The The New York Times been covering this since 2022. nytimes.com/2025/11/29/us/… nytimes.com/2024/06/07/us/… nytimes.com/2024/06/03/us/… nytimes.com/2025/12/18/us/… nytimes.com/2022/03/08/us/…

One of the most frustrating things I hear from friends is that xyz hasn’t been covered by mainstream press … when it almost always has. You can’t read everything, ofc, but you can do a Google search, idk…

After being sworn in, Mamdani announced Mike Flynn as DOT commissioner.

5 states including NY are suing the Trump admin over a sweeping freeze of $10B+ in federal funding for child care & other programs, warning this could rapidly disrupt services for hundreds of thousands of low-income families (via Ryan Kost for @gothamist) gothamist.com/news/ny-sues-t…

Update: A federal judge has blocked the freeze — for now. gothamist.com/news/judge-ord…

Mamdani just pledged to install more public restrooms across the city. Part of his ongoing effort to promote quality-of-life projects in his first days in office. Of course, I had to give a shout out to SF's $1.7M toilet fiasco. gothamist.com/news/pee-pee-t… cc Heather Knight

Dunkin’ is literally selling protein coffee.

Very excited to share New York Focus just published a massive toolkit (reporting tips + tons of public records) to help NY reporters dig into the state's conviction integrity units. Would be very excited to see more stories come out of our reporting ... nysfocus.com/2026/01/13/hel…

Also, would be more than happy to chat with reporters privately/ one-on-one about anything they're digging into based on this kit. Please don't be shy about reaching out.

A tiny exclusive for Gothamist abt a new study into judicial background -- and how Mamdani might approach appointments differently than past admins ... gothamist.com/news/as-mamdan…

“Ten years after a landmark federal settlement required the city to overhaul dangerous conditions inside its jails, the monitor concludes, the system remains profoundly unsafe.” (via Ryan Kost)

My colleagues and I continue reporting on the lives of the New Yorkers found dead during the recent cold stretch We've so far found over a quarter of the people who died outdoors had permanent housing w/ brittany.kriegstein and Karen Yi gothamist.com/news/29-year-o…

New Yorkers may be done with winter — but winter isn’t done with us. 😪 gothamist.com/news/blizzard-…

Also, plz read my recap of the last storm -- and the freezing cold that followed. gothamist.com/news/how-a-dea…

Whenever you’re feeling low just remember that maybe, like Punch the Monkey, there’s a group of aliens somewhere that are rooting for you

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"A year later, Schwartz is among a handful of small business owners who can say they took the president all the way to the Supreme Court — and won." (via Ryan Kost for @gothamist) gothamist.com/news/a-nyc-win…