The best evidence that this new speed limit is a haphazard, half-assed initiative is that the Adams administration seemingly has no coherent plan for implementing it. hellgatenyc.com/15-mph-e-bik...

Morning Spew for Night Owls—Don't fall for the autumn psyop: This season sucks. Luckily we live in New York City, so there's always good live music, and repertoire film. Here's some of our picks for this "season" and other links to start your day.

Don't you think it's time to Leave Your Apartment? This week's recs come from Nasa Hadizadeh, EIC of Alt Citizen

For this week's $20 Dinner, @scoboco.bsky.social hits up the latest stellar slice joint to join the other star-studded pizzerias of TriBeChris ("triangle below Christopher Street"). This difference here is you won't have to wait 30 minutes for a slice.

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Obsessed witb @hellgatenyc.com calling the campaign’s plans for New York City “the Mamdani Commie Shakedown” in today’s Mayoral Spew hellgatenyc.com/r/10020466?m...

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Don't fall for the autumn psyop: This season sucks. Luckily we live in New York City, so there's always good live music, and repertoire film. Here's some of our picks for this "season" and other links to start your day. hellgatenyc.com/morning-spew...

Morning Spew for Night Owls—Eric Adams Embraces Transphobia, the Last Recourse of Desperate Losers

NEW MAYORAL SPEW! If Mamdani takes office in January, the state assemblymember will find his focus immediately turned back to his old stomping grounds of Albany, where his campaign promises to provide free childcare and free MTA bus service will live or die. hellgatenyc.com/will-mamdani...

Calling all freelance fact-checkers! We're in need of some fact-checking assistance during the first week of October—hit us up if you're interested in fact-checking a very fun project. Email Chris ([email protected]) for more details.

New York City has spent more than half a billion dollars in recent years settling lawsuits against the NYPD. A new report from the Comptroller's office finds excessive force complaints are concentrated in Black and Latine neighborhoods: hellgatenyc.com/comptroller-...

In the waning days of his longshot reelection campaign—and likely his tenure at City Hall—Mayor Eric Adams has suddenly embraced transphobia.

Morning Spew for Night Owls—Cava for lunch? Anybody? Anybody?

Last week, a 30-year-old social worker at Brooklyn Defender Services got a perplexing meeting invite from the group's executive director, Lisa Schreibersdorf. Little did she know she was about to be asked to lead an effort to bust the BDS union. hellgatenyc.com/brooklyn-def...

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The anti-trans resolution that roiled one of Manhattan's public school parent councils for the last year and a half has finally been rescinded. Does that mean the District 2 council has put messy factional politics behind it? Nah. hellgatenyc.com/cecd2-anti-t...

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There's nothing scary about New York City's first horror-centric bookstore... unless you're terrified of a welcoming atmosphere and dark academia decor.

Cava for lunch? Anybody? Anybody?

Entering the lobby of the Parkline, I wondered whether I would enjoy having a doorperson.

From "The Great Food Truck Race" to First Ave, Nishaan is serving up classics with a Pakistani twist. hellgatenyc.com/nishaan-east...

On Wednesday morning, the six-person Community Advisory Committee for the Caesar's Times Square casino bid killed the proposal in less time than it takes to heat up chicken wings in an air fryer.

Hell Gate joined Austrian Vice-Chancellor Andreas Babler—leader of the country's Social Democratic Party—on a recent tour of Brooklyn rent-stabilized apartments, where he had some advice for New York lawmakers (and a warning for his fellow Austrians)

Who paid for the ads wishing the ethnonationalist Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi very happy birthday in cities around the world? A Hindutva devotee abroad? His wife? The political party he leads?

Crime is (mostly) down. Streets are safer. More teens are getting summer jobs. This year's Mayoral Management Report paints a picture of why Adams should be cruising to a second term. That is, if you forget everything else that has happened over the past four years.

With Carl Heastie behind him, Zohran Mamdani has the nominal support of the governor and the two state legislative leaders. We'll most likely soon find out whether those endorsements mean anything in the brutal Albany cold of budget season.

15 Years After Their Creation, Do NYC Restaurant Grades Still Matter to Diners? "I would trust more my friends than I would trust a letter on the door."

Seven weeks from Election Day, & voters are still hard pressed to find any evidence that Cuomo has found the passion necessary to convey he actually wants to lead a city of 8.5 million people through a deeply uncertain, turbulent period in history. NEW MAYORAL SPEW!

Morning Spew for Night Owls—"We need to change the script. We need to escalate this, because clearly, what we're doing right now is not stopping the inhumane, un-American and illegal activity that is happening in this building."

New podcast episode!! The wheel keeps turning in New York City and even the billionaires are throwing tantrums. The team breaks down how the money flow is making the march toward casinos seem unstoppable. Meanwhile, happy birthday Modi? Why are you in my fridge?  podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

On Friday afternoon, there was big "who care" energy from the probable next mayor and the leader of the state senate after the state Democratic Chair embarked on a path of self-immolation. hellgatenyc.com/jay-jacobs-r...

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New York City finally has a women's sports bar, Wilka's—and it'll soon be joined by two more bars devoted to women's sports. "We want to make a space to invite everyone in and say, 'Become a fan with us.'" hellgatenyc.com/nyc-first-wo...

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"We need to change the script. We need to escalate this, because clearly, what we're doing right now is not stopping the inhumane, un-American and illegal activity that is happening in this building."

Morning Spew for Night Owls—Will New York approve a gas pipeline to power AI data centers because Trump held its wind power hostage? Looks like it! What a world.

@tiffanycaban.bsky.social arrested outside of 26 Federal Plaza along with dozens of other protesters - including faith leaders and other elected officials - demanding ICE get out of NYC

Crime is (mostly) down. Streets are safer. More teens are getting summer jobs. This year's Mayoral Management Report paints a picture of why Adams should be cruising to a second term. That is, if you forget everything else that has happened over the past four years. hellgatenyc.com/eric-adams-f...

Entering the lobby of the Parkline, I wondered whether I would enjoy having a doorperson. hellgatenyc.com/open-house-p...

Who paid for the ads wishing the ethnonationalist Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi very happy birthday in cities around the world? A Hindutva devotee abroad? His wife? The political party he leads?

From "The Great Food Truck Race" to First Ave, Nishaan is serving up classics with a Pakistani twist. hellgatenyc.com/nishaan-east...

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Will New York approve a gas pipeline to power AI data centers because Trump held its wind power hostage? Looks like it! What a world. And other links to start your day. hellgatenyc.com/fracked-gas-...

Morning Spew for Night Owls—Two years after launching its very first trash containerization pilot program in West Harlem, the Adams administration is expanding the program to Brooklyn.

With Carl Heastie behind him, Zohran Mamdani has the nominal support of the governor and the two state legislative leaders. We'll most likely soon find out whether those endorsements mean anything in the brutal Albany cold of budget season. hellgatenyc.com/plan-to-tax-...

On Wednesday morning, the six-person Community Advisory Committee for the Caesar's Times Square casino bid killed the proposal in less time than it takes to heat up chicken wings in an air fryer.

Two years after launching its very first trash containerization pilot program in West Harlem, the Adams administration is expanding the program to Brooklyn. hellgatenyc.com/brooklyn-get...

Morning Spew for Night Owls—The in-person component of "Offset" is akin to a call center combined with an alternate reality game, where you can get on a leaderboard by logging the longest calls made to oil and gas executives: