SAJA strongly condemns the online harassment — including threats of violence and misogynistic abuse —  against journalists who authored an article published in Al Jazeera on October 15, 2024. See full statement here: saja.org/page-935554/13…

Potential early targets of a removal effort would be the 1.3 million immigrants in New York and the nation who remain in the country despite final removal orders.

read this Arun Venugopal piece for nuanced reporting and analysis on the two biggest news stories in NYC this week: the Daniel Penny verdict and Luigi Mangione arrest (via @gothamist) gothamist.com/news/daniel-pe…

Vehicle traffic is down in Manhattan, but pedestrian traffic is up, data says buff.ly/42ZydqN

Middle-income New Yorkers are the new face of eviction in the city, report finds gothamist.com/news/middle-in…

New Yorkers who earn too much to qualify for free lawyers through the city's right to counsel program are now the face of eviction in NYC, according to a new Community Service Society of New York (CSS) report From Arun Venugopal for Gothamist WNYC 🎙 gothamist.com/news/middle-in…

A Brooklyn school backed by Jay-Z said students could graduate debt-free. Now they're buried in it. gothamist.com/news/a-brookly…

Love this David Brand story, because now when AirBnB starts spending on the mayor's race, you have all the context you need. It's a-ha, stay tuned reporting! Locked out of NYC, Airbnb is now single largest spender in local elections gothamist.com/news/locked-ou… via @gothamist

Who is Mohsen Mahdawi? The Trump administration says he's undermining efforts to stop antisemitism. But his classmates say he's a fierce advocate AGAINST antisemitism -- and a devout Buddhist and peace activist. That and more in my latest. gothamist.com/news/who-is-co…

Some undocumented immigrants are opting to leave the United States on their own, rather than risk deportation: bit.ly/3SnQPdg

Great story by Arun Venugopal: gothamist.com/news/identity-…

A must-read by Arun Venugopal on Zohran Kwame Mamdani campaign. provides a sense of how Mamdani campaign is expanding the electorate by focusing on communities that have been ignored. He is using identity-specific tools as well as universal appeals to do that. gothamist.com/news/identity-…

These are the 2 stories atop the NYT's home page: - Gazans being killed trying to get food - The 21 best croissants in the city right now

Officer Didarul Islam, who was killed in the Midtown shootings, represented a trend many New Yorkers may not be aware of: in recent years thousands of Bangladeshis have joined the NYPD. gothamist.com/news/in-the-br…

Footnote in ACLU lawsuit recounts how a woman who had her period while detained at Federal Plaza was denied sanitary pads and "had to thereafter remain in her blood-soaked clothes for the duration of her detention." gothamist.com/news/migrants-…

'Call it a comeback': Manhattan foot traffic finally tops pre-pandemic times gothamist.com/news/call-it-a…

“NeW yOrK iS dEaD”

“They're going to be studying anything that comes out of Schenectady, where the gaming commission is headquartered, the way the world will stare at smoke coming out of the Sistine Chapel when there's a new pope elected” (via Arun Venugopal for Gothamist) gothamist.com/news/nys-casin…