literally have to bat tree branches away from my face every time i take my dog out on a walk, how do i get a citizen pruner to come to my block

Detailed, substantial investigation of specific innovations in the increasingly critical field of stormwater management technology, brought to you by whom else but Hell Gate *subscribe today!*! hellgatenyc.com/brooklyn-spong…

the only party reporting i want to read hellgatenyc.com/street-leather…

Why are we waging a war on an enemy we know nothing about?? This is how you get into a quagmire, a costly stalemate that only leads to blowback. That's why we need rat détente!! Great piece by Aviva Stahl on those who seek to understand rats. hellgatenyc.com/rat-ride-along…

Bad news for NYC local journalism keeps coming: More staffing cuts imminent at New York Public Radio, the parent organization of WNYC and Gothamist, less than a year after the last round of deep cuts. hellgatenyc.com/nypr-more-staf…

NEW: Eric Adams has blamed the city's "sanctuary" laws for the release of a migrant who was then re-arrested and charged for assault and attempted rape. But the city's "sanctuary" laws would have absolutely allowed ICE to detain them....ICE just didn't. hellgatenyc.com/the-mayor-and-…

One of my last little freelance children is out in the world! I was curious about Chris Cuomo saying he's now taking ivermectin and dug into how and why that seems to have happened, for the great Hell Gate *subscribe today!* hellgatenyc.com/chris-cuomo-iv…

My ode to "empty Manhattan," the stretch of August when Lower Manhattan isn't a grid to be navigated out of necessity, but out of wonder, a dense empire now lacking its teeming humanity. hellgatenyc.com/empty-manhatta…

Top City Hall attorneys helped lobbyists for Steve Cohen's Queens casino project draft state legislation they need to turn parkland into casinoland, according to documents we got from a FOIL request hellgatenyc.com/mayor-adams-st…

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