"The Adams administration promised Sadé Singh she would be able to build a granny flat, or ADU, on her Queens property under new development rules. She’s still waiting." — @smaldo.bsky.social reports for @thecity.nyc www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/06/01/a...

A thread of pigeons in art, in honor of @thecity.nyc & @rachelholliday.bsky.social. First up, Morris Hirshfield, "Girl with Pigeons," 1942 www.moma.org/collection/w...

"A program that has helped connect tens of thousands of New Yorkers to federal, state, and city benefits is under threat after it wasn’t earmarked for any funding in Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s latest budget proposal." — @katiehonan.bsky.social reports www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/05/29/m...

We have a new name! THE CITY is now The City Reporter. Happy to be a small part of the awesome team. youtube.com/shorts/fDV26...

Our team spent months tracking hundreds of street arrests by ICE across the New York region through federal court records. Here’s what we found: 🧵 projects.thecity.nyc/ice-street-a...

Smart story on the 500 tons (!) of vapes that New Yorkers toss per year. 💨 💨 💨 Good stuff, as they say in the trade, from @lillysabs.bsky.social. She’s had an outstanding internship @thecity.nyc - she hustles and produces sharp stories. www.thecity.nyc/2026/05/26/v...

This new effort follows President Donald Trump's National Security Presidential Memo 7, which instructs the Department of Justice to target anyone holding “anti-American,” “anti-Christian,” and "anti-capitalism” beliefs. www.wired.com/story/us-law...

"The winning plan to rebuild Penn Station features renderings of a new train hall with American flags at the entrance, gold-accented railings, columns and escalators — and a presidential seal featuring President Donald Trump’s name." gothamist.com/news/exclusi...

“I have never heard of the department ever being willing to grant blanket immunity,” said Jennifer Ricketts, a former branch director in the department’s civil division. “That seems blatantly corrupt. It’s a shocking gift to the president.” www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/u...

“A Hondruan man was arrested after a hearing inside 26 Federal Plaza a day after a judge barred most arrests inside New York City immigration courts.” — @gwynnefitz.bsky.social reports www.thecity.nyc/2026/05/19/i...

Breaking: A 40-year-old Rikers Island detainee died Tuesday morning, marking the second death in city jail custody in less than 24 hours. The death comes as DOC Commissioner Stanley Richards is in Germany touring lockups. www.thecity.nyc/2026/05/19/s...

A city probe into allegations that Rikers officers routinely locked severely mentally ill detainees in their cells for days or weeks found the claims could not be substantiated — while also citing missing video footage and uncooperative witnesses. www.thecity.nyc/2026/05/19/r...

PEACE IN THE VALLEY: Striking LIRR workers, MTA reach deal with trains to run by noon This is my third — and hopefully last — story I've written today. Be honest, it's the one you've been waiting to read. NEW in @thecity.nyc www.thecity.nyc/2026/05/18/l...

I’m named after my great uncle who was taken by the Vichy government and never heard from again. A researcher years later discovered Robert was sent to Drancy and deported to Auschwitz where he did not survive. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/17/o...

New: Rajpattie Ramkellawan was found dead on Rikers Island this morning. She underwent a psychiatric evaluation on Friday while held on burglary charges. She’s the third person to die on Rikers this year so far — and the first without DOC press notifying reporters.

For an additional year, New Yorkers looking for a place to live can apply directly to vacated, affordable apartments — skipping the city’s lottery system, known as Housing Connect.

NEW: The federal official overseeing reforms at Rikers Island has hired back the former DOC investigations chief pushed out shortly after Mayor Eric Adams took office. Sarena Townsend will oversee misconduct probes and discipline cases. www.thecity.nyc/2026/05/14/r...

“Unlike pickles, budget balancing strategies aren’t good when they are half sour,” said Andrew Rein, president of the Citizens Budget Commission.

New: The city’s Correction Department is set to renew a multimillion-dollar contract with a prison telecom giant that’s bragged of using recordings of detainees’ private phone calls to train its artificial intelligence model. www.thecity.nyc/2026/05/12/r...

The Pike’s Peak Humane Society has a social media manager who is very good at their job

Happy Lag BaOmer

“If the client was Jesus Christ themself, Bondy would still probably set bail.” courtsofcontempt.hellgatenyc.com/judge-matthe...

NEW: An ICE agent tased a man several times while another agent tried to forcefully drag him out of his car as the man screams in pain and begs for help, as captured in a video obtained by THE CITY. www.thecity.nyc/2026/05/04/v...

"The Mamdani administration blew past a legal deadline Friday to release a detailed plan for closing Rikers Island, leaving its long-delayed effort to shutter the dangerous jail complex without a clear path forward." — @jacob-kaye.bsky.social reports queenseagle.com/all/2026/5/3...

Jin Tao Wu has survived Japan’s invasion of China, the rise of the Communist Party and the massacres of the Cultural Revolution. Now, he's facing a new battle against NYCHA, which is forcing him to relocate for four years. — @gregbsmithnyc.bsky.social reports www.thecity.nyc/2026/05/04/c...

"One detainee was found dead with 66 pills in his cell. Another lay in distress for five minutes during an apparent overdose before staff administered Narcan. A third was left locked in his cell, unsupervised, for nearly 1/2 hour as he spiraled into a medical crisis." www.thecity.nyc/2026/05/01/r...

"PIECPs pay prisoners state or federal minimum wage, whichever is higher. That means $15.16 per hour for the leather shop workers, while other prison jobs can offer as little as $1.91 per day for full-time roles."

poop scoop from @katiehonan.bsky.social:

“The politics around serving young people are a powerful barrier to the change we need. When advocates and young people aren’t at the center of those decisions, the money goes right back to the usual suspects.” www.thecity.nyc/2026/04/30/y...

A botched LAPD fireworks detonation leveled part of South L.A. and injured 17 people in 2021. Discipline for those involved? As little as 5 days off and some officers involved were later promoted, leaked files show. www.latimes.com/california/s...

"The super PAC Westside Progress reported spending $144,500 starting last week on ads, texts and phone calls supporting Carl Wilson. That’s more than the race’s four candidates had raised combined as of last month." — @nickgarber.bsky.social reports nysfocus.com/2026/04/27/c...

Colin Jost and Pete Davidson’s Staten Island Ferry headache may have an unexpected solution: sink it. Artificial reef experts say the 2,100-ton vessel could become a thriving habitat for marine life. — @lillysabs.bsky.social reports www.thecity.nyc/2026/04/27/c...

The MTA says personal injury lawyers treat it like an “ATM.” Those same lawyers are plastered across the subway system.The MTA paid $561M in claims last year. — @jmartineznyc.bsky.social reports www.thecity.nyc/2026/04/27/m...

New: Dana Kaplan, one of the architects and boosters of the close Rikers plan, has been named as the newly created Rikers czar. www.thecity.nyc/2026/04/22/m...

What an image from @fractenberg.bsky.social of Council member Chi Ossé being taken to a local hospital after his arrest in Brooklyn this morning. Ossé was protesting the eviction of a constituent who is a victim of alleged deed theft. More details here: www.thecity.nyc/2026/04/22/b...

The last steel beam going up outside the new borough based jail in downtown Brooklyn. The facility is expected to cost $3 billion and completed in 2029.

🧵Missed diagnoses, delayed treatment and poor medical care are driving record deaths in ICE custody. @kolyncheang.bsky.social and I spent months investigating the deaths of ICE detainees across the US. Over and over again, we found lapses in treatment that proved fatal.

I'm the third place cholent king of West Orange!

“Dr. Shaknovsky tried to persuade his colleagues in the operating room that the liver he removed from Mr. Bryan was his spleen.” www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/u...

A major push to roll back NY’s Tier 6 pension cuts could cost $1.5B a year and boost benefits for dozens of the very lawmakers negotiating the deal — @clauirizarry.bsky.social reports www.thecity.nyc/2026/04/15/t...

New York City lawmakers are pushing to overhaul how people jailed on Rikers Island cast their votes after just 335 of roughly 6,000 eligible detainees cast absentee ballots in the last general election. www.thecity.nyc/2026/04/14/i...

“I wouldn’t rule out that Hamas targeted civilians, but I wouldn’t confirm it either,” Khalil said. “That’s my position on this.”

After years of delays and cost overruns, NYC is finally opening part of a $241M medical unit at Bellevue for seriously ill Rikers detainees — and plans to close the historic North Infirmary Command, the hospital facility built in 1932. www.thecity.nyc/2026/04/06/r...

Say hello to my little friend! Sixteen pound brisket. I cooked it at 170 for three weeks 😂 Happy Passover to all who celebrate!

More than 40,000 calls a year about conditions on Rikers Island are routed into a system where many never get tracked or resolved. Our latest: how 311 complaints, from freezing cells to denied medical care, can vanish as “customer comments.” www.thecity.nyc/2026/03/31/r...

“It was shocking,” Brewer told THE CITY. “If they hadn’t noticed it, I would never have known, because I never use that account. I’ve never touched it, and I’ve had it since the 1970s or 80s. All of a sudden, there’s a large loan. I couldn’t believe it.” www.thecity.nyc/2026/03/30/g...

58 reporters tagged at the bottom of this story. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/29/n...

Inbox: John Price, 49, passed away in custody of the city’s Department of Correction. He’s the second detainee death this year so far. A federal judge overseeing the department has given a new remediation manager up to seven years to turn things around — and until May for his initial plan.

"When Yanfeng Ge, Chaofeng’s brother who is also in the U.S., calls home these days, their mother asks him to come back to China with his brother’s ashes."

Inbox: Barry Cozart, 39, died on Rikers at 11:31 today. He’s the first death behind bars this year, w/15 last year. Judge Swain has given the remediation manager until the end of May to submit his reform plan — and up to seven years (or sooner) to turn things around.