Morning Spew
George Santos’s Only Crime Is Being Himself (Plus, All the Alleged Crimes)
The onslaught of skepticism against the Don Draper of Congress never stops, plus more links for your Wednesday reading pleasure.
Power
Workers at the Legendary NYC Cocktail Bar Death & Co Are Unionizing
"Passion gets manipulated, and a lot of people are getting sick of it."
Morning Spew
Safe Injection Sites Save Lives and Don’t Hurt Communities But NYC Still Can’t Have Them
A new report puts NIMBY crime fears to bed, even as New York's safe injection sites face possible closure.
Eternal City
Winston Churchill’s Mother? You’ve Got the Wrong Brooklyn Address
"We don't know for certain when or where she was born," said one historian, despite what a plaque on a Cobble Hill apartment building says.
Sales
Hell Gate’s Farewell to Hats Sale!
To make room for more swag, we need to unload hats—for an all-time low price!
Morning Spew
Eric Adams Still Has the NY Post in His Corner
The NY Post wonders if this whole Eric Adams investigation isn't Joe Biden's fault, plus more stories to start your Monday.
Eric Adams
Eric Adams Neglected to Mention That the FBI Seized His Phones
Investigators reportedly took the Mayor's devices Monday night, a fact he did not disclose at a Wednesday press conference.
Locked Up
Rikers So Broken Even the Monitor Whose Job Is to Know How Broken It Is Now Says He Has No Idea
In a new report, the court monitor overseeing NYC jails calls the Adams administration's resistance to reform an "insurmountable impediment."
Morning Spew
At Least One of Eric Adams’s Long Legal Battles Is Over
And some more links for your Friday.
The Cops
The NYPD Drone Czar Wants You to Know One Thing: ‘The Drones Are Great’
At a tech summit, the commanding officer said he wished the public felt more positively about the police department's tech-forward mission.
Eric Adams
Eric Adams Won’t Engage With What Everyone Knows: The NYPD Whitewashed Kawaski Trawick’s Killing
The mayor who ran on a promise to hold police accountable now doesn't want to "interfere."
Morning Spew
NYC’s New Retail Theft Task Force Won’t Make Your Pharmacy Suck Less
The mayor convened a team to combat the city's shoplifting "crisis," and more links to smash this Thursday.