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...

Hell Gate met congressional candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier on a balmy afternoon in McCarren Park this week, just two days before Mayor Mamdani's endorsement, where we spoke about her vision for NY-13, and what it means when the New York Post starts digging through your old tweets.

Exclusive: Mayor Zohran Mamdani is endorsing five candidates for state office today, and they include just three of the seven state-level campaigns backed by the NYC Democratic Socialists of America, along with two other Working Families Party-endorsed Democrats. hellgatenyc.com/mayor-mamdan...

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"It feels like a full circle moment," Darializa Avila Chevalier told us today, after Mayor Zohran Mamdani endorsed her in her bid to overthrow Congressman Adriano Espaillat in NY-13. Read our full interview with the Uptown organizer below.

"If you own a car and you need to insure the car, then Albany did something for you this year. But if you own a body and you need to insure a human body, then you're really out of luck." hellgatenyc.com/hochul-healt...

"The 'one percent' could be the person who worked their entire life as a carpenter, with their hands, or as a mason, or as a laborer worked their entire life to save and build a house." hellgatenyc.com/jack-martins...

We may be experiencing the aftershocks of the Wasian meetup for decades to come. hellgatenyc.com/ordinary-bus...

THIS is how you cover a protest.

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Chicken bagoong smothered in funky shrimp paste and earthy eggplant aioli? OK! Oh, you think you're hungry now? Wait until you read this week's $20 DINNER

It is once again that magical time of year. hellgatenyc.com/names-of-the...

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A rapidly-intensifying battle over a swanky high-rise development proposed for Greenpoint waterfront public land could end up being the first test of a new housing appeals board next month—if the developer can't prove it's offering New Yorkers a good deal.

The captain of the Queens one braved the smoke and got the ferry safely back to Wall Street it appears

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

Frank Seddio's newly-arrested former client has been subpoenaed to testify in his upcoming state sanctions hearing. And in a related federal lawsuit, a judge says Seddio's failure to turn over evidence—and his deletion of text messages—could put his law license in jeopardy.

The victory is a watershed moment for one of the largest food cooperatives in the country—around 17,000 members total—especially given the fact that this isn't the first time its members have considered the question of an Israeli goods boycott.

The mayor was right that "New Yorkers celebrate everywhere they can find," because ultimately, if the Knicks win games in the finals, and…my god…possibly win the NBA championship, it's going to be absolute madness.

Although polls show that Queens City Councilmember Julie Won is currently trailing her opponents in the race for NY-7, she'll keep on fighting for the vacant seat in the Commie Corridor—even if the mayor who she endorsed in his primary isn't returning the favor. hellgatenyc.com/julie-won-ny...

"Isn't that the landlord who had a beehive in his building?" @mayor.nyc.gov said in response to a question about tenants of notorious landlord Daniel Ohebshalom. Read our 2023 story on these bees that spurred the City to take enforcement action: hellgatenyc.com/life-under-n...

As the Park Slope Food Coop votes on whether to boycott Israeli products, check out our coverage from last year about its board elections, which set the stage for tonight's decision. hellgatenyc.com/park-slope-f...

NEW: Hell Gate got an exclusive first look at City Hall's plans for housing repair and enforcement teams that will focus on the city's most persistent "bad actor" landlords, with the ultimate aim at either getting them to shape up or ship out. hellgatenyc.com/zohran-housi...

NYPD trying to get Knicks fans to move by hitting them with the strobe

Live at MSG…

Merch that’s literally still warm from the printer

Knicks fan getting pulled off crosswalk signal by NYPD got a few reps in on the way down

The celebration is on outside of Radio City #knicks

Pretty much every press pass "controversy" is stupid. NY Post stirred one up over Luigi Mangione supporters getting credentials. 🥱 It takes a minute to get up to speed, but if you do ... this paragraph is delightfully brutal and petty in a way only a true New Yorker could write. Respect their game.

NEW EPISODE OF THE HELL GATE PODCAST Heading into a soggy Memorial Day weekend, we talk about mayoral Twitch stream, the Mangionistas & press credentials, a woman giving birth in Brooklyn criminal court, disappearing SROs, and our aspirations for this summer. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

"They only know your name in the bigger markets / Never in the little markets, B markets, C markets, all of those is D markets." Get it? New York City, a "bigger market" comprised of pockets of diasporic communities, is where those B and C markets converge.

On Tuesday, Park Slope lesbian bar Ginger's announced on Instagram that they would "cancel the majority of our DJ events" that they had planned for Pride Month. hellgatenyc.com/gingers-prid...

It was entirely predictable that the debut of Mayor Zohran Mamdani's live Twitch stream, "Talk With the People," would be inundated by a never-ending stream of impressively realistic ASCII dick portraits in the chat.

The Mamdani administration will have massive influence over who sits on the bench in New York City, and who they decide to appoint as judges will impact the efforts to close Rikers, stamp down on deed theft, and speed up implementation of state-mandated changes to bail. So what's the plan?

Not for nothing is there a colorful "Jollof Rice Champions" trophy on display at Accra Express—we started with an enormous mound of excellent jollof and moved on to bowl of thicky, nutty egusi with fufu. So much food, so much flavor—read all about it in the latest $20 DINNER!

For Courts of Contempt, our deep dive into New York City's judicial system, we had to obtain hundreds of pages of court transcripts. Turns out, that part of the process proved nearly impossible. And if it was hard for us, imagine if you're incarcerated. Reporter Allie Conti explains why that is.

For more than a year, tenants at one of the last SROs on the Bowery have been calling the City about landlord harassment and illegal construction. Now, the City has discovered that the landlord has illegally demolished 104 deeply-affordable units, and at least one tenant is living in a shelter.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani may soon have the power to disband the charter review commission that Mayor Eric Adams created as a middle finger to his successor. Terrifying news (if you're Randy Mastro). hellgatenyc.com/eric-adams-r...

Outside of an arrest early Tuesday morning, federal law enforcement appears to be following a judge's order. hellgatenyc.com/ice-agents-k...

A viral video has people asking: What's going on with privately-owned public spaces like the plaza at 780 Third Avenue? hellgatenyc.com/780-third-av...

On his home turf, it very much seemed like the incumbent congressmember had run out of time. hellgatenyc.com/dan-goldmans...

Chris is right! Lanyard clutching is always a bad look for reporters. hellgatenyc.com/mangionista-...

It's the stupidest controversy in New York City, and many people—some eminently reasonable, others literally paid to be the opposite on a daily basis—have absolutely lost their minds about it. hellgatenyc.com/mangionista-...

How does NYPD power operate in Mamdani-era New York City? According to historian Stuart Schrader, if you wanna see which way the wind is blowing, look no further than our city's police unions. hellgatenyc.com/blue-power-s...

Like all of the mayor's campaign promises, his grocery store plan is being confronted with skepticism. Take the Multicultural Business Coalition, a month-old nonprofit that sprung up to oppose the Mamdani markets, and a new anti-Mamdani nonprofit funded by pro-Cuomo lobbyists.

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