Fresh Hell
A City Council Showdown Over Mayor Adams’s Budget Cuts
Is the City's financial situation really that dire? And other links to start your day.
Eternal City
An Oral History of SIN Club, The Coolest Venue on the Lower East Side for Six Months in 1983
SIN Club, which stood for "safety in numbers," had one of the most adventurous booking policies of any venue downtown. It was also not entirely legal.
Morning Spew
FDNY ‘Training’ Included Breaking This Guy’s Door Then Laughing About It
"This was not an emergency situation. They do not have the right to break open doors because they feel like it."
Cultural Capital
Trust Fund Kids, Crust Punks and a Neo-Nazi: Sean Price Williams on His Directorial Debut
Williams talks "The Sweet East," moving from cinematography to directing, and why he thinks movies made with union labor aren’t very fun.
Fresh Hell
‘We Are Taking Names of People Who Did Not Support Israel’: Dark Money Mobilizes to Oust NY Progressives
Political action committees backed by pro-Israel donors are ramping up efforts to oust NY progressives they see as being on the wrong side of the Israel-Hamas conflict.
Morning Spew
Eric Adams’s Toilet Poll
Mayor Adams faces the lowest approval rating of any mayor since 1996, and other links to begin your Thursday.
Q&A
World’s Foremost George Santos Expert Explains It All
A Q+A with Mark Chiusano, author of the new book, "The Fabulist: The Lying, Hustling, Grifting, Stealing, and Very American Legend of George Santos."
$20 Dinner
El Rinconcito Is Back in Action with Delicious Dominican Fare
After closing for two years, the neighborhood favorite Dominican restaurant has reopened at a spiffy new location on Avenue C.
Power
Guess Who Is Leaving New York (It’s Not the Ultra-Rich)
A pair of reports indicate that millionaires are not leaving New York en masse—but working class New Yorkers are getting priced out.
Locked Up
Many People Are Saying: Take Rikers Out of City Control
As the court monitor reports more deception and chaos in NYC jails, a growing list of advocates and experts are urging a judge to put Rikers into receivership.
Morning Spew
DoorDash Throws a Tip Tantrum
In response to new legally mandated NYC pay minimums for its couriers, DoorDash has moved its tip prompter.