$1.8B LIRR expansion gets underway; Meet the men operating NYC’s manual elevators
LIRR via Wiki Commons (L); manual elevator via vmiramontes/Flickr (R)
- Only a few dozen of New York’s 69,381 passenger elevators are still manually operated–here’s what it’s like to control them. [NYT]
- New York state is a hard-cider capital, but you can now enjoy the beverage with upstate apples right in Brooklyn. [Grub Street]
- After lacking inspections for four years, 81 percent of NYCHA apartments have a potential lead-paint hazard. [NYP]
- A rich woman is refusing to leave her late husband’s Pierre Hotel unit, even though it sold for $10 million last year. [NYDN]
- The MTA awarded a $1.8 billion contract to build a third track expand the LIRR, despite concerns over capital-project costs. [WSJ]
- Meet the city’s longest-serving garbage collector, who’s about to start his 52nd year on the job. [NYP]
