Locked Up
Incarcerated Women Wonder When Governor Hochul Will Actually Start Using Her ‘Overhauled’ Pardon System
The governor hasn't issued a commutation or a pardon since boasting of major changes this summer.
Morning Spew
It’s Monday and Eric Adams Has World Cup Fever
The Mayor takes a totally necessary trip to a migrant-killing kingdom, and other links to start your day.
Going Places
A Very Moynihan Train Hall Thanksgiving: ‘Wow, I Can’t Even Sit Down?’
Hell Gate tours the brand new train hall on its most-traveled holiday weekend.
Critters of New York
How Feral Turkeys Took Staten Island
The sight of two dozen wild turkeys strutting like miniature velociraptors outside a Hylan Boulevard Pakistani restaurant can be a little jarring.
Morning Spew
It’s Wednesday, and We’re Banning Crypto Mining
New York leads again on stopping a specific type of wasteful pollution, and other links to start your day.
Correct Opinions
Listen Up, Turkeys: The Best Thanksgiving Dinner Time Is 8 p.m.
Most Thanksgiving stressors stem from the massive mid-day meal.
Morning Spew
It’s Tuesday and I Would Also Be Eric Adams’s Friend for $241,000 a Year
Plus: Two secret reports and an oddly austere budget given how many well-paid appointees are running around City Hall
Eternal City
You Can Now Bid on Some Truly Useless Stuff Owned By NYC Mayors
Mayors cannot take their gifts home with them. So now it’s up to the city to auction them off.
Nosh Pit
It’s a Miracle Your Favorite Local Bar Still Exists
Rent, product, payroll...sand? Restaurant margins are infamously tight. The pandemic era has made them tighter.
Locked Up
Why 18 Deaths in Custody This Year Isn’t Enough to Take Control of Jails Away From NYC
If the present rate of death in New York City jails continues, by the time Judge Laura Taylor Swain next takes up the case of Rikers at the end of April, eight more people will be dead.
Cultural Capital
No Gods, No Ticketmasters: A Taylor Swift Ticket-Buying Journey
One Swiftie's journey into the heart of Ticketmaster darkness.