Two Free MetroCard Transfers Not Happening; The Toilet With a Cult Following

• Governor Cuomo vetoed a bill that would’ve given New Yorkers two free MetroCard transfers. He says it would have cost the city an extra $40 million a year. [Gothamist]
• Coney Island’s Wonder Wheel will be open on New Year’s Day for the first time. [amNY]
• Join photographers James and Karla Murray, who document the disappearing storefronts of New York, for a discussion tonight about their upcoming third book on the subject. [6sqft inbox]
• Have you heard about the $10,000 toilet that has a “cultish devotion?” [NYT]
• Take a virtual tour inside the Washington Square Arch today at 3:00pm. [Washington Square Park Blog]

Images: MetroCard (L); Toto toilet (R)