Fresh Hell
Sure Seems Like These Job Postings Aren’t Complying With NYC’s New Salary Transparency Law
The price of fixing information asymmetry and wage gaps is eternal vigilance.
Morning Spew
It’s Wednesday and the NYPD’s ‘Goon Squad’ Is Deployed to Fight Crime in the Bronx
The NYPD’s Strategic Response Group, by most reasonable accounts, is extremely bad news.
Climate
New York’s Last Umbrella Guy Faces a Storm of Crappy Umbrellas
As temperatures rise, umbrella shops are going extinct—and fixing your busted umbrella becomes near-impossible.
Horoscopes
Prepare for Chaotic Nights During November’s Mars Retrograde
On November 8, we're also getting something called the Full Beaver Moon, which reportedly will lead to "monumental shifts" of some sort.
Morning Spew
Tuesdays Are for NYPD and DSNY Employees Riffing on the Horrors of Open Streets
An officer comes out forcefully against the 34th Avenue Open Street, and other links to start your cloudy Tuesday.
Cultural Capital
Photos: A Brief Taxonomy of the 20 Kinds of Mutant Bikes at Bike Kill
Couch bike? Swing bike? Surf bike? Choose your fighter.
Morning Spew
Mondays Are for Buying Your Building From Your Dead Slumlord
Crown Heights tenants marking the one-year anniversary of their rent strike have a new demand, and more links for your Halloween Monday.
Correct Opinions
Hell Gate’s HELLISH Halloween How-Tos
Hell Gate’s editors tell you how to correctly observe the spookiest of holidays.
Power
Inside the Fight to Unionize NYC’s VITAL Climbing Gyms: ‘Gloves Are Off’
As workers organize for better pay and working conditions, VITAL has responded with memes and "what is just cause" Google searches.
Morning Spew
‘INSIDE SLOB’: Fridays Are for Coming Up With Fake NY Post Headlines
A disgruntled Post staffer caused some turmoil for the tabloid, and more actual headlines we're thinking of today.
Going Places
New York’s Suburbs Now Have Better Transit. So How About Some More Housing?
Billions of dollars have gone to make a commute to NYC from its suburbs easier. Will Long Island and Westchester hold up their end of the bargain?
The Cops
There Can Never Be Enough Cops in the Subway
No amount of police can ever stem the "perception" of subway crime.