Morning Spew
It Is Election Day and Once More Time to Select the Lesser of Two Evils
Is this “the most important election ever” ever? And other links to start your day.
Power
Lee Zeldin Wants You To Know He’ll Be The Kind of Governor Who Will Exploit and Misrepresent the Final Moments of a Man’s Life
It might feel superfluous to many people to dwell on any one instance in which Zeldin revealed himself as a cynical, dishonest, racist sack of shit.
Fresh Hell
Lee Zeldin Caravan Featured Thin Blue Line Flags, Vehicles With Hundreds of Speeding Tickets
A public records search reveals hundreds of traffic violations from just a few participants.
Morning Spew
Mondays Are for GOTV: ‘Hochul’s Run a Terrible Campaign’
Dems are mounting their last-minute push to elect Kathy Hochul and stave off doom in both the NY legislature and Congress, and more hot links for your warm Monday.
Climate
Meet the Prickly Pear, New York City’s Resilient Native Cactus
Naturally, the prickly pear's success in NYC depends on real estate: "It’s location, location, location."
Locked Up
Two Brothers on Rikers. One Died Monday. Now His Family Says They’ve Been Banned from Visiting the Survivor
Gilberto Garcia's family say they were turned away from Rikers and told they can't come back for 45 days.
Eric Adams
The Illegal License Plate Covers Are Coming From Inside the Adams Administration
The Brooklyn director of the Mayor's Community Affairs Unit was driving a Jeep with illegal license plate covers and flashing police lights.
Morning Spew
Freaky Tall Buildings Leaking Precious Energy Friday
Loopholes for leaky skyscrapers, another non-apology apology from NYC's most infamous point guard, and more links.
$20 Dinner
$20 Dinner: Sky-High Thai Sliders and Buckets of Joy at Baby’s Buns and Buckets
It says "buckets" right there in the name of this Dekalb Market joint, but you still can't really mentally prepare for what hits the table.
Power
Yes, DSNY Is Throwing Away Illegal Zeldin Lawn Signs: ‘Don’t Believe Every Conspiracy Theory You Read on Social Media’
Conspiracy theories about the practice have been amplified by NYC's Republican elected officials.
Morning Spew
Thursdays Are For Solving Spooky Scatological Mysteries
Did a Halloween cover band actually make a mess of things, and other stories to start your day.
The Cops
NYC Public Advocate: The NYPD Broke the Law I Wrote When They Tackled and Arrested a Grandmother in a Precinct House
The NYPD is arguing that because the grandmother didn't actually record herself being tackled, she wasn't actually exercising her First Amendment rights.