EVG Etc.: A reprieve for the mayor; a weekly refuge for asylum seekers

Photo from 10th Street between 2nd Avenue and 3rd Avenue

Local stories of interest from other sources this past week include... 

• Gov. Hochul says she won't remove Mayor Adams from office (Gothamist) ... However, there are renewed calls for the governor to do so (ABC-7) ... Judge cancels the mayor's trial and leaves corruption charges intact until mid-March (The Associated Press) 

• All the top deputies who have left the Adams administration (City & State) 

 • Mayor Cuomo? (Mother Jones) 

• ICYMI: President Trump wants to kill congestion pricing in NYC (Gothamist... amNY ... Streetsblog ... The New York Times) 

• Trump aide on anti-congestion toll push is married to Manhattan garage magnate (Streetsblog) 

• Almost all of Manhattan's notoriously pokey crosstown buses that run south of 60th Street have sped up — slightly — in the weeks since congestion pricing took effect (The City) 

• Good news! The city has cleared about 40 outdoor dining applications! The very bad news: About 3,600 applications remain, and restaurant owners are pissed (The Post)

• Speaking out against Con Ed's proposed double-digit rate hike (PIX11) 

• A weekly refuge for asylum seekers at St. Mark's Church-in-the-Bowery (The Indypendent) 

• More about "The Jonathan Larson Project" at the Orpheum Theatre on Second Avenue (The Forward) 

• A guide to must-see museum exhibitions and art events in NYC this spring (Hyperallergic) 

• See the epic of epics "Lawrence of Arabia" on the big screen on March 9 (Village East by Angelika)

... and Buzzfeed is the latest media outlet to check in on Danny & Coop's Cheesesteaks on Avenue A. (Spoiler on the $18 cheesesteak: "While satisfying, the cheesesteak is heavy and generally underseasoned.") And with every EVG mention of Danny & Coop's, a few readers chime in with a reminder about another newish place — G's Cheesesteaks on Avenue B and Houston... and now with new signage...