A hearing was always a possibility, and we are prepared for it. We believe that medical evidence and public opinion are overwhelmingly in favor of a swift final rule. If the DEA moves ahead with the hearing, we urge them to conduct it in a timely manner.

“This is the perfect crime.” nytimes.com/2024/08/25/us/…

"'The drowning man will cling to the straw. . . . We sign. We sign. I will sign it twice, not once.'”

Ex-county official convicted of murdering Las Vegas reporter A jury found Robert Telles, former Clark County public administrator, guilty in the fatal stabbing of Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Jeff German. washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/08…

The Power Broker turns 50, and I asked the mayoral candidates and other city leaders about lessons from the book and who is the Robert Moses of today: shorturl.at/H3AlP

Each section in this story is dedicated to a different Rikers guard accused of sexual abuse who is still working there. Jessy Edwards is 👏 not 👏 playing 👏 around! Mayor Eric Adams gothamist.com/news/women-acc…

In response to frosty City Council treatment of his Corp Counsel nominee, Mayor Eric Adams just said that the NYPD's motto "Courtesy Professionalism Respect" should be "on the side of every building." Except...NYPD just ditched that motto gothamist.com/news/the-nypd-…

One of the things I hear a lot in New York is experienced legacy growers complaining that consumers haven't latched on to the idea that potency isn't everything, and it's hurting the craft.

Some questions and comments from journalists today about J'ouvert and the West Indian American Day parade have been very yikes in portraying or suggesting that the events themselves are the problem and not the systemic roots of the violence in the neighborhoods they run through.

The Feds say China pushed its agenda in New York by supplying a corrupt state official and her family with money, help w/ business deals and — wait for it — salted ducks. A LOT of them. You have to read this story by Hurubie Meko and William K. Rashbaum nytimes.com/2024/09/03/nyr… #NYC #NYS

"The revelation that some of the most senior officials working for Mr. Adams, aides who are personally close to the mayor, are now also the subjects of another unrelated federal investigation will cast a further cloud over an administration already beset by legal problems."

"‘Well, it’s legal, it’s for sale, and must be safe, right?’ ” Wrong. nytimes.com/2024/09/07/hea…

The New York City mayor compared himself to a biblical figure who endured suffering, telling parishioners that he was having a “Job moment.” w/ Jeff Mays nytimes.com/2024/09/08/nyr…

First big applause of the night at Harlem Tavern when Kamala Harris said, "Donald Trump has no plan for you because she is more interested in defending himself..."

Was that a fact-check?

I just want to say kudos to the entire team at PolitiFact writing like Adderall-riddled monkeys with 23 fingers each tonight. This is such a resource being produced in real time. politifact.com/article/2024/s…