Tenelema Puli is the 2nd construction worker to die on the job in as many days this week and the 7th construction worker fatality so far this year in NYC from claudia irizarry aponte George Joseph

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The inside scoop from Alyssa Katz sam rabiyah Richard Kim and claudia irizarry aponte at the THE CITY showed why local news matters!

One of the fun things I do is to be a board member of THE CITY a digital news platform that covers my great city, NYC. Today we celebrate our work!

A Rikers detainee who suffered from brain trauma and alcoholism was left alone long enough that he etched this note on his wall.

It was a suicide note.

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On March 15, 2021, Advance Peace CEO's phone started ringing. Reporters wanted to know about the new violence prevention program that Bill de Blasio had just announced

Advance Peace had no idea

A great read from Chip Brownlee from The Trace

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NEW: A pilot Advance Peace gun violence prevention program was supposed to launch in New York City in July 2021 — but after months of miscommunication and poor planning, it’s quietly been scrapped, Chip Brownlee reports.

From The Trace and THE CITY: thetr.ac/1horr

My town is pretty great

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Baristas who signed up to work didn't realize they'd be pulling double duty for both companies: 'I was like, ‘Oh, great, now I am at the epicenter of two anti-worker, anti-union corporations.'' thecity.nyc/2022/10/31/234… Starbucks Workers United

Me, I’m dressed tonight as an All In with Chris Hayes guest on MSNBC. Tune in during the 8:00 hour to hear me discuss the NY governor’s race.

The NY judge who sentenced Harvey Weinstein won't be a judge much longer. Why?

Eric Adams' advisory panel declined to recommend him for reappointment

Oh & also the judge majorly pissed off a close friend of Frank Carone, Adams chief of staff

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NEW: As Brooklyn borough president, Eric Adams called for the city to bring ferry service to Canarsie, a majority Black neighborhood with few public transit options.

Now as mayor, he’s silent on the issue:
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NEW INVESTIGATION: Churches routinely break the law by endorsing candidates, an investigation by Jeremy Schwartz Jessica Priest for Texas Tribune ProPublica found. The IRS has largely abdicated enforcement of a 1954 law prohibiting such campaigning.
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what a gorgeous essay from katie honan on Sandy — about how the storm shaped her home, and sharpened her drive to report

there's no one I'd rather read today tbh! katiehonan.substack.com/p/the-sandyver…

We wrote a piece recapping the storm, reviewing how it all happened and discussing whether or not we're better prepared for a similar storm today: nymetroweather.com/2022/10/24/on-…

When people say 'only in New York' I'm not sure they mean this.

But this is what it really means. Gotta read by katie honan

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NEW: How Councilmember Shahana Hanif, co-chair of the Progressive Caucus, successfully pushed to lower the number of affordable units that will be produced by a zoning change in her district.

From me and George Joseph for New York Focus and THE CITY

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NEW with Sam Mellins: Anti-development locals win rezoning reduction in Gowanus, likely cutting off any affordability requirements for the developer:

“It’s a lot of height,” one said of the original 9 story plan. “It would really be so out of character.”
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Just stunning: less than 10% of tenants facing eviction are now getting lawyers under NYC's 'Right to Counsel' law that was supposed to guarantee them. Numbers obtained by ANHD and analyzed by sam rabiyah. thecity.nyc/2022/10/27/234…