Locked Up
It's 2024 and Most New York State Prisons Still Don't Have Air Conditioning
"The heat was so intense that the roaches living in my foot locker even crawled out during the daylight hours to escape the humidity."
Cultural Capital
How the Anarchists at ABC No Rio Got the City to Build Them an Arts Center on the Lower East Side
"If you had told us that this group of anarchist artists was going to raise this amount of money and make this happen, we really would have thought you were totally insane."
Going Places
Will Anybody Actually Make Amazon Follow Parking Rules?
Probably not, but worth trying!
Morning Spew
If Democracy Makes It to 2025, NYC Will Have a Competitive Mayoral Race
And more news for your Tuesday.
Cultural Capital
Even an Attempted Presidential Assassination Couldn't Kill the Vibe at MIKE’s Young World Festival
The Bronx rapper has turned an underground hip-hop posse showcase to one of the most exciting stages in New York City.
Paying Rent
What Happens When a Landlord Pushes Back Against Good Cause Eviction?
One renter in Brooklyn shares his story.
Eric Adams
Mayor Adams's Deputy Commissioner for International Affairs Leads a Nonprofit That Funnels Millions Into the Manhattan Institute
Kristen Edgreen Kaufman told Hell Gate she's "not involved" with the think tank, but the Adams admin official has steered nearly $3 million to the group through Acrocorinth, Inc., a nonprofit foundation she runs with her husband.
Morning Spew
Drones vs. Birds at the Beach
An outlandish solution to a very solvable problem has, get this, created yet another problem. And more news for your Monday.
Correct Opinions
Go Ahead and Block the Empire State Building, It Sucks Now
If I want a daily reminder of what I'm supposed to think about, or what observance I'm supposed to solemnly honor, I'll check the Google Doodle.
Nosh Pit
Oh Great, NYC Killed the Only Good Thing to Come Out of the COVID Era
Instead of building upon one of the few bright spots of the pandemic, curbside dining is now heading for swift extinction beginning on August 3, even as the City insists this isn't the case.
City of Immigrants
Raising Delivery Drivers' Minimum Wage Made Them More Money, World Didn't End
We're...alive? We're alive! Plus, more links for your Friday.
Oh, Hell
My Friend Just Sent Me a Brazen Venmo Request
Sage advice from your friendly neighborhood bloggers.