Inside a BK apartment furnished with (stylish) junk and street finds

Plus: NYC sues TikTok, Instagram over youth mental health [View this email in a browser.]( Gothamist relies on your support to make local news available to all. Not yet a member? [Consider donating and join today.]( [Inside a Clinton Hill apartment furnished almost entirely with junk and street finds]( [first image]( [Today's newsletter is curated by James Ramsay]( Weather: ☀️ Sunny, with highs in the upper 30s. It's Thursday in New York City, where it's still possible to find stylish home furnishings in other people's trash. [Here's a look inside one guy's groovy Clinton Hill apartment]( which he's spent the past 16 years outfitting with discarded furniture, rugs and other knickknacks. And here's what else is happening: - Why didn't New York City public school students get a proper snow day this week? One explanation: [The increase in recognized cultural holidays]( has eaten into the city's ability to legally cancel class. - The city is suing TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat and YouTube, alleging that the social media platforms are [driving a spike in mental health issues]( among young people. - Police said a man who'd already been arrested for his alleged role in a group assault on two NYPD officers in Times Square last month [was rearrested yesterday on separate shoplifting charges](. - The Legal Aid Society is [suing Mayor Eric Adams]( for failing to implement laws that expand rental aid to low-income New Yorkers. - The FDNY said [at least 12 people were injured in a fire]( yesterday at a NYCHA building in Brownsville, Brooklyn. - New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said during WNYC's Ask Governor Murphy this week that large groups of people convicted of crimes could [soon become eligible for clemency](. - [NYPD crime data]( going back to April 2022, when buses of migrants began arriving in the city, suggests that a "migrant crime wave" hasn't materialized. - [A photo going around]( appears to show two people having sex — or pretending to have sex — while subway surfing on top of a 7 train. - Man, remember when it used to snow enough here to [make the streets go quiet]( - A new bill in Albany would ban people from parking RVs overnight [on residential New York City streets](. - "An extremely 'Clifford" situation" broke out this week when [the BAM website went haywire]( during the ticket sale for a special screening of the polarizing 1994 cult classic "Clifford." - The United States has too many golf courses, so [some of them are being "rewilded]( - Zoomers are trying to bring back corded phones because [they look cool in "old" shows]( like "One Tree Hill." - Have some time for a game? [Play]( our mini local news crossword. - Sign up for reminders when we publish new games [here](. [“Everything that’s out there that’s new is junky, so there’s no point in buying it.”]( - Clinton hill resident josh tierney on his commitment to [GETTING FURNITURE FROM THRIFT STORES AND PEOPLE'S TRASH]( More from Gothamist [second image]( [What to read this Black History Month: 5 Black-owned bookstore owners share their recommendations]( "There's a book by Carter G. Woodson called 'The Mis-Education of the Negro,'" said Masani Barnwell George, co-owner of Newark's longstanding Source of Knowledge bookstore. "I think that's an essential book, especially when you want to learn the truth about where things started and how to take things to the next level and change your thinking." [What does Tom Suozzi’s big win in NY-3 mean for November elections?]( Suozzi's victory chips away at the Republicans’ already razor-thin majority in the House of Representatives — and it could provide a blueprint for other Democratic candidates in suburban districts this fall. [We Rely On Your Support]( [A new book wants you to know NYC's underground community was more than 'mole people']( Sociologist Terry Williams spent three decades visiting the residents of abandoned tunnels underneath the city. [Gimme s'more: Britney Spears-themed hot chocolate hits the Upper East Side]( Glace by Noglu on the Upper East Side has partnered with Britney Spears to create a new hot chocolate drink called "The Britney Brûlée." [Instagram]( [Instagram]( [Facebook]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Twitter]( [New York Public Radio] [WNYC]( | [WQXR]( | [NJPR]( | [GOTHAMIST]( [WNYC STUDIOS]( | [THE GREENE SPACE]( Copyright © New York Public Radio. All rights reserved. 160 Varick Street, New York, NY 10013 [TERMS OF USE]( You can update your [PREFERENCES]( or [UNSUBSCRIBE]( from this list.