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LISTEN: ‘The Tabloids Were Comic Books for Adults’ https://www.europesays.com/us/257319/ Jonathan Mahler joins LIT NYC hosts Harry Siegel and Amy Sohn to discuss his sweeping new book, The…#ny #nyc #newyork #nynews #nycnews #newyorknews #us #news #usnews

New episode: Jonathan Mahler joins LIT NYC to discuss his sweeping new book, The Gods of New York: Egotists, Idealists, Opportunists, and the Birth of the Modern City: 1986-1990.

Delighted to share the latest LIT NYC podcast with you. With political activism rising in NYC, Harry Siegel and I sat down with Ben Fractenberg - Visuals Editor of @thecity.nyc to talk about street photography and protest photography. @fractenberg.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...

Syracuse’s Vision Zero plan is at a pivot point - read about the “Blurry Vision” in my latest for @nyc.streetsblog.org nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/10/13/s...

My new LITNYC podcast with Harry Siegel @thecity.nyc just dropped, featuring @jonathanmahler.bsky.social on his page-turning The Gods of New York about NYC in the 80s: the characters, the tabloids, the crime, and the activism. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...

Ladies (and men who love women), brush up on “The Man Who Hated Women (Amy Sohn) about the Comstock Act. This is especially for Texans under Ken Paxton’s misogynistic insanity. www.nytimes.com/2021/07/12/b...

A new Albany mayor could change the way state lawmakers think about streets - read my story about @dorceyformayor.bsky.social nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/07/01/i...

For the first time in @nyc.streetsblog.org history we are members of the NYS Legislative Correspondents Association. Thanks to hand model Nick Reisman and videographer @eliseklinenews.bsky.social

My latest for @thefireorg.bsky.social is about Wilson and Hoover’s deportation of radical immigrants like Emma Goldman for antiwar beliefs. Emma was one of very few women on the “Red Ark.” www.thefire.org/research-lea...

My latest breaking story for @nyc.streetsblog.org on the watering-down of a bill to stop recidivist speeding:

In today’s Capitol Idea @nyc.streetsblog.org I interviewed a Staten Island pol, Sam Pirozzolo, who thinks e-bikes should have licenses. nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/05/29/r...

I made another new friend in Albany, and he knows the region well. AM Phil Steck believes car drivers should give bikes 3 feet when passing them. He is also a fan of Max Weber. Who knew? nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/05/19/s...

I got up close and personal with Suffolk County Senator Tony Palumbo in Streetsblog: nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/05/16/h...

The first of this session’s 17 anti-congestion pricing bills to make it to the NY Senate Transportation committee was defeated. @nyc.streetsblog.org

Today at noon in Albany the first of 17 bills to eliminate or weaken congestion pricing is being voted on by the Senate Transportation Committee. Read my @nyc.streetsblog.org article to understand the inside baseball of what may happen . nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/05/13/h...

In February, the Adams administration leaked a draft bill to the press which would have completely overhauled the app delivery industry. But that "bill" is still sitting on Speaker Adrienne Adams's desk.

"People think, okay this is America, there's due process for everything. But lately, the track record shows that sometimes there is not [due process] and there's nothing that people can do about it. [Delivery workers] are afraid of being that exception. They are afraid." buff.ly/ZT5PuXN

The state's $254-million budget passed - the latest in 15 years. Three street safety bills proposed by Gov. Hochul got axed by Senate and Assembly Democrats. In my "Capitol Idea" column for Streetsblog NYC I break down what they would have done and what's next. nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/05/09/l...

My second piece for Streetsblog is up! These guys. nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/05/08/b...

These are my new colleagues - shown here with some other guy, at left, who photobombed my pic. They are tough and dedicated and kind.

Albany lawmakers want teen Citi Bike users to wear helmets - from my first article for @nyc.streetsblog.org nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/05/07/t...

It's my first day as Streetsblog's Albany Reporter! This is an unprecedented moment for transit, street safety, and basic livability and readers need to know what they can and can't expect from their leaders. I got Alfred Smith above my head and Hugh Carey to my right.

"In 2020, [Portland, OR] approved building [middle housing] on lots zoned for single family homes... A new report from the City says, it's working. 1,400 new units built in just a few years and each one is $300,000 less expensive than a typical single family home." @nbcnews.com

What a time it was …

You had to be there! Jaime Clarke asked me what I remember about KGB, where I’ve spent dozens of pleasant evenings over more than 20 years, and I wrote this: brooklynrail.org/2025/04/book...

I am reading American Midnight, Origins of Totalitarianism, Collected Stories of Isaac Babel.

NEW: Rebecca Nagle on her book, “BY THE FIRE WE CARRY: The Generations-Long Fight for Justice on Native Land,” + Reva Siegel & Mary Ziegler on the dystopic origins & usages of the Comstock law that Project 2025 wants to enforce as a natl abortion ban crooked.com/podcast/the-...

Yes. Hard to believe the Comstock Law is still on the books. Repeal the Comstock Act before the GOP tries using it to ban abortion www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

I wrote about how the Trump administration plans to use the 1873 Comstock Law to ban medication abortion nationwide (they don't need Congress to do it) and how activists are trying to prepare for this horrifying reality.

One year ago today: We talked about the Comstock Law (which is back in the news) and where it came from. soundcloud.com/tracyquan202...