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A new outlet owned and run by journalists covering New York City, with a mixture of blog posts, features, columns, and investigations.
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Friday Means It’s Time For the Weekend to Reign
Blue sky, Queen dead, NYCHA's chair still apparently lives in Minnesota?!!
Thursday is the First Day of School and We’ve Almost Given Up
School is back in session, a DHS cop punched a 21-year-old asylum seeker, and more of what we're reading today.
It’s Wednesday and CNN Asks: Why Do Stenography For Cops When You Can Just Hire One?
Plus: a woman collects good trash, a city agency sits empty, and if kids could vote the city would never have been able to abolish snow days as it just did.
We’re Not Ready for Fall, So Let’s Start This Week on a Tuesday
Pictures from the return of J’Ouvert, arsenic in the water at NYCHA’s Jacob Riis Houses, and more news we’re reading.
It’s Friday, and New York City Is a Union Town
Good news for the Amazon Labor Union, Mayor Eric Adams continues to blame teenager Tamani Crum for being decked by a cop, and more of what we're reading.
It’s Thursday, and Mayor Adams Says You Can Maybe Punch a Teenage Girl in the Face If You’re in a ‘High Stressful Environment’
Eric Adams is urging the public to not jump to any conclusions about cops with records of misconduct who punch 19-year-old girls, and more.
A Peek Behind the Curtain
Walk with us a while through Hell Gate's sweet-smelling sausage factory.
Dying on My Expensive Midtown Commercial Real Estate Hill Like It’s Monday
Just a few more empty office towers, that should do it!
Drink Tuesday Up Through a Salty Meat Straw
It's (another) primary day, Mayor Adams is still salty over questions about his penchant for nightlife, and more of what we're thinking about today.
Down With a Case of the Pre-Primary Mondays
A strange summer primary season draws to a close, Eric Adams eats more fish, and other news we're reading today.