Sleigh Bells's Alexis Krauss Didn't Really Have to Do All That
It's okay to keep your late-capitalist doomerism to yourself while others are organizing.
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New Yorkers Deserve to See the Forbidden Footage Dr. Phil's Son Took of the NYPD
It's every son of a conservative TV host's First Amendment right to deliver video clips that a City lawsuit claims are "harmful," and "cannot be released to the public."
Hell Gate's Predictions for 2026
We can see the future. This is what next year holds in store.
Hell Gate's Favorite Blogs of 2025
The stories most beloved by Hell Gate's writers and editors in 2025.
Hell Gate's 2025 Winners and Losers
We were keeping score all year.
After All That, the New East River Park Is...Fucking Awesome
We'll have to see whether the new resiliency infrastructure will withstand another superstorm, but we're happy to report that the park itself is, so far, a smashing success.
Blink and You’ll Miss It: PureGym Is Upon Us
New York's most egalitarian gym closes its eyes for the last time.
'Law & Order: Organized Crime' Is So Bad That It's Perfect
We're not NOT recommending this TV show in which Elliot Stabler goes "undercover" to "fight gangs" in an absurd, fictionalized New York City.
I Can't Stop Thinking About George Santos
Liar, grifter, political showman, mirror to some of our political contradictions—I cannot get enough.
Poetry in Hypermotion: Stop Shoving Subway Poems Between Lottery Ads
The MTA's ad screens allot just 15 seconds for poems displayed through the MTA's Poetry in Motion program. That's not enough time!!!