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Wednesday, October 31, 2018
![Photos: Is This The Most Impressive Halloween House In Brooklyn?](http://web.archive.org./web/20181110094735im_/http://gothamist.com/assets_c/2018/10/103018halloween123-thumb-640xauto-1025445.jpg)
Photos: Is This The Most Impressive Halloween House In Brooklyn?
'When Halloween's over I have to take down all that crap and carry back into the basement.'
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![Man Charged With 'Concealing' Lyric McHenry's Body In The Bronx](http://web.archive.org./web/20181110094735im_/http://gothamist.com/assets_c/2018/08/LYRICsubway18-thumb-640xauto-1023196.jpg)
Man Charged With 'Concealing' Lyric McHenry's Body In The Bronx
Lyric McHenry had been celebrating her birthday with her sister and friends in lower Manhattan the night before her body was found in the Bronx.
Tuesday, October 30, 2018
![Extra Extra: Pro-Trump Conspiracy Theorist Allegedly Offered To Pay Women To Make False Claims Against Robert Mueller](http://web.archive.org./web/20181110094735im_/http://gothamist.com/assets_c/2018/10/103018xx1-thumb-640xauto-1025493.jpg)
Extra Extra: Pro-Trump Conspiracy Theorist Allegedly Offered To Pay Women To Make False Claims Against Robert Mueller
Because Robert Mueller was the target of an absolutely incompetent smear campaign, check out today's end-of-day links: Mr. Feeny foils robbery, anti-Semitic campaign mailer, RIP Whitey Bulger, vaping curriculum, GOT prequel casting news, and tiny pupper thinks it's an elephant.
![14 Jewish Advocates Arrested Following Sit-In At Metropolitan Republican Club](http://web.archive.org./web/20181110094735im_/http://gothamist.com/assets_c/2018/10/gop10-thumb-640xauto-1025494.jpeg)
14 Jewish Advocates Arrested Following Sit-In At Metropolitan Republican Club
Fourteen protesters were arrested outside the Metropolitan Republican Club in the Upper East Side on Tuesday.
![Cyclist Struck By Commercial Waste Truck Driver In Manhattan Amidst NYPD Crackdown On Private Carting Companies](http://web.archive.org./web/20181110094735im_/http://gothamist.com/assets_c/2018/10/103018carting-thumb-640xauto-1025496.jpg)
Cyclist Struck By Commercial Waste Truck Driver In Manhattan Amidst NYPD Crackdown On Private Carting Companies
'In the middle of the night, trash trucks seemingly roll around with impunity.'
![Could A Door-Knock Change Your Mind-And Your Vote?](http://web.archive.org./web/20181110094735im_/http://gothamist.com/assets_c/2018/10/2018_10_doorknock-thumb-640xauto-1025495.jpg)
Could A Door-Knock Change Your Mind-And Your Vote?
https://www.wnyc.org/story/could-door-knock-change-your-mind-and-your-votes/?utm_medium=partnersite&utm;_source=gothamist&utm;_campaign=homepagelink...
![Why The November 6th Election Matters For Transgender New Yorkers](http://web.archive.org./web/20181110094735im_/http://gothamist.com/assets_c/2018/10/103018sai1-thumb-640xauto-1025490.jpeg)
Why The November 6th Election Matters For Transgender New Yorkers
'Right now, no statewide law explicitly prohibits discrimination against transgender and gender non-conforming people.'
![Founder Of Gab, The Social Network Favored By Neo-Nazis & Pittsburgh Shooter, Vows Site Will Return](http://web.archive.org./web/20181110094735im_/http://gothamist.com/assets_c/2018/10/gab10-thumb-640xauto-1025485.jpeg)
Founder Of Gab, The Social Network Favored By Neo-Nazis & Pittsburgh Shooter, Vows Site Will Return
A controversial social network popular among neo-Nazis and members of the alt-right has gone offline, for now.
![In Effort To Stop Legionnaires Disease, City Health Inspectors Bungle Thousands of Cooling Tower Inspections](http://web.archive.org./web/20181110094735im_/http://gothamist.com/assets_c/2018/10/103018coolingt-thumb-640xauto-1025483.jpg)
In Effort To Stop Legionnaires Disease, City Health Inspectors Bungle Thousands of Cooling Tower Inspections
Out of the more than 27,000 summonses the Health Department handed out last year, roughly 14,000 were dismissed.
![The Best Things To Do In NYC This Week](http://web.archive.org./web/20181110094735im_/http://gothamist.com/assets_c/2018/10/102518hauntedhop-thumb-640xauto-1025346.jpg)
The Best Things To Do In NYC This Week
It's Halloweek, let's make the most of it as we simultaneously stay energized to get out the vote on November 6th!
![DIY Haunted Starbucks In Clinton Hill Offers 'De-Capputations' & 'Hairy Pumpkin Spider Spice'](http://web.archive.org./web/20181110094735im_/http://gothamist.com/assets_c/2018/10/103018starbucks1-thumb-640xauto-1025472.jpg)
DIY Haunted Starbucks In Clinton Hill Offers 'De-Capputations' & 'Hairy Pumpkin Spider Spice'
The Halloween display is a commentary on gentrification happening in the neighborhood: 'It feels extremely Clinton Hill.'
![MoMo Chicken Shack Serving Up Decent Fried Bird In Bushwick](http://web.archive.org./web/20181110094735im_/http://gothamist.com/assets_c/2018/10/momochicken-15-thumb-640xauto-1025477.jpg)
MoMo Chicken Shack Serving Up Decent Fried Bird In Bushwick
Located in the party zone near the Jefferson L station, MoMo Chicken Shack may look like a hipster hangout, but the food is good and the staff total pros.
![Will Tossing Bollards Everywhere Stop Another Hudson River Greenway Massacre?](http://web.archive.org./web/20181110094735im_/http://gothamist.com/assets_c/2018/10/103018greenway2-thumb-640xauto-1025464.jpg)
Will Tossing Bollards Everywhere Stop Another Hudson River Greenway Massacre?
It’s far from clear that bollards alone are a tenable solution, in much the same way that metal detectors aren’t an answer to mass shootings.
![Self-Pitying Louis C.K. Performed Announced Sets At Comedy Cellar As Protesters Stood Outside](http://web.archive.org./web/20181110094735im_/http://gothamist.com/assets_c/2018/10/103018protestck1-thumb-640xauto-1025461.jpg)
Self-Pitying Louis C.K. Performed Announced Sets At Comedy Cellar As Protesters Stood Outside
'I’ve been going to the Comedy Cellar since I was a kid...it’s a happy place for me. So as a survivor and activist, it hurt me to see the owner prioritizing Louis C.K. over the comfort of the community. It felt personal.'
![Ask A Reporter: What Ever Happened To My Participatory Budgeting Project?](http://web.archive.org./web/20181110094735im_/http://gothamist.com/assets_c/2018/10/103018poppen-thumb-640xauto-1025474.jpg)
Ask A Reporter: What Ever Happened To My Participatory Budgeting Project?
"There is an enormous amount of bureaucracy."
![L'pocalypse Soon: L Train Shutdown Start Date REVEALED](http://web.archive.org./web/20181110094735im_/http://gothamist.com/assets_c/2018/10/ltrain10-thumb-640xauto-1025465.jpg)
L'pocalypse Soon: L Train Shutdown Start Date REVEALED
We now know the exact date when the L train will go poof for a year of tunnel repairs.
![New Yorkers' True Stories Of Actually Haunting Subway Experiences](http://web.archive.org./web/20181110094735im_/http://gothamist.com/assets_c/2018/10/103018sub5-thumb-640xauto-1025450.jpg)
New Yorkers' True Stories Of Actually Haunting Subway Experiences
These are real quotes about the NYC subway system from real paying customers who use it on a daily basis.
![Early Addition: Why These Very Uncool Young Adults Aren't Voting Nov. 6](http://web.archive.org./web/20181110094735im_/http://gothamist.com/assets_c/2018/10/103018ea1-thumb-640xauto-1025460.jpg)
Early Addition: Why These Very Uncool Young Adults Aren't Voting Nov. 6
Because Trump's approval ratings are plummeting, check out today's midday links: anti-Semitism on Instagram, Ava DuVernay working on Prince doc, everything wrong with 'Bohemian Rhapsody,' new Deerhunter, Trump's birthright citizenship threats, and wiggle-worm falls over.
![Fake Newsstand In Bryant Park Reveals Shocking Alt-Facts About Deep State Assassinations!](http://web.archive.org./web/20181110094735im_/http://gothamist.com/assets_c/2018/10/fakenewsstandone103018-thumb-640xauto-1025457.jpg)
Fake Newsstand In Bryant Park Reveals Shocking Alt-Facts About Deep State Assassinations!
The CJR highlights not only the pervasive nature of fake news stories, but also the difficulty most Americans have telling the difference between fact and fiction.
![D Train Rider Accused Of Ejaculating On Woman Turns Himself In](http://web.archive.org./web/20181110094735im_/http://gothamist.com/assets_c/2018/10/2018_10_arrest-thumb-640xauto-1025453.jpg)
D Train Rider Accused Of Ejaculating On Woman Turns Himself In
The victim said that he also bumped into her and breathed on her while on the train.
![Trump Received 'Secret' Payments After Endorsing Pyramid Schemes Targeting Poor, Lawsuit Alleges](http://web.archive.org./web/20181110094735im_/http://gothamist.com/assets_c/2018/10/trumpapp10-thumb-640xauto-1025444.jpeg)
Trump Received 'Secret' Payments After Endorsing Pyramid Schemes Targeting Poor, Lawsuit Alleges
More often than not, the victims of the Trumps' alleged deceit were 'among the most economically marginalized and vulnerable Americans,' the suit alleges.
![Don't Forget To Vote For NYC's Cutest Pet!](http://web.archive.org./web/20181110094735im_/http://gothamist.com/assets_c/2018/10/ANIMALSCUTE-thumb-640xauto-1025454.jpg)
Don't Forget To Vote For NYC's Cutest Pet!
Hundreds of candidates are cats and dogs, but there are also turtles, fish, lizards, bunnies, a chicken, a horse, a chinchilla, and even an alpaca!
Monday, October 29, 2018
![Extra Extra: Get Paid To Play With Puppies](http://web.archive.org./web/20181110094735im_/http://gothamist.com/assets_c/2018/10/102918xx1-thumb-640xauto-1025441.jpg)
Extra Extra: Get Paid To Play With Puppies
Because 'Avatar' won't use Papyrus font anymore, check out today's end-of-day links: scary TV episodes, Sarah Huckabee Sanders lies, 'Dogs' Netflix series, Axl Rose wants you to vote, 'Too Many Cooks' oral history, and dog achieves the impossible.
![Photos: Giant Baby Trump Balloon Lands In NYC For Impeach Trump Parade](http://web.archive.org./web/20181110094735im_/http://gothamist.com/assets_c/2018/10/102918trumpbaby1-thumb-640xauto-1025437.jpg)
Photos: Giant Baby Trump Balloon Lands In NYC For Impeach Trump Parade
Click through to find out the secret way to inflate the balloon.