It's marketing. It's art. It's Manischewitz.

I want to see these zines! Produced in the Netherlands in hiding during WWII and resurfaced on the Upper West Side.

The crowded Jersey congressional primary field is not unlike the NYC mayoral primary with its ranked-choice voting: it gives an edge to well-organized insurgents, Mamdani in NY and Mejia in NJ.

Important context on the NJ Democratic primary for the congressional seat vacated by the new governor: dark money tied to the Israel hardliner lobby could decide the race in favor of the lefty candidate. forward.com/opinion/8024...

He attaches teeny tiny GPS and mics to the bats. 🦇❤️

I appeared on @spectrumnewsny1.bsky.social today to talk about recent antisemitic incidents in NYC and Mayor Mamdani's response to them.

As first seen in @forward.com: Mayor Zohran Mamdani has appointed a new head of the Mayor's Office to Combat Antisemitism. From @jacobkornbluh.bsky.social

Jumping in the ocean in Brooklyn on New Year’s Day may have left me shiveringly wet and prey for a respiratory infection I am still recovering from, but it was excellent preparation for the current cold wave. It’s all cozy from here.

Yes, @jacobkornbluh.bsky.social is all this and more. What a privilege to now work with him.

Happy Fugs Day! Fab fest happening this afternoon at the East Village public library (details in alt text).

Hello!

The GSA is conducting a series of tours of endangered murals by Ben Shahn, Philip Guston, and others at the Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building. www.eventbrite.com/o/gsa-art-to...

It’s my first day at @jdforward! Where inspiring stories like this one about a growing congregation in South Philly are all in a day’s work.

I am stuck in Montevideo, in full summer, with FOMO’s cousin, SNOMO. Fourth pic is the prison turned shopping mall.

In which I learn of the existence of a Katz family crest. But can’t see it.

Congratulations, @smaldo.bsky.social!

remembering when my mom worked at the ADL in the early 2000s when I was a kid and when I visited her office we talked about a project to specifically combat anti-Haitian hate crimes

From @arnorosenfeld.bsky.social, a deeply reported look at how the ADL detached from civil rights organizations allied in fighting anti-semitism, under pressure from the right. Which now leaves it poorly equipped to build coalitions essential keeping Jews connected to other groups.

A view I will miss.

I'm going through old notebooks @thecity.nyc and found a 2019 interview with now-City Council Speaker Julie Menin, when she led NYC census outreach. She asked New Yorkers to "send a message to the Trump administration" on its push to not count immigrants: "This is in my belief a war on immigration."

@mayor.nyc.gov joined hundreds of striking nurses outside New York-Presbyterian Hospital.

Two fatal NYPD shootings in the last 24 hours. Nothing from Mamdani yet.

Here's your very occasional reminder to follow @wfmu.bsky.social for daily announcements of special programs on the world's greatest radio station, including its web-only streams. Very low-noise account. Or check here anytime for a full listing: www.wfmu.org/upcoming

Now that Mamdani has accepted Strauber's resignation, he'll have to nominate his own Department of Investigation commissioner for the City Council to approve. Bill de Blasio chose his own campaign treasurer! Who proved too independent for the mayor's liking.

The head of integrity for New York City government, the one who brought down Eric Adams, has tendered her resignation, @gregbsmithnyc.bsky.social reports.

Mamdani's now-official partner in governing New York City is a Manhattan moderate who has lately kept the mayor close.

Mamdani kept on Eric Adams' head of minority business contracts and touted his record of success. That record? The MTA inspector general found significant distortions. @gregbsmithnyc.bsky.social with his first investigation of the Mamdani era.

I'll be leaving @thecity.nyc in a week and what a lovely parting gift: sharing in two @newswomensclubofny.bsky.social awards, for work with @mhollie.bsky.social and Debbie Nathan. So much other good work too among the winners.

New operator sought for the Coney Island Amphitheater and the cavernous bar/restaurant space next door. I'm rooting for @bowerypresents.bsky.social.

There is a more than zero probability that these consumer advocacy efforts nudge targeted businesses out of NYC. There is a reason we don't have a single Walmart in the five boroughs.

The view from lower Manhattan, where ecstatic Venezuelans spoke with @gwynnefitz.bsky.social and faced off with antiwar protesters.

Eric Adams suspended the jail standards code for his entire administration by continually reissuing executive orders. The last one expires today.

I am really glad I do not have a bot tracking my typos.

New year, new mayor, news. From @katiehonan.bsky.social & @clauirizarry.bsky.social.

Happy new year, folks!

A hopeful story about the diligent horticulturists at the NYC parks dept's Plant Ecology Center and Nursery on Staten Island. Always read @haidee.bsky.social for thoughtful, humane reflections on life in NYC! From @thecity.nyc

I don't think it's overstating things to say that Mamdani is stepping into a collective bargaining crisis. The city and unions are in court over billions of dollars each says the other owes.

An oldie from @thecity.nyc's first year of publication, 2019.

A parting gift from Eric Adams to Zohran Mamdani: an 80-page report from the new Mayor's Office to Combat Antisemitism that emphasizes "connection to the Land of Israel" as inextricable from Jewish identity and includes plans for 2026.

From the get-go, budget watchdogs questioned City Hall's health savings deal with labor unions that relied largely on moving money around. A decade later, Comptroller @bradlander.bsky.social delivers an autopsy. The City of NY is owed billions of dollars. What will @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social do?

CBS News may not want you to see its CECOT reporting, but I'm happy to share this powerful video that our team produced this year.

One day after being appointed as Zohran Mamdani's City Hall director of appointments, Cat Almonte Da Costa has tendered her resignation in response to her offensive tweets about Jewish people surfacing. Statement from her and Mamdani:

A find from my files: Andrew Cuomo (then governor) asking Eric Schneiderman (then attorney general) to investigate the Manhattan DA and NYPD’s handling of sexual assault allegations against Harvey Weinstein. Schneiderman resigned two weeks later following his own assault allegations.

"I'm telling you reality, all right? In my opinion." The NY Editorial Board interviewed a leading local conservative media, business and politics player and by the end of the hour my fact-focused nerves were worn ragged.

Please welcome @forward.com's incoming editor-in-chief, @alykatzz.bsky.social!

Making news, my next chapter: I'm going to be the next editor-in-chief of @forward.com. Thrilled and inspired to be joining the incredible folks there to lead great Jewish journalism at this critical moment.

I hope the world we’re in keeps making Arthur L. Carters: people driven to achieve economic success and then spend the dividends on journalism that elevates community and collective responsibility to make a better world. He lost millions publishing The Nation! RIP.

Adams says it wasn't the indictment or the Trump admin's abandonment of his corruption charges that doomed his re-election bid. Rather, "We were not receiving the support we needed from our media in this city.” He describes the case, inaccurately, as a "leg-room case." ny1.com/nyc/all-boro...

New from the NY Editorial Board, an ad hoc council of journalists (including me) who grill local candidates and power players: An interview with Patrick Gaspard on Mamdani, Obama and the art of balancing outsiderness and the inside game.

Are the AI platforms not trained to read music notation and repertoire? A screengrab of a sheet music PDF I found on my computer drew a blank from ChatGPT, Google and Perplexity, which all returned variations on this. (I Googled the filename; it's a Bach piano sonata.)