the mayor & many others keep saying things like this but it’s not true, there is a lot of nuance to those city laws, including many instances where NYC & ICE can cooperate on deportations

"Along the banks of Randall’s Island, dozens of people are living out of a constellation of tents, cooking over open fires and even bathing in the East River on steamy afternoons." Gwynne Hogan thecity.nyc/2024/08/07/ran…

As Mayor Adams prepares to pick his next FDNY commissioner, I reported on women of color firefighters who say sexism and harassment of women goes unchecked. bit.ly/3Au5ZrC

“Around 11% of New York City’s public restrooms are out of commission, according to a Gothamist analysis of the most recent dataposted to the city’s OpenData portal by the parks department.” (via Jaclyn Jeffrey-Wilensky for Gothamist) gothamist.com/news/1-in-10-n…

The critically-acclaimed street vendor market at Corona Plaza in Queens is struggling. Its fate could impact the future of street vending -- now, largely illegal -- across New York City. gothamist.com/news/scaled-do…

Thanks to Arya Sundaram's reporting we know more about who has Mayor Adams' ear. Would be great if is schedules were just public Mayor Adams chews on distaste for Clinton Hill migrant shelter at private dinner gothamist.com/news/mayor-ada… via @gothamist

A lot of DNC rhetoric on being a good neighbor across identity divides. Interestingly, as Dems adopt a tougher platform on asylum seekers.

One unexpected silver lining of COVID: it helped breathe new life into small towns like Cumberland, MD. Loved spending a few days there with Jessica Gallagher and seeing firsthand how the local community is working hard to keep the momentum going!

City-hired security firm billed for full guard shifts at migrant shelter, while daily sign-in logs record 100s of late arrivals and early departures, per THE CITY's investigation thecity.nyc/2024/08/26/mig…

NEW: The Biden administration will once again allow migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela apply to enter the U.S. if they have a financial sponsor in the country. The program had been paused for several weeks due to a review of some sponsor applications.

As most people look away from Rikers, Jessy Edwards doubled down. She zeroed in on a Rikers correction officer accused of sexually assaulting *24 women.* Jessy’s contract with WNYC 🎙 Gothamist is up. Hire her 🧵

NEW: NYC has quietly launched a pilot program offering migrant families up to $4k in grants to help exit city shelters. gothamist.com/news/nyc-offer…

Comptroller Brad Lander was just interrupted at a rally by a heckler shouting, "You're exploiting the migrants! You will not be mayor!" The crowd drowned him out with chants. 📍At a rally against Mayor Adams' 30/60-day shelter limits for migrants, at a Wash Heights playground

By the 2040s, New York City is expected to see 60–85 days of tidal floods, research shows. But a historic disinvestment in Black and Brown neighborhoods is leaving homeowners at the mercy of flooding. wordinblack.com/2024/09/how-he…

Thanks to everyone who has read or shared my investigative work into claims of sexual assault at NYC's women’s jail. I'm now seeking my next project/contract. If you work in a newsroom & have reporting opportunities that might be a fit, I'd love to connect. Please email me!

🚨🚨🚨🚨BREAKING: FBI Raids Homes of Two Top Eric Adams Aides, Sheena Wright and Phil Banks, sources tell THE CITY thecity.nyc/2024/09/05/fbi…

The New York Post ripping into "the increasingly fascist press office of the NYPD" and its "thin-skinned propagandists who spend their days lashing out at reporters" and things are entirely off the rails. nypost.com/2024/09/06/opi…

Federal investigators are specifically looking at whether James Caban, NYPD Commissioner Ed Caban's twin brother, "sold” police protection to nightlife establishments in NYC, per sources. w/ Graham Rayman & Rocco Parascandola nydailynews.com/2024/09/06/two…