I've been doing a bunch of reporting on New York City politics and power since I left Rolling Stone. This is the first of several stories to come out of that reporting. Hope you like.

State Senator Opposes Casino Proposal in Queens, Rebuffing Mets Owner, with Dana Rubinstein: rb.gy/unq6ky

It's true that Adams isn't 'putting (his) fingers on the scale' for any particular casino bid. But the mayor has people on every major team. And he has been pro-casino for 15 years.

I'm sure they won't give up their $8B casino project without another fight. But FWIW, two Democratic senators told me there was 'no chance' that NYS Senate leadership would allow an end-run. We'll see...

“Wait Till Next Year,” says Team Steve Cohen/New Green Willets - they’re not giving up the casino fight yet.

Eleven rivals. Countless billions. One big prize: the right to build a casino in the heart of New York. trib.al/t17T23n

And in 1979, when Jimmy Carter installed solar panels on the White House, marking the beginning of the clean energy revolution, China was basically an agrarian society. This is what decades of obscene fossil fuel subsidies and weak political leadership has done for the US.

.Queens Borough President Donovan Richards supports casinos in his borough. He was also refreshingly honest with me about the harm they can cause. He's appealing to the governor to save a $8B casino bid by Citi Field after my story.

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.⁦Jessica Ramos⁩ makes her parkland alienation bill for Citi Field casino plans official in ⁦New York Magazine⁩ — no.

“The people who are here, they’re hoping to build generational wealth. And I just don’t see how a casino helps us meet that goal.”
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NEW: In New York Magazine this morning, Jessica Ramos makes it official — she will not be backing the Metropolitan Park plan / introducing legislation to alienate the Citi Field parking lot for a casino.

Jessica Ramos is a clear NO on the Citi Field casino, Noah Shachtman reports. The bid is dead, unless Team Cohen can get somebody *else* to pass a parkland alienation bill. nymag.com/intelligencer/…

I'm really glad that vice presidential candidate, Nicole Shanahan, tweeted this because it gives me a chance to talk about how reporting is done. This is called a 'no surprises' letter and was my final attempt (after a half dozen interview requests and questions to the RFK

I have an exclusive tonight on a far-right extremist who was caught with pipe bombs last week in Pekin, Ill. This story is a collaboration between Rolling Stone and my newsletter, @americandoom. Subscribe here: american-doom.com/p/im-ready-for…

Looks like facts are triggering Nick. Must be exhausting to defend a boss who lies all the time.

Here’s another fact, Nick: you don’t even live in the district.

But while I’ve got you, any reaction to Trump’s call for a “unified Reich”? Or are you too scared to cross your

The Department of Justice will sue concert and ticketing giant Live Nation and ask that the company be broken up in a remarkable antitrust lawsuit, a source familiar with the matter tells Rolling Stone trib.al/LAcvDwb trib.al/LAcvDwb

hell yeah

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