Q&A
‘The Drivers Have No Respect’
A NYC crossing guard talks about how drivers have gotten worse since the COVID-19 pandemic.
Morning Spew
Landlords Demand Silence While the Rent Is Increased
And some decidedly noisier links for your Wednesday.
Locked Up
The Adams Administration’s Clumsy Campaign to Downplay Violence on Rikers Island Backfires
Jail officials lost the trust of the federal monitor and attempted to play politics with a federal court through a hamfisted media campaign.
Paying Rent
Why the Last-Ditch Effort to Pass Good Cause Failed
Lawmakers and advocates point fingers, as New York's dysfunctional government failed to act once again.
Morning Spew
First Woman NYPD Commissioner Quits Job She Never Really Had
Keechant Sewell was doing the job Eric Adams and his buddies wanted all along.
Correct Opinions
New York’s Age of Design Apathy Is Here
Expensive, garish, barely concealing its contempt and ultimately not achieving much.
$20 Dinner
Wildly Delicious, Worker-Owned: Brooklyn’s New Sandwich Shop, Sea & Soil
Check out their pop-up at Grand Army Plaza before the Carroll Gardens shop opens in July.
Morning Spew
Delivery Workers Get a Raise—After the App Companies Have Their Say
Tip, tip, tip, and more links to start your day.
$20 Dinner
It's a Chopped Cheese Feast at the New, Charmingly Corny Bodega City
The "Bodega Truck" guy just opened two storefronts, in Williamsburg and near Yankee Stadium in the Bronx
Podcast
Where Did All the Lifeguards Go?
Are we just going to live with limited pool hours and closed beaches forever?
Locked Up
Cover-Ups, Half-Truths, Secrecy and Contempt: Watchdog Report Shows How Rikers Officials Are Making Court Oversight Look Like a Joke
In the picture painted by the report, Adams administration jail officials are so baldly misleading and misinforming the monitor meant to function as the court's eyes and ears that the entire premise of court oversight is becoming a farce.
Cultural Capital
Who Is Leading Raids on NYC Nightclubs?
A 2019 law requires surprise inspections to be documented, but these most recent raids won't be.