NYPD officials orchestrated smear campaign of police critic using confidential details of her rape, lawsuit alleges thecity.nyc/2024/04/08/nyp… via Yoav Gonen Gwynne Hogan

As your eyes turn back to earth today, here's a Crown Heights ballad I've been working on for a while.

It's got rent laws, supply debates, empty apartments, the fall of Signature Bank, and, most importantly, the women at the center, refusing to move: citylimits.org/2024/04/09/sta…

this is the fastest merch turnaround I've ever seen in my life

Heard there was an earthquake, reached out to know your safe. This is the second time I felt the ground beneath me shake since you left. Hope your little brother is doing well with karate class

(I rarely say this, but) BREAKING: The 6 incarcerated men who sued the NY Dept of Corrections will now be allowed to watch Monday's solar eclipse. But for now, the rest of the incarcerated population is out of luck. I followed up for Hell Gate *subscribe today!* hellgatenyc.com/incarcerated-n…

NEW: StudentsFirstNY is dropping a 7-figure ad buy to push state lawmakers to extend mayoral control. The charter group -and its wealthy backers- are aligned w/ Mayor Eric Adams and at odds w/ UFT, which wants to weaken mayoral control. By Madina Touré:

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Former NYPD deputy inspector and friend of Eric Adams, Dwanye Montgomery, was sentenced this AM for his role in a straw donor scheme to boost Adams’ 2021 campaign for mayor—laid out below—receiving the agreed upon term of 200 hours community service, 42 of which he’s completed.

If you’re here, why not read some of THE CITY’s coverage of Chief of Patrol John Chell —

thecity.nyc/2021/04/15/nyp…

thecity.nyc/2023/07/21/nyp…

thecity.nyc/2023/08/22/nyp…

“We have a proven global demand-creation model,” Greg Shewchuk, Mead Johnson’s head of global marketing, told investors in 2013. “Capture baby very early on, often before it’s born, hold onto them through feeding and their feeding challenges and extend them as long as possible.”

“the U.S. govt repeatedly used its muscle to advance the interests of multinational baby formula companies… while thwarting the efforts of Thailand and other developing countries to safeguard the health of their youngest children.”
propublica.org/article/how-am…

Daniel Ohebshalom, NYC's 'Worst Landlord' per the annual public advocate list, turned himself into the sheriff earlier this afternoon

He'll be serving up to 60 days in jail after a judge found him in contempt for failing to correct hundreds of violations gothamist.com/news/nycs-wors…

Ridiculous! The City of Houston is “arguing that information about traffic congestion should be exempt from disclosure because if terrorists know where traffic is congested, they could plan terrorist attacks” houstonlanding.org/city-declines-…

This Rozina Ali interview is such a wonderful lesson on the value of humility to the reporting process, a real reporter’s reporter:
“I want the story to do the telling. If I can’t make my point without the story then it’s not a point worth keeping in.”

longform.org/posts/longform….

A burst appendix. Gangrene. A gastrointestinal bleed.

Mount Sinai Beth Israel keeps transferring out seriously ill patients with potentially life-threatening conditions who need procedures it no longer provides, frontline workers told me.
politico.com/news/2024/03/1…

'New York City is the [insert city here] of America.'

For the 1st time, a community land trust has purchased an apartment building from a private landlord in NYC

The East New York CLT is now working with tenants on a plan to fix up the building and convert to co-op

So what is a community land trust? Read on: gothamist.com/news/want-to-o…

Children suffering from malnutrition in Gaza will be stunted for life, 'if they survive,' Catherine Russell says. 'It's a painful, painful death for children.'

In maternity wards, 'babies don't even have the energy to cry. It's a devastating thing to see,' she says.

New: The story of the poor indigenous Peruvians working —sometimes even for free— helping the world’s richest person sell $9,000 vicuña sweaters

It is the finest wool in the world, but in the Andes, they see none of the wealth bloomberg.com/features/2024-…

UPDATE: Nearly a year after this multi-part investigation into NYC real estate speculators targeting Black homeowners👇🏾, Adrienne Adams announces legislation intended to curb predatory tactics + preserve Black generational wealth:

With Samantha Maldonado:
thecity.nyc/2024/03/13/adr…

'A warehouse used by UNRWA in Rafah as a humanitarian centre has been hit in an Israeli attack that caused dozens of casualties.' aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/…