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“The fake fans bought everything to impress their boyfriends," a Canal Street vendor told Hell Gate about the lack of Knicks merch on the famed bootleg corridor.
Ali Najmi, who scored a plum unpaid City Hall gig overseeing judicial appointments, is now appearing in court on behalf of the owner of the Mets and the largest fine in SEC history.
Landlords, reactionary tabloids, and a high-stakes auction for rent-stabilized buildings.
The mayor is taking lessons from Obama '08 with a constellation of organizations poised to stop the campaign energy from withering away.
From swagger to sabotage.
On day one of the Mamdani administration, Hell Gate was there.
Should be easy, right?
Whether a conflict with the NYPD can be avoided remains to be seen, but observers that Hell Gate spoke to identified a number of modest but meaningful steps the mayor can take early in his term.
Here's what Mamdani should do on day one to make the city less car-centric and more friendly to pedestrians, cyclists, and public transit riders.
New York City's signature climate law needs someone to actually enforce it. Here's how incoming Mayor Mamdani can hit the ground running.
And other housing ideas for the new administration's first 100 days.
Free universal child care is the incoming mayor's biggest promise—here's what he needs to do immediately to make it happen, according to experts.