Fresh Hell
NYC Pregames Solar Eclipse With a 4.8 Magnitude Earthquake
The most important thing about the earthquake is that WE felt it.
How to Post Ourselves Into a Viral Crime Panic
A series of random attacks in Manhattan dozens of viral videos this week, heavy on fear-mongering.
Hell Gate Presents: March Madness of NYC Hot Takes 2024
After much deliberation, we will defend these to the death (even if we don't 100 percent believe in them).
Why This Long Island Roller Derby Team Is Taking on the Ban Against Trans Women in Sports
The VP of the Long Island Roller Rebels and a staff attorney for the NYCLU talk about suing Nassau County over its recent executive order.
Adams Administration Backpedals on Huge Cuts to Pre-K and 3-K Programs
"We're gonna resolve that issue," Schools Chancellor David Banks told the City Council.
The Department of Education, Formerly the Board of Education, Is Actually ‘NYC Public Schools’—For Now
The DOE's "brand refresh" comes as the Adams administration fights to maintain mayoral control over the school system.
Most Libraries Will Only Be Open Five Days a Week Under Mayor Adams’s Budget
"It is astounding to me that we're in a situation where we are seriously contemplating losing universal six-day service."
How Do Dudes Pee? An Earth-Shattering Reveal
The men of Hell Gate explain things to me.
A Group of Artists Just Replaced the MTA’s Ads With Pro-Palestine Posters
“We’re a bunch of New Yorkers trying to take back this public space and make a message.”
Pro-Palestine Protesters, AI, and Eric Adams: What I Saw at the ‘Stand With Israeli Tech’ Conference Before They Kicked Me Out
"I'm a Google software engineer and I refuse to build technology that powers genocide or surveillance!"
