Amazon may have cold feet about LIC, digging into an urban myth, & more

By Jennifer White Karp | February 11, 2019 - 11:00AM

Buyer’s remorse? Amazon is apparently rethinking its much-hyped plans to open a headquarters in Long Island City (CNN via Washington Post)

Urban myth or true tale? An investigation into whether there really were alligators in NYC’s sewers (Gothamist)

Pros and cons of the proposed pied-à-terre tax (The New York Times)

A GOP senator says there's a 50-50 chance we'll have another government shutdown at the end of the week (Business Insider)

Quarters plans to break ground on a new, 84-unit co-living building in Bed-Stuy next month (press release)

The A, F, N, E trains are among the city’s most-delayed subway lines (Queens Crap)

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