “With this [new] design it would not city. With this plan halt- The news comes more press conference Thurs- narsie Tunnel, which was ed, some are concerned than two years after of- day. “To make a long flooded and damaged be necessary to close the L train tunnel that the other transpor- ficials first announced story short, they have during Hurricane Sandy. at all.” tation initiatives will that one of the busiest proposed a new design to Although the tunnel Gov. Andrew Cuomo also be left behind. subway lines between use in the tunnel.” is structurally sound, “However this new Brooklyn and Manhattan This design has not saltwater from the East the tunnel.” “The original plan was plan plays out, we expect would stop running to al- yet been used in the Unit- River leaks inside, cor- Others wondered [to] close both tunnels that the new bus and low for repairs. ed States, per Cuomo. roding electrical switch- why, if this design is pos- and do the work. This bike infrastructure that Cuomo said that he “With this design it es and power lines. sible, a 15-month L train plan is [to] leave both has been planned will asked a panel of “best would not be necessary “Saltwater and elec- shutdown was initially open during the day, be preserved,” Joe Cu- experts,” including en- to close the L train tun- tronics do not mix,” Cuo- proposed at all. close one at night and trufo of Transportation gineers from Columbia nel at all, which would mo said. “What’s left of MTA’s [on] weekends, so you’ll Alternatives told Metro, and Cornell, to look be a phenomenal ben- Following the an- technical credibility always have constant ser- “and even without a full at the L train situation efit to the people of New nouncement, some New when engineering pro- vice,” Cuomo said. 15-month L train shut- again as the April 2019 York City,” he said. Yorkers expressed con- fessors can come up with As one tube will be down, New York City is start date looms. The L train shutdown cern that this would a better plan in a few closed for repairs, L train still in the midst of a real “I asked them to re- was slated to begin in inconvenience their weeks?” asked the Tran- service will run in both transportation crisis.” The Twitterverse reacts to the governor’s ‘L’ of a bombshell vanshnookenraggen MsJessicaB @MsJessicaB @vanshnook Can we just call it like it is, and acknowledge that Cuomo This Cuomo #Ltrain bomb is shutting down the L train shutdown because he’s going means one of two things: to run in 2020 and can’t have Manhattan and Brooklyn, he had planned this last or anyone else, hating him for a 15 month shutdown that min announcement all would cripple the system? #LTrainShutdown along, so he was always f—king with us, or he is doing this on a whim based on ego, so he is necessary repairs to had raised $5,417. just f—king with us. Either the Canarsie Tunnel, The board game’s way, he is f—king us. which runs under the co-creator, Hunter Fine, East River. Some people told Metro that he was took the time to share still waiting to learn of ‘hell’ as construction GETTY IMAGES their feelings about the more details about the begins. The game is still After Gov. Andrew make necessary repairs took to Twitter to governor.  L train news and wants moving forward, but we Cuomo’s press confer- to the Canarsie Tunnel, express pleasure in the Several months back, to continue to move will update it to reflect ence announcing a which was flooded and announcement, others a Kickstarter was cre- forward with the game. the latest decisions/ halt to the 15-month damaged during Hur- expressed concerns ated for a board game “No matter the out- news.” L train shutdown that ricane Sandy. about how it will based around the L train come, Williamsburg res- was planned to start  While many people continue to delay the shutdown called “Es- idents will face varieties LENYON WHITAKER in April 2019, Twitter cape from HelL.” The users began sharing game is based on get- their opinions on the John Andrews @Jandies1 ting to Manhattan from transit news that affects Honestly, I’d rather them shut down the #LTrain completely Williamsburg after the L lozeerose @lozeerose approximately 250,000 for 15 months than have whatever semblance of service train has shut down. As Amazon: Yo, andy, We just bought Queens but apparently daily commuters. we will now have for THREE YEARS! Are you kidding me of press time and with there’s some important train thing missing? According to MTA with this? We had all come to terms with it. We had all 15 days remaining in Cuomo: I got u #Ltrain: this smells fishy officials, the shutdown prepared. Now we will be crammed onto too few trains... the campaign, the game was needed in order to had 143 backers and METRO.US 3 NEWS SERVICE RESTORED WEEKEND, JANUARY 4-6, 2019 PARTIAL SHUTDOWN, WHOLE LOT OF PROBLEMS GETTY IMAGES The most cost-effective ANALYSIS time to do construction work is when contractors have 24/7 access. The con- LARRY tractor is on-site full-time, mobilized with a staging PENNER area for workers, sup- plies and debris removal. Larry Penner is a Forcing contractors to transportation historian and mobilize workers prior advocate who previously to tunnel access evenings worked 31 years for and weekends increases the U.S. Department of project costs. So does hav- Transportation. ing to stop work prior to resuming subway service. The proposed new strategy could add mil- lions to the project costs. Having only one tube open overnight on week- days and during weekends provides operational prob- lems. Bi-directional ser- vice on one track is risky. Headways between trains will double. Any train with mechanical difficul- ties in the tunnel could result in chaos. Significant Gov. Andrew Cuo- numbers of riders use the mo’s announce- L train in the evening, ment that the overnight and on week- upcoming Canarsie Line ends. tunnel reconstruction, Several hundred mil- scheduled to start in April, lion was previously pro- will be changed lacks criti- vided under a Federal cal details. How much Transit Administration longer will it take for NYC Hurricane Sandy Recov- Transit and private con- ery and Resiliency grant. tractors to complete work Washington doesn’t pay with only overnight and for the same work twice. weekend closures than MTA HQ and NYC the previously announced Transit were blindsided by 15-month, 24/7 project du- Cuomo’s announcement. ration? Was it designed to ingra- MTA and NYC DOT tiate himself with vot- have already spent mil- ers rather than serve the lions in planning, envi- long-term interests of rid- ronmental review and ers? MTA HQ, board mem- design and engineering bers, NYC Transit, NYC ahead of the shutdown. DOT managers and engi- This work was performed neers have had no time by experienced engineers to review and comment and engineering consult- on this “new design” or ing firms. They have first- potential budget impacts. hand knowledge of how What will the impact the nation’s largest sub- be on the final project way system works. budget? Having to count Cuomo’s outside ex- on periodic versus 24/7 perts come from Colum- access, potential private bia and Cornell university construction contractors world of academia. If their will increase their pro- new design idea was used posed bids. How will the abroad and could work, MTA find additional fund- both the MTA and NYC ing to supplement previ- Transit President Andy By- ously approved federal ford (who previously ran funding? transit systems in London Cuomo’s microman- and Toronto) would have agement is penny-wise considered it. and pound-foolish. METRO.US 4 NEWS WEEKEND, JANUARY 4-6, 2019 Comptroller demands answers about failed Fair Fares program rollout GETTY IMAGES The half-price asked for many days, MetroCard program ‘Where’s the program?’” The Fair Fares plan in- was scheduled for CARING cluded a six-month wait- Jan. 1, but there are ing period before it was to still no details. be implemented, to help develop the program, HAS A PLAN. Stringer said. That plan- KRISTIN TOUSSAINT ning process was to end [email protected] Dec. 31. She has a name. Stringer pointed out The new year was sup- that no posters or bill- Her health plan posed to bring half-price boards have even been MetroCards to low-in- unveiled to announce the come New Yorkers, but program to New Yorkers. actually knows it. the Fair Fares plan has yet With Fair Fares in lim- to begin, and NYC Comp- bo, so is the $106 million troller Scott M. Stringer is allocated to fund the plan. demanding the city step “My job is to account SEE WHAT’S POSSIBLE up. for the $106 million,” said Under the new Fair Stringer. “I have every WHEN HEALTH CARE Fares plan, which was in- intention to continue to cluded in the city budget ask questions, so people GETS PERSONAL. in June, low-income New are not stuck in a wait- Yorkers are eligible for ing time for another six half-price seven-day and months or another year.” 30-day MetroCard passes. Advocates with the Are you getting the most Fair Fares was sched- Community Service Soci- uled to start Jan. 1, but on ety and the Riders Alliance out of your Medicare plan? Thursday, Stringer called joined Stringer Thursday out City Hall for not yet morning to call on Mayor detailing a timeline for Bill de Blasio for more 0 how the plan transparency will be rolled “Now, 800,000 about the out; who will program. $ be eligible to New Yorkers are At an un- plan participate; or waiting for the related press even any infor- cheaper Metro- conference premiums* mthaet ion porno ghraomw Cards they were odne BTlhasuiros dwaays, will be imple- promised.” asked about mented. Fair Fares up- 150 “Getting on NYC Comptroller dates in light up to that train for Scott M. Stringer of the comp- so many New troller’s com- Yorkers is a true ments. $ financial burden. So when “We are entirely fo- the Fair Fares program of- cused on doing something fering discount tickets got that’s never been done be- funding in this year’s bud- fore in the history of New get, low-income families York City,” he told report- won a landmark battle,” ers, “and I want to thank monthly over-the-counter card Stringer told reporters the City Council for their Thursday morning. focus on this and for their * Premium, co-pays, coinsurance and deductibles may vary based on the “Now, 800,000 New partnership over the last level of Extra Help you receive. Please contact plan for further details. Yorkers are waiting for six months in creating a the cheaper MetroCards brand-new initiative that Call to enroll or make an in-person appointment they were promised, be- never existed before, and cause this program was has to be gotten right.” 1-800-469-6292 (TTY 711) supposed to begin on Jan. Gov. Cuomo said that 1,” he said. “It was sup- an announcement ex- posed to be the moment plaining how people can villagecaremax.org 8 am to 8 pm, 7 days a week when people could sign apply for half-price Metro- up and get on that train, Cards will be made soon, save some money, con- and that “every stage” tribute to the economy of the Fair Fares project and make a difference will be announced as it is for their families. We’ve ready. metro.us w. w w Receive 5% discount with this ad (Use code SAVE MET01) Bronx Register Now! Call, visit or join us at an Open House in the Bronx or Manhattan! Bronx Open Houses SSaattuurday, January 26, 2019 11:00am-1:00pm Earn TThhuurrsday, February 7, 2019 6:00pm-8:00pm Certifications SSaattuurday, February 23, 2019* 10:00am-12:00pm One in 2-3 months www.hostos.cuny.edu/Continuing-Ed 718.514.7103 College. 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Most of that increase the safest big city comes from grand larce- in America. ny incidents in Manhat- tan. NYPD Chief of Transit Edward Delatorre said in- KRISTIN TOUSSAINT ternational professional [email protected] pickpocket teams and a group of local repeat of- Though overall New fenders contributed to York City crime dropped this increase, but with to record-low numbers those individuals in cus- in 2018, reports of rape tody he expects to see a rose — a sign, according downward trend again. to the NYPD, not neces- Overall New York City sarily of more incidents, crime dropped to a level but of more people not seen since the 1950s, “Absolutely coming forward. the mayor said. 2018 saw Rape increased 22 the lowest number of ho- The No. 1 (cid:32)Show percent in 2018, with micides recorded in the 328 more rapes reported city’s modern era with in the world.” than in 2017, officials an- 289, compared to 292 in nounced Thursday. 2017. Of all rapes reported —Kenn Wells, former lead dancer of in 2018, 27 percent oc- English National Ballet curred in prior years. In 2017, 20 percent of rapes New York City reported occurred before crime statistics that year. “We meet with sexual for 2018 I’ve reviewed about 4,000 shows. assault advocates every three months,” NYPD • Overall New York City None can compare to what I saw tonight.” Commissioner James P. crime down 1.3% since O’Neill told reporters. 2017 —Richard Connema, renowned Broadway critic “Their contention, as • Murders down 13% since well as our belief, is that 2013 and 87% since 1990 rape is an underreported • There were five days or “Absolutely the greatest of the great! crime. … We’ve had our more without a recorded public awareness pro- murder five different times It must be experienced.” gram for people to come in 2018, including a streak forward with sexual as- of nine days, from Nov. 25 —Christine Walevska, “Goddess of the Cello”, sault complaints, and I to Dec. 3. think that’s a big part of • Shootings down by 35 watched Shen Yun 5 times why that number contin- incidents (4.4%) in 2018 ues to rise.” compared to 2017 Mayor Bill de “The highest and the best — Blasio pointed to the  #MeToo  movement New York City’s mur- of what humans can produce.” and other encouraging der rate is about 3.3 per messages in the public as 100,000 people. —Olevia Brown-Klahn, singer and musician —Broadway World reasons why more people “What does New York may be reporting rape. City look like going into “We’re dealing with 2019? It looks like the a new reality,” de Blasio safest big city in the said, “where advocates country,” said NYPD and the NYPD believe the Chief of Crime Control same thing: that a his- Strategies Laurie Pol- toric underreporting is lock. finally being addressed.” Marijuana-related Hate crimes increased arrests dropped 81 per- 7 percent in 2018, with cent in 2018 compared JAN 10–20 LINCOLN CENTER ShenYun.com/NY 361 total hate crimes. to the year before, after MAR 6–17 David H. 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All rights reserved. 8 NEWS METRO.US WEEKEND, JANUARY 4-6, 2019 New NYPD directive will now fine businesses for e-bike violations Delivery work- “In theory, the num- ers and elected officials ers often rely on bers [of citations] for called on Mayor Bill de throttle electric cyclists should be zero,” Blasio to help convert Steven Wasserman, an these workers’ e-bikes bicycles, which are attorney for the Legal so that they can comply not legal on city Aid Society, which ob- with the law. streets. tained the department’s “I’ve been given memo, told Gothamist. many fees and fines just He thinks the di- for doing my job,” one KRISTIN TOUSSAINT rective “is a very good delivery worker named [email protected] thing,” he added. Clemente said at that Though pedal-assist gathering in front of e-bikes are legal in New City Hall. “We need the New York City delivery York City, throttle e- support of the city so we workers have been hit bikes, which can travel can be able to convert with heavy fines from more than 20 mph, our e-bikes to comply NYPD officers for the use are not allowed on city with the laws. We’re ask- of throttle electric bi- streets. This delineation ing the city not to leave cycles while on the job, has harmed delivery workers behind.” but a new effort may al- GETTY IMAGES workers, advocates have Even if the fines are leviate that individual argued, thus dispropor- given to the business strain by targeting the transportation for work employer, though deliv- If the e-bike or elec- tionately affecting New rather than the delivery employers they work for or for personal reasons, ery workers have often tric scooter is found to York City’s immigrant worker, the workers’ instead. according to a memo de- been the ones receiving be used for business community.  bikes are still confis- The NYPD has direct- tailed by Gothamist. the fines.  purposes, the officer Some delivery work- cated, according to Go- ed officers to interview City  law  states that The NYPD has direct- is directed to then de- ers have reported receiv- thamist. The employer the rider of a throttle it’s the business that ed its officers to follow termine the business’s ing as many as 14 tickets is responsible for paying e-bike or motorized should be held liable the law and thus cite the name and location and in one day. Per-ticket to get them back, which scooter after stopping when someone is using restaurants instead, ac- “respond to business lo- fines are $500. could harm delivery them to find out if they a motorized scooter or cording to the Nov. 20 cation if within a reason- In April,  transit ad- workers if they ignore are using that mode of e-bike on behalf of their memo. able distance.” vocates, delivery work- the summons.  is Hiring Apply Online: Jan 2 – 22 Strengthening Communities. Changing Lives. Visit: n y c . g o v / j o i n D O P for details DOP is an equal opportunity employer. For language interpretation services, call: 212-510-3740 metro.us w. w w 019 Weekend, January 4-6, 2 York w Ne 9 10 NEWS METRO.US WEEKEND, JANUARY 4-6, 2019 Judge blocks New York City law requiring Airbnb to hand over user data Airbnb declares vic- and overcrowding. home-sharing com- tory after a federal In 2010, in an effort pany, HomeAway.com to address those con- Inc., both sued the city judge prohibited cerns, the state of New last year seeking to NYC from enforcing York passed a law ban- block the law. Thurs- a law being chal- ning apartment rent- day’s order applies to als for periods of fewer both companies’ cases. lenged in court. than 30 days unless a Airbnb and Home- permanent resident Away argued that the A federal judge on remains in the apart- law ran afoul of the U.S. Thursday blocked a ment. New York City Constitution’s protec- New York City law re- also bans short-term tion against unreason- quiring Airbnb to hand apartment rentals in able search and seizure over data each month many cases. of private property by about people who use The new city law, the government. its apartment listing which was passed last Engelmayer said in service from taking ef- July and scheduled to Thursday’s ruling that fect while the company take effect next month, the companies were challenges the law in aimed to help the city likely to prevail in their court. identify Airbnb listings argument. He said the The preliminary rul- that ran afoul of the scope of the informa- ing, handed down by short-term rental laws. tion required by the law U.S. District Judge Paul It would require was “breathtaking,” en- Engelmayer in Manhat- GETTY IMAGES Airbnb and providers compassing “virtually tan, could be a boon of similar services to all monthly informa- for the San Francisco- is a huge win for Airbnb in a statement. their homes to guests turn over information tion the service receives based company as it and its users, including New York City’s law through an online ser- about its users, includ- from each user.” prepares for a widely the thousands of New department could not vice. The company’s ing names, addresses The judge will not anticipated initial Yorkers at risk of illegal immediately be reached critics in New York and and details of how they enter a final ruling un- public offering later surveillance who use for comment. other major cities say used the service, each til later in the case, af- this year. Airbnb to help make Airbnb allows us- the service contributes month. ter both sides have ex- “The decision today ends meet,” Airbnb said ers to lease or sublease to high housing costs Airbnb and another changed evidence. REUTERS Think you can’t afford coverage? THINK AGAIN. Pay as little as $0 a month. Ask us about the Essential Plan. 866.206.1741 (TTY 711) AffinityPlan.org/EP To learn more about applying for health insurance, including Medicaid, Child Health Plus, Essential Plan, and Qualified Health Plans through NY State of Health, The Official Health Plan Marketplace, visit www.nystateofhealth.ny.gov or call 855.355.5777.

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