Morning Spew
NY Lawmakers Dither While New Yorkers Die Preventable Traffic Deaths
New York is "moving in the wrong direction" when it comes to traffic fatalities, plus more links to start your week.
Sales
Hell Gate's Biggest Sale Ever
To celebrate our new site and our second birthday, we're giving you 33 percent off all our annual subscriptions—plus new perks.
Climate
GrowNYC’s Greenmarket Compost Drop-Offs Are Gone for Good
Community composting got $6.2 million in the budget, but the climate-saving initiative has had a "bittersweet" few weeks.
Going Places
Happy Fourth of July! Lyft Just Jacked Up Citi Bike E-Bike Fees Again
The company wants the City to pay up, but will settle for you instead.
Morning Spew
Housing Developers: Look, We're All Trying to Find the Guy Who Did This
Who would have thought a for-profit housing system would incentivize bad behavior? Plus, more links for your holiday weekend.
$20 Dinner
Fuel Up With Glorious Halal Comfort Food at a Myrtle Avenue Gas Station
Blue Hour serves a full menu of hefty, gloppy delights inside the BP at a busy Bushwick intersection.
Due to the Loss of Congestion Pricing, New Jerseyans Must Pay $1,000 to Watch the July 4 Fireworks
Call it "combustion pricing."
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Oh, Hell
Introducing Hell Gate’s Advice Column, ‘Oh, Hell’
Because we all need some help sometimes. Send us your questions!
Cultural Capital
When a Tepid Clap Becomes a Battle Cry Becomes a Play
In "N/A," two people who have been reduced to depoliticized shero memes—Nancy Pelosi and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez—are ushered into another often toothless sphere: the unsubtle mainstream liberal fantasy realm of commercial theater.
When NYC Budget Victory Means Restoring Cuts That Shouldn’t Exist
While libraries and composting were spared, parks and 3-K remain perilously underfunded.