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Am extremely puzzled as to how this is even assignable as an article, esp as how thin the result is:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/u...
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Mamdani Won. South Florida Expects a Real Estate Bump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/us/south-florida-real-estate-mamdani.html
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Y'all this is crazy!
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Voter Turnout Highest In Three Decades as Mamdani Phenomenon Galvanizes Electorate
More than 1.7 million voters cast ballots by 6 p.m. on Election Day, with three hours left at the polls.
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/04/record-voters-ballots-cast-mamdani-cuomo-sliwa/
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NYT or THE CITY. You decide.
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Total turnout is already near 1 million As points of reference:
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Samantha Maldonado
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"Oh, please, donât be glazing me here, Zohran! Are you kidding?â The last mayoral debate, what a ride! We recapped it here. Early voting starts Saturday.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/10/22/n...
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5 Takeaways From the Final NYC Mayoral Debate
Mamdani, Cuomo and Sliwa enthusiastically sparred with each other, making their last case and attacking each other before early voting starts Saturday.
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/10/22/nyc-mayor-debate-mamdani-sliwa-cuomo/
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Steve Mullis
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With Chicago in the ICE crosshairs right now, here are some independent and nonprofit media orgs to read, follow and support. Unraveled:
@unraveledpress.com
Block Club Chicago:
@blockclubchi.bsky.social
Chicago Reader:
@chicagoreader.com
The TRiiBE:
@thetriibe.com
WBEZ:
@wbez.org
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How is the federal shutdown going to impact New Yorkers?
@thecity.nyc
explains. (It ain't good!)
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How the Federal Shutdown Will Impact New Yorkers
Food benefits, funding for public housing and air-traffic control could see changes as Congress feuds over funding.
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/10/01/federal-shutdown-snap-food-airports-paychecks/
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Really excited to welcome Carroll Bogert -- a champion of journalists and journalism -- to
@thecity.nyc
as our new CEO!
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Reuven Blau
about 2 months ago
New: While a 29-year-old detainee with severe mental illness was on the brink of death in his Rikers Island cell last month, a medical staffer stood outside his cell door spraying air freshener, according to a Board of Correction report obtained by
@thecity.nyc
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Rikers Health Worker Sprayed Air Freshener While Feces-Smeared Man Neared Death in His Cell
A Board of Correction review into the death of 29-year-old Ardit Billa reveals lapses by correction officers, falsified log entries, and missed safety checks â failures that advocates say are routine ...
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/09/25/rikers-ardit-billa-death-cell-report/
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Justin Hendrix
about 2 months ago
Fellow New Yorkers (and all those who are New York-curious), recommended follow:
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Alondra Nelson
about 2 months ago
How can you not love this city and
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Alyssa Katz
about 2 months ago
The Eric Adams fundraiser charged with bribing her way into a city shelter program for her Queens hotels is now also charged with helping the program boss liquidate part of that alleged bribe â a $107,000 Mercedes â as the feds closed in.
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Vanishing Mercedes Spurs More Charges in Alleged Shelter Bribery Scheme
Hotelier Weihong Hu, Exodus Transitional Community founder Julio Medina and a colleague collaborated to hide the fancy four-wheeled gift from the feds, prosecutors say.
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/09/16/weihong-hu-julio-medina-mercedes-exodus/
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The way we were...
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What Happens if Eric Adams Drops Out of the Mayorâs Race?
www.thecity.nyc/2025/09/04/e...
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What Happens if Eric Adams Drops Out of the Mayorâs Race?
Depending on the timing, his name could remain on the ballot even if he stops campaigning.
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/09/04/eric-adams-drop-out-campaign-mayor-race/
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As an editor, I consider it my mission to put my reporters front and center to shine But just for tonight, I canât help myself GET IT NOW HERE
www.teerico.com/collections/...
3 months ago
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Philip Gourevitch
3 months ago
Wore this
@thecity.nyc
shirt to Russian shoe repair guy in Brooklyn to get new holes in my Birkenstocks. He reads my shirt: âWhatâs that, fake news?â - No sir. âDonât blame you for what then?â Corruption. âBut we all corrupt in the head.â - So what do I owe you? âWhatever you want my friend.â
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The burning question, answered: Just How Much Cash Was in That Bag of Potato Chips From Winnie Greco? And some more questions asked....
www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/25/w...
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Just How Much Cash Was in That Bag of Potato Chips From Winnie Greco?
And where did it come from?
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/25/winnie-greco-herrs-potato-chips-reporter-cash/
3 months ago
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Alondra Nelson
3 months ago
Support The Cityâs crucial and excellent reporting!
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Dear friends, especially those in journalism & fellow New Yorkers, while I appreciate the comic gesture, going forward please desist from sending me bags of Sour Cream & Onion potato chips. I done already done had Herr's. In lieu of chips, you can donate here:
donorbox.org/nycdonate
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THE CITY
3 months ago
Bob Clark, VP of marketing for Herr Foods, Inc., said the company was surprised to see it was mentioned in the press. âWhile we canât speak to the details of the story,â he said, âwe can confirm that our Sour Cream & Onion flavor is money.â
www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/21/w...
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The Chips Fall as Rivals Fry the Mayor
The jokes and jabs are flying as Eric Adamsâ closest aides was slapped with new criminal charges the day after another of his longtime allies offered a reporter cash inside a potato chip bag.
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/21/winnie-greco-potato-chops-herrs-ingrid-lewis-martin-corruption/
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The New Yorker
3 months ago
Eric Adams and his associates have repeatedly been caught in outrageous, petty, and asinine acts of snack-adjacent graft. Eric Lach writes about the latest scandal, over a bag of sour-cream-and-onion chips.
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Eric Adamsâs Kettle-Cooked Administration
A scandal over a bag of chips exemplifies all that has gone wrong at City Hall.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-local-correspondents/eric-adams-kettle-cooked-administration?utm_medium=social&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=bluesky&mbid=social_bluesky&utm_brand=tny
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THE CITY
3 months ago
For those who may be first-time readers, hello! We're
thecity.nyc
, a nonprofit newsroom based in New York City. We've been keeping a close eye on Mayor Eric Adams and his inner circle for years. Keep up with our reporting by subscribing to our newsletter:
www.thecity.nyc/the-scoop/
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THE CITY Scoop Newsletter
Sign up for THE CITY Scoop, our Monday to Friday newsletter giving you all the New York City news you need.
https://www.thecity.nyc/the-scoop/
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FACT: Nobody has covered the impact of Trump's immigration crackdown on NYC better than @GwynneFitz 6-Year-Old NYC Elementary School Student and Her Mom Deported
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6-Year-Old NYC Elementary School Student and Her Mom Deported
The mother's 19-year-old son remains in ICE custody in New Jersey, while her distraught teenage minor is now in the care of her 21-year-old brother.
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/19/elementary-school-deportation-mom-ps-89-family-separation-queens/
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Sometimes a picture really does say 1000 words. Adams Opens Campaign Office in Building With Vacate Order
www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/08/a...
But also read the story!
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Get Out: Adams Opens Campaign Office in Building With Vacate Order
The storefront Democratic club HQ where the mayor just had a ribbon-cutting ceremony had a parapet collapse in dramatic fashion two years ago.
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/08/adams-mill-basin-campaign-office-vacate-order/
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Streetsblog NYC
3 months ago
Instacart is ramping up its effort to push Mayor Adams to veto a Council bill that would expand the delivery worker minimum wage to its shoppers, placing op-eds in local papers, funding a fake grassroots group and targeting individual Council members.
buff.ly/SPF2TAU
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Inside Instacart's Astro-Turf Group Opposing Worker Minimum Wage - Streetsblog New York City
Instacart is trying everything to pressure the mayor to veto a bill that would require the company to pay its workers minimum wage.
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/08/05/inside-instacarts-astro-turf-group-opposing-worker-minimum-wage
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Julia Carrie Wong
4 months ago
Iâve been appreciating
@thecity.nyc
so much in recent months, and its recent immigration reporting finally pushed me to sign up as a monthly donor.
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Inside the Manhattan Court Where ICE Fights to Keep Immigrants Locked Up
The Varick Street immigration court detention docket, reserved for the highest-risk cases, includes many people with scant or nonexistent records of criminal conduct, sent to far-flung jails with litt...
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/07/28/ice-detention-court-varick-street/
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April 2: Judge drops federal corruption charges against Eric Adams. Multiple prosecutors resigned rather than carry out the apparent quid pro quo w/ Trump May 3-12: Multiple $2100 straw donations hit Adams' campaign, which applies for public matching funds off them
www.thecity.nyc/2025/07/24/e...
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New Eric Adams âDonorsâ Say They Never Gave to His Reelection Campaign
The campaign sought public matching funds from donors who insist they didnât donate, just weeks after a judge dropped his corruption case.
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/07/24/eric-adams-straw-donors-reelection-campaign/
4 months ago
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If you are trans in NYC and wondering about when and how to update your passport gender marker -- here's the guide for you, with LOCAL resources:
www.thecity.nyc/2025/07/23/t...
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How Trans People Can Update Their Passports â And Why to Do It Now
With a federal ban on passport gender marker changes currently blocked, THE CITY spoke with legal experts in NYC about how trans, nonbinary and intersex people can file these updates.
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/07/23/trans-gender-marker-passport/
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At least 81 people have been held in a lock up at 26 Federal Plaza under these conditions:
www.thecity.nyc/2025/07/22/v...
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âLike Dogs in Hereâ â Videos Expose ICE Lock-up Inside 26 Federal Plaza
An analysis of ICE data by THE CITY shows that dozens of people have packed into locked rooms and increasingly held for days inside a Manhattan building the feds say isnât a detention site.
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/07/22/video-26-federal-plaza-immigration-ice-dhs-cells/
4 months ago
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Oh yeah, and if you appreciated this reporting and want us to do more, your support makes that possible.
@thecity.nyc
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donorbox.org/nycdonate
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Samantha Maldonado
4 months ago
FDNY helped NYPD identify a pro-Palestinian protestor using the facial recognition tech, Clearview AI â which the NYPD isnât allowed to use. Manhattan DA used the ID to charge a hate crime. A judge dismissed the case & warned about government surveillance:
www.thecity.nyc/2025/07/18/n...
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NYPD Bypassed Facial Recognition Ban to ID Pro-Palestinian Student Protester
Barred from using Clearview AI, NYC police relied on a marshal in the fire department to run a search that turned up photos of the student at his high school graduation.
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/07/18/nypd-fdny-clearview-ai-ban-columbia-palestinian-protest/
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Nicholas Dawes
4 months ago
CNN just published a big piece on Andrew Cuomo's scorched earth legal strategy, and its cost to New York taxpayers. Always nice when the national press shows up, but skip the subscription.
@rosalindadams.bsky.social
provided the definitive account 6 weeks ago:
www.thecity.nyc/2025/06/02/c...
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NYC's wealthiest financiers are launching a $20 million push to defeat Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani in November. Here's why I think that effort has no lane. đ§”
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Exclusive | New Yorkâs Financial Crowd Rushes to Build Anti-Mamdani War Chest
A new group plans to raise $20 million to stop the democratic socialist in the cityâs mayoral race.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/new-yorks-financial-crowd-rushes-to-build-anti-mamdani-war-chest-a6dff9c9
4 months ago
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Russ sez: Sean Dunn did NOTHING WRONG
4 months ago
If you're pissed off at the NYT, here's your chance to put my money where your mouth is. This long weekend, I will donate $0.50 to
@thecity.nyc
for each of: - every new Bluesky follower I get - every new Bluesky follower THEY get - everyone who reposts this post
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Lydia Polgreen
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Iâm biracial (US dad, Ethiopian mom US born) and moved to Kenya at 4, had lots of Kenyan Indian friends, families there generations. When I moved to the states I didnât know I was Black or have any idea of the American binary concept of race until someone called me the n word.
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Reuven Blau
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At
@thecity.nyc
, reporters are given time, and space, to report on wrongful convictions â and other injustices. I'm honored to be part of the team. We are financed in part by local donations and are always grateful for support.
donorbox.org/nycdonate
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Elon Green
5 months ago
great dispatch from
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Is it tho??? đ€đ€đ€đ€
www.thecity.nyc/2025/06/24/m...
5 months ago
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If you want the most detailed map of how your neighborhood voted in the mayoral NYC election, here it is:
www.thecity.nyc/2025/06/24/m...
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How Your Neighborhood Voted in the NYC Mayoral Election
Check out this map to see which candidates got the most first-round votes in every election district in New York City.
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/06/24/mayor-election-map-results-cuomo-mamdani-lander-adams-new-york-city/
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Find out how your neighborhood voted in the Dem primary here!
www.thecity.nyc/2025/06/24/m...
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How Your Neighborhood Voted in the NYC Mayoral Election
Check out this map to see which candidates got the most first-round votes in every election district in New York City.
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/06/24/mayor-election-map-results-cuomo-mamdani-lander-adams-new-york-city/
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Mamdani Leads Primary Vote in Stunning Rebuke to Cuomo
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Mamdani Leads Primary Vote in Rebuke to Cuomo
No mayoral candidate took more than 50% of first round votes in the Democratic mayoral primary, prompting a ranked-choice tally next week.
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/06/24/mayoral-election-first-round-results-cuomo-mamdani/
5 months ago
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Hey yo New York, you have 90 minutes to get to the polls! I know it's SUPER hot outside, but please vote if you can. Here's
@thecity.nyc
quiz on the mayoral candidates to help you out:
projects.thecity.nyc/meet-your-ma...
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Take the Quiz: Meet Your Mayor 2025
Candidates for NYC mayor told us where they stand on issues. Which is the top match for you? Find out before heading to the polls.
https://projects.thecity.nyc/meet-your-mayor-2025-election-quiz-candidates/
5 months ago
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State Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal's vote is up for grabs! Go get 'em. Also NYC, please vote!
www.thecity.nyc/2025/06/22/e...
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New Yorkers Flock to Polls on Last Day of Early Voting
Voters who spoke to THE CITY said that public safety, affordability, generational change and the ability to stand up to President Donald Trump drove their choices.
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/06/22/early-voting-mayor-election-turnout-new-york/
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Rachel Holliday Smith
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verklempt to see so many people coming out to give us a few bucks today. we work so hard and really canât do our reporting without our fans paying for it âon behalf of readers who canât! never paywalled, always independent â€ïž
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Reuven Blau
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A handcuffed young man died after being punched, kicked and stomped on for more than five minutes by a group of state correction officers who purposely turned their body-worn cameras off or faced them away. Ten COs have been criminally charged w/2 pleading guilty.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/06/17/m...
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âNot an Anomalyâ: Lawsuit Says Nantwi Killing Reflects Widespread Prisoner Abuse
Messiah Nantwiâs brutal death inside Mid-State Correctional Facility in March highlights a âpattern and practiceâ of excessive force and cover-ups, according to a new federal suit.
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/06/17/messiah-nantwi-brutality-lawsuit-state-prison/
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Brad Lander Detained by Masked Federal Agents Inside Immigration Court
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Brad Lander Detained by Masked Federal Agents Inside Immigration Court
The arrest came in his latest visit to the courthouse to speak with migrants there.
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/06/17/brad-lander-arrest-ice-immigration-court/
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aka.farm
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this is *so* useful and clarifying!! If you like it more than NYT lickspittle dreck, consider donating monthly to
@thecity.nyc
!!
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It's the NYT's decision to endorse or not, but the wet blanket editorial today is an insult to engaged NYers & a discredit to journalism's civic mission. We
@thecity.nyc
take a different view. Elections are exciting if challenging! We built this for you:
projects.thecity.nyc/meet-your-ma...
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Candidates for NYC mayor told us where they stand on issues. Which is the top match for you? Find out before heading to the polls.
https://projects.thecity.nyc/meet-your-mayor-2025-election-quiz-candidates/
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