note the crane operator: snoozing. gotta respect it.

oh no!

As the resident CPSC follower at your #July4th party, it is up to you to say stuff like, "That's not a good idea" and "Put that down" and even "The Consumer Product Safety Commission says someone dies doing that every year." Celebrate safely and stay out of the ER, America!

for this week's The New Yorker, I wrote about the battle to turn New York City into Las Vegas newyorker.com/news/the-lede/…

For the past three years, nearly a dozen developers and gambling companies have been jockeying to win three new licenses to open casinos in and around New York City. Adam Iscoe reports on the contentious process. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/zbnSBt

it's official: New York City will have three new casinos. I wrote the inside story about how it happened -- exclusive interviews, bizarre scenes, shocking revelations -- and you won't find this anywhere else newyorker.com/news/the-lede/…

check on your friends. check on your neighbors!