The following is an official statement from respected journalist Dave Colon on @bsky.app’s outrageous violation of his First Amendment rights

NEW: The United Auto Workers Is New York City’s Unlikeliest Kingmaker For the second consecutive year, the UAW bet early on long-shot candidates, putting themselves in opposition to their allies in labor. Now two of its own are set to serve in Congress. www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/06/25/u...

Frank Carone, Top Aide to Mayor Adams, Arrested In Migrant Shelter Bribery Scheme www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/06/24/f...

Come January 2027, the entire island of Manhattan will have new representation in Congress.

New York is sending 2 democratic socialists to Congress. Mamdani swept his endorsements. And in Upper Manhattan, Darializa Avila Chevalier is poised to make history as the 1st Dominican woman & Muslim to represent the district in the House. www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/06/23/m...

As of 6 p.m., 420,527 New Yorkers had cast their ballots, surpassing the 352,000 total voters who turned out citywide in August 2022, the last time New York had contested House primaries.

More than half a dozen candidates for federal and state offices are hoping the Mamdani’s support can help them across the finish line. www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/06/23/p...

NYC Voters Hit the Polls in Closely-Contested Congressional Primaries in a Test of Mamdani's Political Sway www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/06/23/p...

Asked Espaillat Re the rhetoric about Avila Chevalier’s identity. “She’s Dominican… the campaign has been very aggressive, I ask for people to tone it down.” Some pol observers — incl his fmr advisor — have amplified “great replacement” style conspiracy theories questioning her Dominican roots #NY13

Knicks by the numbers in 5 very NYC ways. It’s good stuff, as they say in the trade, from @haidee.bsky.social & @clauirizarry.bsky.social www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/06/13/k...

Power Half-Hour Ep. #27 is on demand! Hear from @mrsethharris.bsky.social, Elizabeth Ford, @clauirizarry.bsky.social, @thecity.nyc, @bhamharold.bsky.social, @laborradionet.bsky.social for 30 minutes of the latest labor news! 🎧 poweratwork.us/power-half-h...

My colleagues @rosalindadams.bsky.social @haidee.bsky.social and I at @thecity.nyc spent the past several months tracking hundreds of ICE street arrests across the region through federal court records..🧵🧵 projects.thecity.nyc/ice-street-a....

ICE is racially profiling Latinos for arrest in New York. @rosalindadams.bsky.social, @gwynnefitz.bsky.social and @haidee.bsky.social got the numbers to prove it. projects.thecity.nyc/ice-street-a... @thecity.nyc

“We’re not here for trouble… we’re just here to see our family members.” Outside Delaney Hall ICE prison in Newark on Day 4 of the hunger strike, a 10-year-old whose father is detained inside confronts masked guards, asking why they won’t show their faces. WATCH @jordanchariton.bsky.social LIVE ⬇️

Smart story on the 500 tons (!) of vapes that New Yorkers toss per year. 💨 💨 💨 Good stuff, as they say in the trade, from @lillysabs.bsky.social. She’s had an outstanding internship @thecity.nyc - she hustles and produces sharp stories. www.thecity.nyc/2026/05/26/v...

INBOX: Latino Victory Fund announced a $750,000 boost to Rep. Adriano Espaillat, the chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus who is facing a spirited primary from a DSA-backed challenger. Most of that $$ is being spent on English and Spanish-language TV ads

LATE NIGHT on the LIRR strike beat (Psst... it's over). www.thecity.nyc/2026/05/18/l...

“Puerto Rico is a colony of the United States. Congress has total jurisdiction over Puerto Rico, so it is the responsibility — the moral obligation — of any member of Congress to also tackle the issues of Puerto Rico, because we, the Congress, own Puerto Rico.” -- @velazquez.house.gov

The future of journalism? Credentialed members of the New York City press corps came to Luigi Mangione’s hearing today to support the defendant they’re purportedly reporting on and to promote jury nullification “to the most cucked and submissive population in all of human history”

The leading NY-7 candidates have been outspoken on issues affecting Puerto Rico, even though the district is not the PR or Latino stronghold it once was. Why does it matter so much? www.thecity.nyc/2026/05/18/r...

Espaillat recently addressed rumors that he’s working on an alliance w the son of a longtime political rival who is also facing a DSA primary. “I speak to Jordan Wright, he is a good young leader, and we will continue to have conversations as the race moves forward.” www.thecity.nyc/2026/05/15/e...

Rep. Adriano Espaillat ramping up efforts to fend off #DSA backed challenger Darializa Avila Chevalier in heated #NewYork City primary. Backed by pro-Palestine activists & Mamdani-style organizers her campaign hopes to flip Upper #Manhattan with massive turnout. #NYC www.thecity.nyc/2026/05/15/e...

Espaillat recently addressed rumors that he’s working on an alliance w the son of a longtime political rival who is also facing a DSA primary. “I speak to Jordan Wright, he is a good young leader, and we will continue to have conversations as the race moves forward.” www.thecity.nyc/2026/05/15/e...

"Oh wow, I'm so sorry for calling you a Jew" www.notus.org/congress/wil...

Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s push to freeze rents for nearly one million rent-stabilized New York City apartments will reach a crossroads on Thursday. The panel that decides whether rents should go up will cast its preliminary vote.

“They were choking him, hitting him, trying to get him out of the car,” and the agents had bashed his car window, an eyewitness told @thecity.nyc. www.thecity.nyc/2026/05/04/v...

Hundreds of case workers, career coaches and housing specialists at two prominent nonprofits serving recently incarcerated people announced they plan to unionize on Friday morning. buff.ly/zoqqPZf

Staff at the Fortune Society and the Osborne Association, two nonprofits serving the formerly incarcerated, are unionizing www.thecity.nyc/2026/05/01/s...

NYC cut ties with two subcontractors that stole hundreds of thousands of wages from workers who renovated a South Bronx playground www.thecity.nyc/2026/04/30/p...

this investigation started in ~~~ 2017 ~~~ wage theft is no joke! new story from @clauirizarry.bsky.social:

Two dozen workers who got stiffed big bucks while building a Bronx playground are getting 💰. But if this @clauirizarry.bsky.social tale doesn’t make you think of the classic Another Bad Creation tune “Playground,” then you had inferior taste in music in 1991. www.thecity.nyc/2026/04/30/p...

What an image from @fractenberg.bsky.social of Council member Chi Ossé being taken to a local hospital after his arrest in Brooklyn this morning. Ossé was protesting the eviction of a constituent who is a victim of alleged deed theft. More details here: www.thecity.nyc/2026/04/22/b...

New in @thecity.nyc: Only 42% of likely NY-13 voters support re-electing Rep. Adriano Espaillat, per an internal poll from the @darializaforny.bsky.social campaign. Take it with a grain of salt, but it’s the first look at where voters stand ahead of the June primary www.thecity.nyc/2026/04/20/e...

A major push to roll back NY’s Tier 6 pension cuts could cost $1.5B a year and boost benefits for dozens of the very lawmakers negotiating the deal — @clauirizarry.bsky.social reports www.thecity.nyc/2026/04/15/t...

With the proposal, Levine is taking some of his aggressive tactics from President Joe Biden’s Federal Trade Commission to the local level.” NEW from @clauirizarry.bsky.social:

A Dunkin Donuts and Taco Bell franchisee has agreed to pay more than $1.5 million to settle an investigation by the city that found the coffee giant systemically violated local scheduling laws at 24 Manhattan and Queens locations. www.thecity.nyc/2026/03/23/d...

I do not know who Lindy West is and at this point I am afraid to ask

A judge recently handed 24-hour home care aides a victory, and a City Council member is reviving his push to ban 24-hour shifts altogether. But the workers’ struggles are far from over. www.thecity.nyc/2026/03/11/h...

A state judge recently handed 24-hour home care aides a victory, and a City Council member is reviving his push to ban 24-hour shifts altogether. But the workers’ struggles are far from over. www.thecity.nyc/2026/03/11/h... @thecity.nyc

chances are that someone you love will need 24-hour care at some point. you should read this, from @clauirizarry.bsky.social:

Unions, NYCLU Slam Bills That Would Grant Police More Power Over Protests at Schools www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/25/f...

NewYork-Presbyterian Nurses Say Union ‘Sold Us Out’ in Contract Fight www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/11/n... @thecity.nyc

big news on the strike beat from @clauirizarry.bsky.social:

NEWS: NYSNA announced a tentative agreement at NewYork-Presbyterian -- even though nurses on the bargaining committee voted to reject the deal. www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/10/n...

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🚨Tentative agreements at Mount Sinai and Montefiore 🚨 The deal is pending ratification by the members, who will return to work Feb. 14 at the earliest. Still no deal at NYP. Details here ---> www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/09/m...

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Wrote about Bad Bunny and how after more than a century under U.S. rule, after attempts to erase our national identity, after the man-made crises and natural disasters that have befallen our people, in the face of every challenge, seguimos aquí. We’re still here. www.thecut.com/article/bad-...

🚨Tentative agreements at Mount Sinai and Montefiore 🚨 The deal is pending ratification by the members, who will return to work Feb. 14 at the earliest. Still no deal at NYP. Details here ---> www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/09/m...