NYC has a ton of green sidewalk scaffolding. There’s more than 300 miles of it on the city’s streets, enough to encircle Manhattan 10 times. The city is looking at ways to beautify the structures and keep them from languishing on its streets: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

New York is testing out new, more attractive scaffolding that is potentially easier to build. New York has done this before: that's how the city got its standard drab green sidewalk sheds. But what if New York tried not doing scaffolding? Read @folaak.bsky.social: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

What happens when ICE wants to build a massive detention center in a place with scarce water and no police department? I went to a rural Pennsylvania town that’s gripped by confusion, frustration and anger: www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

ICE wants to jail up to 8500 immigrants in a warehouse just outside of a Pennsylvania town with 1700 people.

NEW: ICE has spent at least $172 million this month on warehouses that it plans to convert into immigration jails www.bloomberg.com/news/feature... W/ @sooophie.bsky.social

NEW: The Trump admin is eyeing a massive expansion of its immigration detention capacity. It’s looking to convert up to two dozen warehouses into massive detention facilities, some of which could hold more than 5,000 people. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

NEW: The US Military is laying the groundwork for a 10,000 person temporary base “near Gaza,” according to an internal contracting document obtained by @bloomberg.com From @sooophie.bsky.social and team: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Paradoxically, Zohran Mamdani's first order of business as mayor involves shoring up his relationship with New York's business community. That work's already happening. Read @folaak.bsky.social and @lauranahmias.bsky.social on how Zohran can win over the 1%: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Caught up with Zohran Mamdani during the final stages of the NYC mayor’s race. I saw him get heckled, talked to him about coalition building and got a sense of how he’s preparing for the general election and what’s beyond. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Conservative-leaning tech investors are racing to build a new American colossus, and they want something much, much bigger than the Statue of Liberty. Meet the new monuments men of the tech right and their plans for statue-maxing: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Tom Homan said he was recused from anything to do with government contracts. Turns out he wasn't. He played a role in the process to move immigration detention contracts through the Defense Department www.bloomberg.com/news/feature... With @racheladhe.bsky.social and @sooophie.bsky.social

With $45 billion on the table, a bunch of disaster relief companies you’ve never heard of are plotting a pivot to ICE detention They’re hoping to be the ones building the Trump administration’s tent camps. W/ @racheladhe.bsky.social and @sooophie.bsky.social 🎁: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

The Trump admin is sending ICE, FBI, DEA and other armed agents to do “wellness checks” at the homes of immigrant children. A lawyer for one of the kids told me that her client was “terrified” by the experience www.bloomberg.com/news/article... w/ @racheladhe.bsky.social

ICE has tapped 41 companies to compete for some of the $45 billion earmarked for a massive expansion of immigration detention space, including at least 9 that offer tent facilities w/ @sooophie.bsky.social and @folaak.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Essential reporting by @folaak.bsky.social, @pollymosendz.bsky.social and Rachel Adams-Heard on ICE towns — small communities whose economic survival depends on hosting federal detention facilities, whatever the cost www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

NEW w/ @folaak.bsky.social: ICE is moving to DNA-test families being targeted for deportation with a new contract worth up to $25 million www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

NEW: The Trump admin’s mass deportation effort hinges on a growing number of small communities that cut deals with private prison companies Dove into one town in New Mexico w/ @racheladhe.bsky.social, @pollymosendz.bsky.social and many others for @bloomberg.com 🎁 link: bloom.bg/4j28jqp

ADDICTED TO ICE: A growing number of communities are convinced their economies depend on ICE contracts that keep private jails open for immigration detention -- no matter what happens inside w/ @pollymosendz.bsky.social @folaak.bsky.social @elenamejia.bsky.social & many others bloom.bg/4j28jqp

Read @sarahholder.bsky.social's delightful review of "Secret Mall Apartment," a documentary about a secret mall apartment www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

The Trump administration wants to use jail-like facilities to hold some children who cross the border without their parents www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

First post on BlueSky to share this survey for people who have experience with immigration contractors in the US! We're talking companies that build tents, operate deportation flights, provide security, etc. We want to hear from you: bmedia.iad1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Immigrant families are being held at a San Diego tent facility for far longer than federal guidelines recommend w/ @racheladhe.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

the trump admin froze legal services for unaccompanied immigrant kids yesterday www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

🚨 unaccompanied migrant kids could be kept in government custody longer because of new trump policy 🎁 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

the trump administration is quietly laying the groundwork to give hundreds of thousands of state and local police officers the power to help with immigration engorcement www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

the nypd announced new rules that bring its car chase policies closer to national best practices. the changes come after scrutiny over a spike in chases, crashes and injuries www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

police pursuits are among the most dangerous actions an officer can take, with many ending in crashes and injuries. when nypd chases go wrong, the penalties for the officers amount to a slap on the wrist. read more here! www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

the penalties for nypd car chases that end in death or serious injury are the same as the penalties for playing hooky or misclassifying a report. and that’s if they’re punished at all. www.bloomberg.com/news/article... with the great @sarahholder.bsky.social and @kendalltaggart.bsky.social

A disgraced billionaire farmed dozens of women in an effort to have 50 kids — and US fertility clinics helped him do it An investigation with @jackiedavalos.bsky.social GIFT LINK 🎁 www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...