Check out our summer newsletter made by the summer lovers on staff! I love this time of year when the nights are shorter, the breeze is warmer and the city gets a little wilder. If you want to be in the know about what's happening this season pls subscribe! www.thecityreporter.nyc/summer-the-c...

"If Beard knows and likes someone, he tells them to get into a purple car that has a secret known only by the staff. It has a souped-up motor from Germany, installed after its original one died, that roars ahead of ... the other cars, all of them attached to the livewire ceiling that powers them."

"Long, who died from AIDS in 1984, came down to Coney Island and installed his custom-built features in the system at the bumper car place and arcade. Disco clubs largely shut down in the 1980s, unlike Eldorado, which now boasts Long’s only remaining system in New York City."

really great @lillysabs.bsky.social story today about a strange a magical place in Coney Island ... read it! (and then take a trip there this summer)

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our summer newsletter today is about — what else? — basketball and Da Knicks, penned by THE @katiehonan.bsky.social it hits inboxes at 4 p.m. Thursdays! sign up: www.thecityreporter.nyc/summer-the-c...

"Throughout the years and among all categories, Black women outranked every other demographic in the number of pregnancy-related deaths, with Black mothers in Brooklyn suffering the most overall." www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/06/03/m...

"The planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions this project will displace 'is equivalent to removing half of the cars from New York City’s roads annually,' Rose from Hydro-Québec said." www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/06/03/c...

"East New York — the first time the city had used a new tool called mandatory inclusionary housing that forced developers of market-rate apartments to include a percentage of affordable units — turned out to be a model for how to use rezoning to create more housing..without spurring gentrification."

An investigation by The City Reporter, based on a database of more than 1,200 lawsuits, shows that ICE agents in the field have seized Latinos in numbers that far exceed their share of the undocumented population. projects.thecity.nyc/ice-street-a...

"'I feel very exploited at the situation,” she said. “I can’t tell you the level of disappointment. You’re talking about a life-changing experience.'" www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/06/01/a...

“When you see more than a quarter of the residents of a 1,600-unit apartment building being brought to court for eviction, there’s something wrong,” said a Legal Aid attorney. www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/05/29/r...

"Unlike other items people throw out once they have no use for them ... people who vape told THE CITY they often hold onto the disposable devices long after they are usable, letting dead vapes without enough juice or battery to use accumulate in what is colloquially known as a 'vape graveyard.'"

"Hochul successfully weakened the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, by replacing a target of cutting emissions 40% from 1990 levels by 2030 with a new goal of 60% by 2040. A change in the way the state accounts for methane emissions makes it easier to hit those goals."

We have a new name! THE CITY is now The City Reporter. Happy to be a small part of the awesome team. youtube.com/shorts/fDV26...

"Mamdani mobilized his supporters quickly. About an hour after his MS NOW appearance, his campaign solicited donations on behalf of Avila Chevalier, texts obtained by THE CITY show."

NEW PIGEON WHO DIS besties, THE CITY is now The City Reporter extra extra read all about it!

A thread of pigeons in art, in honor of @thecity.nyc & @rachelholliday.bsky.social. First up, Morris Hirshfield, "Girl with Pigeons," 1942 www.moma.org/collection/w...

THE CITY is now The City Reporter! The thoughtful reporting you’ve come to expect from THE CITY is not changing. And we are still here, holding New York City’s powerful accountable and helping you navigate this crazy city we all love. More here: www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/05/29/t...

And introducing… The City Reporter! Featuring: The Angry 😡 Cowboy 🤠 @gregbsmithnyc.bsky.social, @clauirizarry.bsky.social, @haidee.bsky.social, @fractenberg.bsky.social & many more! (Plus, the first — and last — person to still wear a tie in the newsroom… me). youtu.be/fDV26kBU3do

Woot woot www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/05/29/t...

Loved the Q+A so much w/ Suzanne Reisman, who runs tours focused on the city’s sanitation history: “'Do we really have a garbage and rat problem, or do we have a people problem' ... We’re giving the rats everything they could possibly want and more. They’re so grateful to us for that."

Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg accused relatives of Brooklyn Councilmember Darlene Mealy as part of an alleged ring that tried to steal a Harlem brownstone. www.thecity.nyc/2026/05/28/b...

"The 'Aycee' offers small rooms with free Wifi, air conditioning and not much else for $220 a night. The ads do not mention the SRO tenants living down the hall who are fighting eviction. On a recent day, THE CITY watched as SRO tenants and hotel guests passed each other in the hall."

“'If you let him out swag you on this, we will never hear the end of it,” Neely said of the former mayor. “We demand those eight cents.'” www.thecity.nyc/2026/05/26/m...

Our team spent months tracking hundreds of street arrests by ICE across the New York region through federal court records. Here’s what we found: 🧵 projects.thecity.nyc/ice-street-a...

"Since the vast majority of these arrests have gone unreported and federal immigration data does not distinguish street arrests from others, THE CITY reviewed every emergency lawsuit filed by immigrants...in three federal courts from October 15 to March 15, 2026" projects.thecity.nyc/ice-street-a...

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....

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...

www.thecity.nyc/2026/05/26/v... "The disposal box made up a tiny fraction of the 500 tons of vapes that New Yorkers throw out each year, but a small group of people in New York is trying to change that."

"Another resident who declined to give her name, adopted a stoic response to the health department’s advisory, telling THE CITY, 'I will say one thing. I’m not doing anything they say. You gotta die sometime, so I’m taking my showers and doing everything.'

This is so useful!

In a City of Big Dreams, Many Young Adults See a Cloudy Future www.nytimes.com/2026/05/14/n...

"Residents ... go back and forth with lodging complaints against the contractors, who eventually get the stop work orders rescinded, or violate the orders and write a check to the city for the fines." www.thecity.nyc/2026/05/14/p...

"The danger of a blocked fire escape was made clear by the May 4 fire, which prosecutors say started with a flicked cigarette in the lobby that soon ignited and raced up the stairwell to the bulkhead leading to the roof." www.thecity.nyc/2026/05/14/i...

Residents of Prospect Lefferts Gardens in Brooklyn have been plagued by earth-shaking pile driving, by companies that have racked up countless violations, fines and stop-work orders over the years. By @lillysabs.bsky.social www.thecity.nyc/2026/05/14/p...

“The strike must not happen, it would be like hell, no person in the station,” said Talwar, who estimated that 70% of his customers take the LIRR. “It will be maybe me alone in the station and no customers.” Counting down to 12:01 am Saturday as LIRR strike looms. www.thecity.nyc/2026/05/14/l...

New: The city’s Correction Department is set to renew a multimillion-dollar contract with a prison telecom giant that’s bragged of using recordings of detainees’ private phone calls to train its artificial intelligence model. www.thecity.nyc/2026/05/12/r...

"The problems are so bad that HPD has been forced to file suit 16 times since 2020 alleging a persistent failure to address serious health and safety issues at 10 properties in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens controlled by co-owners of the Dyckman St. property, Jack Bick, Chaim Schweid ..."

"'This was supposed to be put in place to help out the tenants,” Orlandi said. “But they made the lines so blurred and all the words so vague that no one knows — not even lawyers, not even ChatGPT — no one knows what that even means.'"

"Just 1% of proposed developments that have registered to use the tax break have 100 units or more ... Several proposed 99-unit buildings are clustered on the same lots and share a common facade so that they appear to be a single, larger building." !!!

The 9 members of the Rent Guidelines Board voted on preliminary increases tonight: 0-2% for 1-year leases and 0-4% for 2-year leases. The mayor’s promise of a rent freeze loomed over the independent body’s vote. W/ @lillysabs.bsky.social www.thecity.nyc/2026/05/07/r...

Open seats, established incumbents and progressive bids, New York’s June congressional primary could reshape the national political landscape. www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/25/c...

specific request, for journalism: looking to talk to New Yorkers who got a local problem solved (OR NOT) through their House rep's office ... who's gone to their federal district office to try and get help? were you successful? would love to talk about it for a story. thank you!

Colin Jost and Pete Davidson’s Staten Island Ferry headache may have an unexpected solution: sink it. Artificial reef experts say the 2,100-ton vessel could become a thriving habitat for marine life. — @lillysabs.bsky.social reports www.thecity.nyc/2026/04/27/c...

and Rachel :'D

If anyone's got my back it's Jose !!

"The expansive roads of Long Island have been fertile terrain for agents to capture migrants ... Residents must drive for miles to get to work or to go grocery shopping, allowing officers to detain them during traffic stops beyond the critical eye of observers." www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/n...

New: Dana Kaplan, one of the architects and boosters of the close Rikers plan, has been named as the newly created Rikers czar. www.thecity.nyc/2026/04/22/m...

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...