Eric Adams
Eric Adams Says Children ‘Start Off With Their Day Picking Up Cannabis Laced With Fentanyl,’ Despite No Evidence of This Actually Happening
As one expert told us, “It’s never happened once.”
Paying Rent
Tenants Took Over the Rent Guidelines Board Hearing
But painful rent increases are coming anyway.
Morning Spew
The Writers of Your Favorite Shows Are on Strike
“If we were to cave in, this would be the last negotiation the Writers Guild would ever have. So we have to get what we need.”
Going Places
MTA Buses Are About to Become Bad Drivers’ Worst Nightmare
The state budget doesn't do transit riders dirty.
Morning Spew
New York Is Actually Getting a Green New Deal
A massive win for public power amidst a bleak conclusion to state budget negotiations.
The Cops
A Weed Bodega Shut Down by the NYPD Got Replaced With Another Weed Bodega
The new one? Already closed.
Morning Spew
Traffic Deaths in NYC Are Surging. Our Lawmakers Are Dithering.
Nine NYC cyclists have died in just four months.
Podcast
We Made the ‘Brieghetti Pie’ You See on the Subway
Join us on this unholy culinary journey in the latest episode of the Hell Gate Podcast.
Locked Up
A Federal Judge Allows the Fatal, Dickensian Farce on Rikers Island to Continue
At the latest hearing, the federal judge overseeing violence reduction efforts on Rikers once again declined to take the jails out of NYC control
Going Places
The LaGuardia Airport Bathroom Orchids Aren’t Just Surviving—They’re Thriving
The Brooklyn Botanic Garden wishes!
Eric Adams
Eric Adams Says Asylum Seekers Are Going to Cost $4.3 Billion. Where Does That Number Come From?
Is Adams being realistic? Or is he using migrants to blow a “supermassive black hole” in the budget?
Morning Spew
NYC Still Doesn’t Have Enough Lifeguards
You didn't think the Adams administration was going to solve this one, right? And other links to start your day.