$20 Dinner
Two West Village Newcomers Bring Fresh, Delicious Energy to the City’s Increasingly Predictable Burger Game
Burgerhead and Smacking Burger (located in a gas station) surprise and delight with their simple pleasures
Morning Spew
Eric Adams Still Wants to Cut Library Funding—But Don’t Worry, We’re Getting 1,200 More Cops
And more news for your Thursday.
Correct Opinions
This NY Times Columnist Should Probably Not Be Teaching John Cage to Columbia Students
John McWhorter can't be serious about Cage's iconic composition "4'33". He just can't be.
Going Places
One Weird Trick for Getting Away With Obscuring Your License Plate
New York state lawmakers increased penalties for toll scofflaws, but also explicitly gave cops the power to cut them loose.
Cultural Capital
This Pandemic Program Gave $1,000/Month to Artists to Stay in New York. It Worked for Me
One way to support the arts in New York? Pay people’s rent, like Creatives Rebuild New York's guaranteed income program did.
Morning Spew
Mayor Adams Suggests ‘Outside Agitators’ Created Tent Conspiracy to Ruin NYC
This goes all the way to the Big Top, and more news for your Wednesday morning.
Morning Spew
Report: Mayor Adams Was Not, Strictly Speaking, ‘Ready’ For 8 Inches of Rain in September
A bunch of basin-clearing trucks were out of service, and official NotifyNYC communications only went to a relative handful of New Yorkers, according to a comptroller report.
Fresh Hell
NYU Has NYPD Arrest and Pepper-Spray Protesters at Pro-Palestine Student Encampment
"The cops stormed in with their sticks and they started arresting people by the dozen, and they started to pepper-spray people left and right."
The State of New York
The Winners and Losers of New York State’s Budget Deal
Winners: real estate, Governor Hochul, and independent media. Losers: New Yorkers who desperately need housing, and weed bodegas.
Morning Spew
Columbia Classes Go Virtual as President Now Wants to ‘Deescalate the Rancor’
The campus remains on lockdown as encampments spread to other New York City universities, and other links to start your day.
Fresh Hell
Columbia Protesters, In Their Own Words
As the encampment on public space on Columbia's campus stretches into its first weekend, and solidarity actions spring up around the country, Hell Gate lets students talk about repression, protest, and solidarity.
