Mayor Adams notably took office without a sweeping policy goal that could leave a permanent imprint on NYC Yet, he’ll leave office having achieved a lasting legacy when it comes to housing and zoning Will his reforms make NYC more affordable? @wnyc.org @gothamist.com gothamist.com/news/mayor-a...

In the greatest city of the world, voters approved all 3 contentious initiatives that will change the power dynamics of building housing in NYC. @davidfbrand.bsky.social with a good summary at gothamist.com/news/nyc-vot... (10)

Today: - All 3 mayoral candidates, Mamdani, Cuomo & Sliwa, will join during the 10 o'clock hour, & we'll take your election day exit polls on the air; - @nancysolomon2.bsky.social on NJ's elections; - @mschmidtrva.bsky.social on Virginia's governor's race Live at 10 on 93.9 FM, AM820 or @wnyc.org

Get out of the way, the street sweepers must feed: https://gothamist.visitlink.me/hegK9D

Mamdani says our story from last week helped him decide to vote no on prop 6, read it here: nygroove.nyc/proposition-...

Mamdani says this morning that he voted YES on the housing ballot measures gothamist.com/news/zohran-...

I guess rents really are gonna go down

Something to think about when you consider how to vote on the housing ballot proposals here in NYC: "Local opposition to new housing from individual councilmembers can turn whole neighborhoods into “no-go zones” for development." gothamist.com/news/see-whe... via @davidfbrand.bsky.social

Mayor Adams could appoint six new members to the Rent Guidelines Board before leaving office Could the next mayor just ... fire them? I dug in for @wnyc.org @gothamist.com gothamist.com/news/could-z...

“This is the type of people that come to work in this country, they die for this country,…We are not criminals. We are hardworking people coming to build a better life.” gothamist.com/news/worker-...

Catch the first of TWO recaps of last night's mayoral debate. First up, @davidfbrand.bsky.social and @brigidbergin.bsky.social. Take a listen: www.wnyc.org/story/the-la...

“Immigration and Customs Enforcement has recorded its deadliest year since the early 2000s as agency officials push to increase the number of people in its custody. According to a review of deaths by NPR, at least 20 people have died in ICE custody so far this year.” — www.npr.org/2025/10/23/n...

Today: - Recap last night's mayoral debate with @davidfbrand.bsky.social, @brigidbergin.bsky.social & later, @elizabethkim.bsky.social - 30 Issues: ICE in NYC with @errollouis.bsky.social - NewsQuiz: Can you identify famous parents? - Keeping pet birds Live at 10 on 93.9 FM, AM820 or @wnyc.org

"New Rochelle put the entire build-out plan through state environmental review in one shot. That spared individual proposals the political and legal grind that often slows things to a halt." This is the way. www.governing.com/magazine/get...

We are deeply saddened by the passing of Michael McKee, a relentless advocate for tenants and housing justice. His decades of leadership shaped fair housing policy and inspired generations of organizers. May his memory continue to inspire all who fight for the right to a home.

The Cuomo campaign posted and then quickly deleted an “AI parody” video of de Blasio and Mamdani as Dr. Evil and Mini-me made in collaboration with the meme account “ @ FatCamp” on Instagram This is the only screenshot I have before it disappeared

Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents. I did it because the government isn’t. This is what I found.

NYC 'No Kings' protest gets underway in Times Square, throughout the boroughs https://gothamist.com/news/nyc-no-kings-protest-gets-underway-in-times-square-throughout-the-boroughs

Coffee prices have gotten so out of control that it is now cheaper to get a bag of coffee as part of a @wnyc.org membership than it is to buy a $20 can of Folgers at the grocery store pledge.wnyc.org/support/wnyc...

Trump says he's commuting George Santos' 7-year sentence for fraud https://gothamist.com/news/trump-says-hes-commuting-george-santos-7-year-sentence-for-fraud

Trump commutes George Santos’ prison, saying he was moved by Santos’ account of being in solitary confinement. A reminder: many people are left in solitary confinement all over the county, sometimes *for years*, without a direct connection to the president. Some of their voices:

MGM Resorts ends bid to bring full-scale casino gambling to Yonkers https://gothamist.com/news/mgm-resorts-ends-bid-to-bring-full-scale-casino-gambling-to-yonkers

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

The groundbreaking legislation banning broker fees has resulted in just three fines paid, @davidfbrand.bsky.social reports gothamist.com/news/nyc-ten...

Lawyers have been publicizing a new term to describe ICE's racially targeted detainments: a “Kavanaugh stop.” Mother Jones reporter Pema Levy explains in this new video:

Last summer, I was reporting on evictions at LeFrak City in Queens when I noticed court records showing that many tenants were being charged for water — a seeming violation of NY housing law On Friday, NY announced a $3.1M penalty over the illegal water charges gothamist.com/news/one-of-...

NEW: The militarization of American cities isn’t happening with a parade of tanks. It’s a slow drip of troop deployments that are probing courts’ willingness to give unlimited deference to the commander in chief — and testing workarounds when they don’t. www.politico.com/newsletters/...

Smell Something. Say Something. Before a boiler explosion collapsed a corner of a 20-story Bronx public housing building, multiple tenants say they smelled gas gothamist.com/news/definit...

How newly registered NYC voters are helping fuel Zohran Mamdani's campaign https://gothamist.com/news/how-newly-registered-nyc-voters-are-helping-fuel-zohran-mamdanis-campaign

"ICE agents assaulted amNewYork’s own Dean Moses, and allegedly attacked another journalist, on Tuesday morning as they were documenting the ongoing arrests of individuals attending immigration court proceedings at 26 Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan." -- www.amny.com/immigration/...

The HUD website right now

Why an avocado can cost 25 cents or $3 — and what it says about grocery shopping in NYC https://gothamist.com/news/why-an-avocado-can-cost-25-cents-or-3-and-what-it-says-about-grocery-shopping-in-nyc

“The Mets’ agonizing, three-month, slow motion collapse is complete”

Real estate donations to Ciattarelli place rising rents at center of NJ governor’s race https://gothamist.com/news/real-estate-donations-to-ciattarelli-place-rising-rents-at-center-of-nj-governors-race

Mayor Adams’ top deputy says a plan to build new housing on a Bronx hospital campus is dead-on-arrival — but the City Council is poised to approve it anyway More on Just Home, a plan to create 58 supportive apts for people leaving Rikers w serious medical problems gothamist.com/news/mayor-a...

30 Issues in 30 Days: Issue number 2: the housing-related questions on NYC voters' ballots, with WNYC & Gothamist reporter @davidfbrand.bsky.social: www.wnyc.org/story/30-iss...

NEW: The City Council is expected to vote on Bronx housing project despite opposition from the local member — a break from custom The plan would add 58 specialized apts for people with serious medical problems leaving Rikers to the campus of the Bronx’s Jacobi Hospital gothamist.com/news/nyc-cou...

A new neighborhood coming to a Brooklyn waterfront near you? A group of local leaders approved a plan to build thousands of units of housing at the Brooklyn Marine Terminal (after rescheduling their vote 5x due to lack of support) @wnyc.org @gothamist.com gothamist.com/news/plan-ap...

NEW: In a break from decades of history, the Trump administration has started detaining virtually everyone facing deportation — even if they’ve lived in the U.S. for decades. Dozens of judges, with increasing alarm, have ruled the policy shift illegal. www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

Some New Yorkers argue that scheduling local elections even-numbered years will distract from local stakes, subsuming them to the noise of the more prominent federal or statewide campaigns. But proponents of the move point to the huge gains in turnout.

Reps from NYC’s Health + Hospitals (the agency that owns the site of the proposed housing) have left today’s Council hearing on the plan — before any testimony or discussion has even begun

A modest housing proposal on the campus of a Bronx hospital set off a frenzy in the surrounding neighborhood That’s because 58 units would house people w serious medical problems (like stage 4 cancer) leaving Rikers Now it’s lost its more powerful backer, Mayor Adams gothamist.com/news/a-bronx...

The subway had its safest summer in 15 years, according to police data, a vastly different picture than the one painted by the Trump administration www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/n...

A bill proposed Monday night, just days before the end of the legislative session, would punch a very small hole in a landmark housing law passed earlier this year that appears to apply to one (1) proposed apartment building in the incoming Senate leader's district. calmatters.org/politics/202...

The city will reimburse some landlords up to $50,000 to repair and rent out “warehoused” apartments. Just one property owner applied, and didn't follow through: https://bit.ly/4gdbI68

NYC offered to reimburse landlords up to $25K if they restored an empty rent-stabilized apartment and leased it to a voucher-holder No one did it Now NYC’s housing agency is promising up to $50K to address the problem of warehousing Will anyone take them up on it? gothamist.com/news/nyc-wil...

New statement from Mayor Eric Adams following NYT reporting about a potential ambassadorship to Saudi Arabia in exchange for him dropping out of the mayoral race: “While I will always listen if called to serve our country, no formal offers have been made. I am still running for reelection”

CNN put together a clip of RKF Jr denying today he linked antidepressants and mass shootings, followed by a clip of RFK Jr last week linking antidepressants and mass shootings

BREAKING, from NY Playbook PM: New York Gov. Kathy Hochul will sign an executive order allowing pharmacists to prescribe and administer Covid vaccines to New Yorkers who request them.