RIP to all-time alt-weekly jails watchdog great Kelly Davis, who was always incredibly generous with her time, readily shared knowledge and compared notes, and was also cool as hell www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2026/07/01/k...

Went to Aqueduct on its last day and let my mind wander. hellgatenyc.com/farewell-aqu...

LOVE TO REPORT GOOD NEWS!!! MY exclusive on this year's ADULT LAP SWIM, which is bigger and better. hellgatenyc.com/adult-lap-sw...

So excited to start this show! We have a lot of good stuff ready to go. Tune in! www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWZ7...

My live-blogging continues with a dispatch from Flushing! All on the Hell Gate Primary Day Liveblog hellgatenyc.com/2026-primary...

The Hell Gate primary day liveblog is here! All leading up to tonight's big primary election livestream. I spoke with voters in Jackson Heights about an election hinging on a new casino coming to the area. Plus, got to hang with a first-time voter, Zinat. hellgatenyc.com/2026-primary...

Shoutout to all the haters that tried to stop the city from building a brand new insanely beautiful park for the Lower East Side. Come hang!

My flight got canceled. I got hit by an egg in a drive-by. I had to take trains, planes, and automobiles. But NOTHING could stop me from seeing the Knicks on Saturday night. I wrote about the greatest sports weekend I will ever have and a strange joy we all now feel. hellgatenyc.com/knicks-fans-...

Lololol I’m so sorry San Antonio but we need to have this thanks

With the World Cup now also going on NYC has entered Mardi Gras/Carnival territory? Everywhere is completely bumping

Beautiful scene in Jackson Heights ahead of the World Cup kickoff, one of the City’s soccer streets

So you're not going to believe this but turns out James Dolan, yes THE James Dolan, is a giant piece of shit, has ALWAYS been a piece of shit, and anyone who tried to convince you he was NOT a piece of shit or somehow smeared away the feces from his body should feel really really stupid right now

KAT flyin’ Wemby dyin’

NEW FROM ME: The person who will be responsible for filling dozens of court vacancies in NYC is now taking money from billionaire Steve Cohen to defend him in a lawsuit against his casino. He's also the mayor's former election lawyer and a friend of his. hellgatenyc.com/ali-najmi-st...

Why hasn't Zohran set the unhinged COIB social media boys free after they were locked up by Eric Adams?

Incredibly sick video with whomever did the music clearly riffing on the all-time ethnomusicology track from Ghanaian postal workers www.youtube.com/watch?v=por5...

Billionaire heiress police commissioner Jessica Tisch is smugly taking clean hits on her boss, the mayor, in front of the entire City Council, cheered on by its speaker. City Hall is letting this continue for political reasons, but it's increasingly unsustainable. hellgatenyc.com/nypd-commiss...

This was a lot of fun, the vibes in NYC are immaculate, thanks to everyone who was down to call in and talk about the KNICKS! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

I’m on the Manhattan World Cup branded ferry which just came to the aid of the Queens World Cup ferry which is dealing with a smoke situation in its cabin

Second half would be a good time to just walk around your neighborhood and listen to people cheering on the Knicks

Philly! I will be at the wonderful Pen and Pencil this Thursday talking about worker-owned news outlets! If you're already doing this in Philly or want to, I am here to chat and discuss our own experience about what works and the benefits of worker-ownership! www.penandpencil.org/content.aspx...

On the latest episode of The Backstory, we sat down with @hellgatenyc.com's Max Rivlin-Nadler @maxrn.bsky.social to discuss the making of the Courts of Contempt project: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Excited for this! Philly make it happen!!!

Yeah I'm sorry all these people need to STFU hellgatenyc.com/nyc-billiona...

Ah that Knicks in the playoffs feeling

I recently joined Gotham Bat Conservancy on a bat walk in Prospect Park and learned all about the incredible comeback story of the long-maligned NYC bat. Since 2007, a deadly fungus has wiped out much of our local bat population. But a passionate community of bat lovers is helping them recover 🦇❤️

The cops cashed Washington Square Park for this year’s 420 but do not fear everyone has relocated to the friendlier confines of Tompkins

I’m at the Mamdani first 100 days address at the Knockdown Center in Queens and they’ve got street vendors, DSNY workers, a city store, and a museum of his first 100 days???

Sunday afternoon in Tompkins, food not bombs, dance party, man eating an entire Costco chocolate rabbit for virality

At Lehman College in the Bronx, 100s of people have packed the auditorium to rally for Gov. Hochul to pass taxes on the wealthy. Bernie Sanders will be speaking shortly, but first local DSA electeds are warming up the crowd. Hochul has remained opposed to tax increases during budget negotiations.

It’s official: Winter has gone on too long

Hell Gate keeps on growing! Now on staff, Julianne Escobedo Shepherd!!!!!!! HUGE!!!! Now everyone stop being mad at us!!!! hellgatenyc.com/hell-gate-ke...

Come out ye Black and Zohrans hellgatenyc.com/come-out-ye-...

If just these 2:37 of this film existed, it should still win Best Picture. That is my Oscar commentary for this year, good luck all! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWK2...

Lololol NYC we cannot just be normal about opening up a new grocery store

Nick has become suspicious that this is all an elaborate ruse by everyone at Hell Gate to see if he can be driven insane covering the minutiae of this completely bonkers legal drama involving missing escrow money & the alleged machinations of the former head of BK Dems and all I can say is "maybe"

PARTIALLY SATISFIED

I demand satisfaction from both the NYT and NBC New York. (Yes, this is kinda annoying but smaller publications have to fight for shit like this.)

Going around the city interviewing the last surviving piles of snow

It's important to continue to innovate and over at @hellgatenyc.com we take that to heart. A.I. is here and it's going to change EVERYTHING. Also gambling is here and it's going to change EVERYTHING. Also, some other shit is here and you're fired. hellgatenyc.com/hell-gate-a-...

ah oh nooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Industry is so funny because it started out as "what if currency traders doing cocaine was fun to watch" and ended with "what if instead of meeting Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell had a cool, only slightly evil friend"

Just underneath the absurdity lies one of the most volatile fault lines in city politics: The rift between elected government on the one hand, and the political power of the NYPD and the constellation of interests with which it is aligned on the other. hellgatenyc.com/mamdani-is-g...

You're laughing? Several cops from the NYPD's 6th Precinct in Manhattan were pelted with snowballs, absolutely creamed in a barrage of icy missles by participants of a staged snowball fight contentfest in Washington Square Park.... and you're laughing? hellgatenyc.com/nypd-officer...

POV: You shouldn’t have smoked that shit because now you’re waking up in the Tompkins Square Park igloo

I've done a lot of things for Hell Gate....but probably nothing as brave as....going 'stache to promote our new T-shirts!!! If you love me at my 1970s cop union official, you'll love me even MORE wearing a Hell Gate T-shirt. Subscribe or upgrade today to get it! hellgatenyc.com/finally-a-he...

Some photos from tonight’s blizzard

Deliveristas ending their shift and about to head home over the Williamsburg Bridge, though the blizzard. One of them, Salvador,tells me he’s happy for the cutoff by the city. “This is more dangerous than last snowstorm, harder to move in,” he tells me in Spanish.

The Virgin Trader Joe's: Ransacked, diminished, lacking all staples and needs. The Chad Key Food: Fully stocked, what snow storm, 80s music staples, abundance to the point of onions rolling around the aisles, if you use your own bag before checkout our security guy will engage