Fresh Hell
One Last Sunday at Two Brooklyn Public Libraries: ‘It’s a Big Loss’
Thanks to budget cuts by the Adams administration, libraries across the city have been forced to eliminate a day of service.
Welcome to the Eric Adams Table of Success
Hell Gate presents an interactive site exploring dozens of people who are in the mayor's orbit, their connections to each other, and why it all matters.
Eric Adams Cuts Composting Programs to Save Chump Change
The elimination of City funding for community drop-off sites will save around $3 million a year—0.04 percent of a $7 billion budget gap.
A City Council Showdown Over Mayor Adams’s Budget Cuts
Is the City's financial situation really that dire? And other links to start your day.
‘We Are Taking Names of People Who Did Not Support Israel’: Dark Money Mobilizes to Oust NY Progressives
Political action committees backed by pro-Israel donors are ramping up efforts to oust NY progressives they see as being on the wrong side of the Israel-Hamas conflict.
Queens Casino Debates Return: Will Jessica Ramos Be the Immovable Object to Steve Cohen’s Unstoppable Force?
Both Ramos and Cohen ultimately have only one weapon, and it’s the power to scuttle the other’s plans.
How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Flickering Light Outside My Window That Tormented Me for 27 Days
I named it Blinky.
Hell Gate’s Guide to Safe Thanksgiving Conversation Topics
Try these on for size for a peaceful holiday meal.
What Happened to All of NYC’s Community Fridges?
Three years after the beginning of the pandemic, and as food insecurity continues to rise, many of these fridges have shut down. Why?
AOC Talks Ceasefire, Eric Adams’s Budget Cuts, and the Biggest Crisis Threatening NYC
"When we talk about actual threats to the city, it's not the migrant crisis, it's the housing crisis, and we need to be paying a lot more attention to it."
