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DOJ investigating whether Denmark lied on its Greenland mortgage.

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“There is nothing in the annals of New York political history quite like the scandals that enveloped Adams and his administration — and that’s saying something."

The @thecity.nyc's obituary on the greasy, scandalous reign of the Eric Adams administration, in New York City www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/24/e...

Use of force by members of the NYPD surged 20% last year to 11,746 incidents — a record high since the department began detailed record-keeping on the issue in 2016, according to a police department report quietly posted online in recent days. — @yoavgonen.bsky.social www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/23/u...

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ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i...

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Until a few weeks ago, most immigration arrests in NYC were happening at appointments in the Manhattan federal building or immigration offices. That's over: we're now in the randomly-grabbed-while-out-getting-coffee stage of lawless enforcement. From @gwynnefitz.bsky.social

She grew award-winning strains and was poised for a legal cannabis license. Instead, a massive police and FDNY raid — triggered by her vindictive ex-DEA uncle — left “the Godmother” facing felony charges. @rosalindadams.bsky.social deep dive into the family saga. www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/20/g...

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VIDEO: Federal Agents Bust Into Queens Apartment, Pointing Guns at Mother and Her Four Kids www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/19/q...

VIDEO: Federal Agents Bust Into Queens Apartment, Pointing Guns at Mother and Her Four Kids www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/19/q...

This case was the test of whether a past Brooklyn DA would pursue child sexual abuse in Orthodox Jewish communities. Years later, a new DA is advocating for a reduced sentence. Story from @reuvenblau.bsky.social.

Immigrant Affairs Assistant Commissioner Posted Anti-Muslim Mamdani Meme buff.ly/0fb4MnH

Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer. He is a computer safety researcher. And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine. In under 1600 words. aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...

An NYPD judge recommended dismissing the disciplinary case of an officer who killed a man in 2016, b/c the prosecuting agency lacks jurisdiction over off duty acts. But the cop’s attorneys got him indemnified in a civil suit by arguing the shooting was police conduct www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/10/n...

“Also Wednesday, the commanding officer of the Strategic Response Group — an NYPD unit that Mamdani has vowed to disband as mayor — filed for retirement, according to department documents shared with THE CITY.” www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/05/m...

At just 34 years old, Zohran Mamdani culminated a meteoric political rise Tuesday by scoring a decisive victory in a polarizing mayoral election. He will become the youngest mayor in over a century, the first Muslim to lead New York City. buff.ly/7kOwKhb

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More than 732,000 New Yorkers have already turned out to cast their ballots, accounting for nearly 14% of the more than 5.3 million registered voters in the city, according to THE CITY’s analysis of the latest city Board of Elections data. www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/02/e...

Pedicab driver died by suicide in an NYPD holding cell amid a bruising police crackdown on the industry www.thecity.nyc/2025/10/30/p...

A 15-year-old kid riding an e-bike being chased by a police car ran a stop sign and got struck by a bus in Queens. His death stayed unreported for over a year

This story about Melissa DeRosa allegedly threatening Cornell's funding after an undergrad dared to ask her about Cuomo's sexual harassment allegations is not gonna do anything for this crew's reputation as frothing bullies. www.cornellsun.com/article/2025...

So here's Andrew Cuomo reacting to Maria Bartiromo wondering if Mamdani will "change the look of New York" and have Muslim women "completely covered up," telling her that Mamdani "doesn't understand New York culture" because he has "dual citizenship" and "he's a citizen of Uganda."

"Cuomo can see everyone’s faults but his own. He doesn’t show humility. He rarely apologizes. And if you never admit mistakes, you never learn from them. You never evolve." www.nydailynews.com/2025/10/29/t...

New: Newly-retired NYPD Chief of Department John Chell, a key Mayor Adams ally, will rake in $295,000 a year from a disability pension stemming from an incident on Randalls Island he says hurt his foot. www.nydailynews.com/2025/10/24/r...

The leader of a Bronx mosque who hosted Cuomo last month “completely” condemns his remarks yesterday suggesting that Mamdani would have cheered 9/11, saying his comments evoked painful memories of anti-Muslim backlash. www.thecity.nyc/2025/10/23/c...

34 people killed in 50 days. Their guilt or innocence unknown, for an alleged crime that doesn't carry a death sentence. That's a lot of death. adamisacson.com/boat-strikes/

After the FBI denied "children were zip-tied or hit with rubber bullets" in a raid in Wilder, Idaho, the FBI said no "young" children were. The updated statement came after KIVI-TV sent FBI photo reportedly showing 14-year-old U.S. citizen in zip ties.

Earlier on Canal Street, as agents attempted to disperse, one who I recognize from the courts pulled out a taser and threatened protester with it. @thecity.nyc

NEW: Chaos erupted in Lower Manhattan Tuesday afternoon as dozens of masked federal agents targeting street vendors on Canal Street were met with droves of spontaneous counter- protesters. www.thecity.nyc/2025/10/21/i...

🚨 NEWS: Colombian President Gustavo Petro accuses U.S. government officials of murder and violating Colombia’s sovereignty and says the Trump-ordered strike of a boat in the Caribbean killed a fisherman named Alejandro Carranza.

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door. 

It wasn’t the feds —  it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help. He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

It is a good day to support your local worker-owned news organization. hellgatenyc.com/membership/

Slow-mo shows the agent pushes a female journalist who wasn’t in the elevator, just filming-- she then falls into the man who leaves on the stretcher in a neck brace

I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)

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A test of faith, in so many ways. A superb and insightful story here from @hannahnatanson.bsky.social about a federal worker, and Trump voter, who chose to take the buyout as his wife was dying, only to be told he was too late. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

After federal funding threat, NYC Mayor Eric Adams targets transgender students’ bathroom access www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025...

wow, per our reporter Lauren Hartley who is at the hearing now, the Avenir proposal (for the Hudson Yards area) was also just voted down. two major Manhattan casino plans scraped off the board. story to come ...

Pretty neat @thecity.nyc event at the Tenement Museum next month, looking forward to checking it out @rachelholliday.bsky.social @katiehonan.bsky.social www.tenement.org/events/beer-...

“Deaths in NYPD custody have surged to levels not seen in at least a decade, with 40 people dying in 2023 and 2024 combined — roughly double the toll of any two-year period since at least 2016.” www.thecity.nyc/2025/09/17/d...

A longtime anti-gun violence advocate and current campaign proxy for Eric Adams got fired from his Adams administration job for social media posts calling Charlie Kirk racist.

Eric Adams Advocate Fired from City Job After Posts Critical of Charlie Kirk www.thecity.nyc/2025/09/12/t...

Here’s what to know about where our water comes from, how to check your service line and indoor plumbing pipe material, and how to mitigate your household’s lead exposure.

BREAKING: Social Security Administration chief data officer and whistle-blower Charles Borges has resigned after bombshell report that SSA put highly-sensitive data at risk. He sent out an email to colleagues moments ago. Here is the text of his email shared with me: