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Ben Brachfeld

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Assoc. Crime Editor at People Magazine. Ex transit reporter at amNewYork. ben.brachfeld@peoplemag.com

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
One way you know Dolly Parton lived life the right way: I don’t think anyone’s going to get fired for accurately quoting Dolly Parton today.
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Schneps Media Union @schneps-union.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
We're in Hell Gate! #SchnepsUnion hellgatenyc.com/schneps-edit...
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The Journalists at NYC's Largest Local News Print Chain Are Unionizing
Reporters at Schneps Media, which includes amNew York, Queens Courier, and the Brooklyn Paper, say they can’t afford to live on their salaries.
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Ben Brachfeld @benbrachfeld.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Hell yeah! My friends at Schneps deserve so much better than they get. They cover stories no one else does and file excellent copy under conditions no reporter should have to tolerate. Support the workers of amNewYork, Brooklyn Paper, QNS, Bronx Times, and all the other papers in their union effort!
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Schneps Media Union @schneps-union.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
We, the staff of Schneps Media, are forming a union to keep local journalism strong and protect journalists reporting on the communities we serve. Follow @schneps-union and @newsguild.org and visit our website cwalocals.org/schnepsunion Thanks! #SchnepsUnion
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kelly @kickinson.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
my local park is full of hundreds of snow sculptures and someone has been adding museum labels
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Nolan Hicks @ndhapple.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Would someone, please, for the love of God, rescue The Daily News from this strip mining hedge fund. Please.
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Evan Simko-Bednarski @simko-bednarski.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
New-design faregates at Broadway-Lafayette this morning
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Kyle Swanson, MD, FAANS, FCNS @kiswanson.medsky.network · 08/11/2025
Ryan Moulton
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Oil is the most Lovecraftian thing that actually exists. You're telling me that there's a black ichor under the earth, made from the ancient dead, whose burning can realize all the dreams of man but only at the price of slowly returning the earth to its primordial state?
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Second Ave. Sagas @2avesag.as · 05/11/2025
The Times parsed the vote using similar categories and again found that the single most determinative factor economic-like factor in the election was "commute by transit" vs "commute by car." It edged out renters vs. homeowners. There's still outstanding data but I expect these trends will hold.
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Samantha Maldonado @smaldo.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
New Yorkers are HITTING THOSE POLLS. It's the highest turnout in about two decades.
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New York Transit Museum @nytransitmuseum.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
🎂 Happy birthday, #NYCSubway! 121 years ago #OnThisDay in 1904, the IRT (Interborough Rapid Transit) subway opened with 28 stations along a 9.1-mile line extending from City Hall to 145th Street. This #NYTMCollection silent film, shot just months after the subway opened, shows its early days.
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Ben Brachfeld @benbrachfeld.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
"Journalist jobs fared worse than 85% of all occupations tracked by the BLS."
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Nolan Hicks @ndhapple.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
ACTUAL GOOD TRANSIT NEWS ALERT: Metro-North will run to Albany, starting this spring. And Amtrak is adding back one train to NYP-ALB and capping prices at $99.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Trump commutes George Santos’ prison, saying he was moved by Santos’ account of being in solitary confinement. A reminder: many people are left in solitary confinement all over the county, sometimes *for years*, without a direct connection to the president. Some of their voices:
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“Designed to Break You:” Two Incarcerated Writers on the Heavy Toll of Solitary Confinement - Bolts
Isolating people inside a small, closet-like cell for weeks, months, and even years on end remains common inside this country’s prisons and jails, even though the United Nations defines the... Read Mo...
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Evan Simko-Bednarski @simko-bednarski.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
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Trump guts more NYC funding as admin pulls $18B for key projects, including Second Ave Subway
The Trump Administration opened a new front in what appears to be a financial assault on New York City with  an announcement Wednesday it is axing $18 billion tied to two crucial infrastructure pro…
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Gersh Kuntzman @realgershkuntzman.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
This is an outrage and every journalist needs to stand up for Dean Moses of amNY right now: www.amny.com/immigration/...
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ICE agents assault amNewYork reporter at Federal Plaza immigration court; another journalist seriously injured after shove | amNewYork
ICE agents assaulted amNewYork's own Dean Moses, and allegedly attacked another journalist, on Tuesday morning as they were documenting the ongoing arrests of
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Nicholas Dawes @nicdawes.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
I'd like to emphasize that you can make a totally above-board donation to support @katiehonan.bsky.social's work at @thecity.nyc right here. All you get in return is great journalism, and a tax deduction. It's up to you whether you itemize any potato chips you include.
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Local problems don’t get solved without local journalism. We cover New York's uncovered neighborhoods, hold the powerful to account, and make sense of the greatest city in the world. Your support toda...
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Ben Brachfeld @benbrachfeld.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Who in the Boro Park/Midwood area voted for me for Brooklyn civil court judge?
Ben Brachfeld appearing on a list of write-in votes for Brooklyn civil court judge
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Evan Simko-Bednarski @simko-bednarski.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
BROTHER CAN YOU SPARE A DIME? MTA proposing 10-cent hike to subway and bus fares starting in January. www.nydailynews.com/2025/07/30/n...
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Emily Flitter @emilyflitter.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Key detail: the shooter had a history of mental health issues AND a gun license, according to the NYPD
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Evan Simko-Bednarski @simko-bednarski.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
BREAKING: Bedford Ave bike lane gets last minute reprieve, with an appeals court halting the city hours before DOT crews were set to begin work removing the protected bike lane
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Judge derails NYC plan to move Bedford Ave. Bike lane in Brooklyn at eleventh hour
Williamsburg’s Bedford Ave. bike lane was granted a last-minute reprieve Tuesday, as an appellate judge ruled on an emergency restraining order just hours before city work crews were set to b…
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WIRED @wired.com · 15/07/2025
NEW: Metadata from the “raw” Epstein prison video shows approximately 2 minutes and 53 seconds were removed from one of two stitched-together clips. The cut starts right at the “missing minute.”
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The FBI's Jeffrey Epstein Prison Video Had Nearly 3 Minutes Cut Out
Metadata from the “raw” Epstein prison video shows approximately 2 minutes and 53 seconds were removed from one of two stitched-together clips. The cut starts right at the “missing minute.”
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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
An astonishing figure in this piece: Last year, the U.S. budgeted $12.8B for new affordable housing. This country is now poised to spend $45B on immigrant detention centers. That's nearly *four times* as much on cages as on homes—in the middle of a devastating housing and homelessness crisis.
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Are We About to Have Labor Camps in the United States of America?
If you think that’s far-fetched, then you really haven’t been paying attention to what the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress have been up to lately.
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Award-Winning Reporter Dave Colon @davecolon.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
One last piece of news before one more news is allowed for the weekend: Sources tell Streetsblog that the Adams administration has paused work on the 34th Street busway nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/07/03/a...
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Anti-Miracle On 34th Street: Adams Administration Pauses Work On 34th Street Busway - Streetsblog New York City
The highly-anticipated 34th Street busway may not happen under Mayor Adams after all, sources said.
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Ben Brachfeld @benbrachfeld.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Wrote about @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's marquee free bus proposal, the pilot that preceded it, and how free transit around the world has worked for @nymag.com www.curbed.com/article/zohr...
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What It Would Take to Make Buses Free
Ridership went up under Zohran Mamdani’s yearlong pilot, but running it citywide would be a much bigger undertaking.
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Samantha Liebman @samanthaliebman.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
#Breaking: According to @mta.info fare increase may be tied to full implementation of OMNY. Not confusing people with too many things all at once and possibly figuring out more discounts for the new payment system. That means could come next year and not this year. @spectrumnewsny1.bsky.social
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Amber DaSilva @ambericaoffline.beauty · 25/06/2025
the data backs this sentiment up!
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NYC's Upset Election Was Drawn Along An Odd Line: Car Ownership - Jalopnik
Car ownership and transit ridership serve as a shorthand for someone's entire living situation — and, apparently, their politics.
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The City Reporter @thecityreporter.nyc · 17/06/2025
A reporter from The City had overheard one agent say to another minutes before Lander’s arrest, “Do you want to arrest the Comptroller?” www.thecity.nyc/2025/06/17/b...
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Brad Lander Detained by Masked Federal Agents Inside Immigration Court
The arrest came in his latest visit to the courthouse to speak with migrants there.
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Gwynne Hogan @gwynnefitz.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Lander just got detained by federal agents as he tried to escort a man out of the courtroom. Lander was taken in an elevator with masked agents, along with one member of his NYPD security detail.
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Josie Stratman @josiestratman.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Cuomo’s car parked (illegally) outside union HQ. I asked a cop nearby if it was parked illegally. He said “yes.” Why? “Because it got two tickets already”
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Kevin Duggan @kevinduggan.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
And now, of course nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/06/13/b...
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BREAKING: Mayor Adams to Remove Bedford Avenue Protected Bike Lane Citing, Bizarrely, Safety - Streetsblog New York City
A protected bike lane that was installed last year to calm a notoriously dangerous Brooklyn corridor will be removed by the Adams administration, making the roadway less safe.
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Streetsblog NYC @nyc.streetsblog.org · 17/05/2025
It turns out, the new strategy arose not from data, but from people complaining about e-bikes at community meetings, the NYPD finally admits.
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NYPD Admits Bike Crackdown Based on 'Community' Vibes, Not Data - Streetsblog New York City
It turns out, the new strategy arose not from data, but from people complaining about e-bikes at community meetings, the NYPD finally admits.
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Tim Donnelly @timdonnelly.com · 08/05/2025
There's a dinosaur bodega inside a Brooklyn subway station and I'm pleased to say it's not viral marketing for the new Jurassic World movie. @jessjoseph.bsky.social reports in today's @nygroove.nyc nygroove.nyc/grand-army-p...
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Streetsblog NYC @nyc.streetsblog.org · 07/05/2025
🚨 🚲 NYC CYCLIST ALERT 🚨 🚲 Have you been stopped by NYPD during the recent crackdown on cyclists in New York City? Confidentially talk about it with reporters at Streetsblog NYC. Get in touch by emailing kevin@streetsblog.org or sending a secure message on Signal / WhatsApp via the QR codes below:
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Have you been stopped by NYPD during the recent crackdown on cyclists in New York City? Confidentially talk about it with reporters at Streetsblog NYC.

Get in touch by emailing kevin@streetsblog.org or sending a secure message on Signal / WhatsApp via the QR code.Avis aux livreurs!

Avez-vous récemment été arrêté par la police alors que vous étiez à vélo ? Utilisez ce QR code pour contacter un journaliste de Streetsblog NYC.

Contactez notre journaliste Sophia via WhatsApp.Atención Repartidores

¿Te han detenido la policía cuando estás andando en bicicleta recientemente? Usa este QR Code para hablar confidencialmente con una periodista de Streetsblog NYC. 

Envía un mensaje a nuestro periodista Sophia en WhatsApp.
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Erik Uebelacker @uebey.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Whoa, U.S. Circuit Judge Barrington Parker (George W. Bush appointee) just pressed Ensign on the free speech issue in both cases: "Take a position."
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Nolan Hicks @ndhapple.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Great @kevinduggan.bsky.social scoop =>
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Jeff Coltin @jccoltin.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Back-to-back ZM ads airing during the Knicks game with @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social and @zellnor.bsky.social. It’s a new stage of the campaign.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
NEW: Columbia pro-Palestinian activist Mohsen Mahdawi walked out of court today after a judge ordered his immediate release from ICE detention. His words to Trump: "I am not afraid of you." w/ Liz Crampton www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
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Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Elon Musk's X has quietly released its latest transparency report as required by EU regulation according to X, the platform lost more than 11 million monthly active users in the EU over the past 5 months its EU user base has fallen below pre-Musk levels mashable.com/article/elon-musk-x-twi
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The Onion @theonion.com · 25/04/2025
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Judge Gives Trump Administration 3 Days To Return Her From El Salvador Prison
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Judge Gives Trump Administration 3 Days To Return Her From El Salvador Prison
GREENBELT, MD—Decrying the deportation as “wholly lawless,” U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis ruled Monday that the Trump administration had three days to return her to the United States from a Salvador...
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Ethan Stark-Miller @estarkmiller.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral campaign will hit the airwaves Thursday evening with a broadcast ad attacking front-runner Andrew Cuomo as a corrupt politician who will be no different than the scandal-scarred Mayor Eric Adams. www.amny.com/news/tv-ads-...
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NYC Mayor’s Race: TV ads begin to heat up as Mamdani hits Cuomo as one in the same with Eric Adams | amNewYork
The 2025 NYC Mayor's race is entering a new phase with the release of TV ads as the June 24 Democratic primary draws closer.
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Hell Gate *subscribe today!* @hellgatenyc.com · 23/04/2025
The Cuomo campaign reportedly asked public library union leaders in a recent meeting if they'd considered *charging a fee* for library services, alarming some library workers. Asked about the incident, a Cuomo spokesperson blamed a campaign volunteer. hellgatenyc.com/cuomo-librar...
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NYC Library Workers Say Cuomo’s Campaign Asked If They’ve Considered Charging for Services
Cuomo’s team blamed a ‘volunteer.’
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Matt Ford @mford.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
“Mr. Prada’s disappearance has created concerns that more immigrants have been deported to El Salvador than previously known. It also raises the question of whether some deportees may have been sent to other countries with no record of it.” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/u...
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An Immigrant Held in U.S. Custody ‘Has Simply Disappeared’
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Molly Crane-Newman @mollycranenewman.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Mahmoud Khalil’s wife, Dr. Noor Abdalla, gave birth to their first child today, a baby boy. In a statement, she said, “My son and I should not be navigating his first days on earth without Mahmoud. ICE and the Trump administration have stolen these precious moments from our family…”
I welcomed our son into the world earlier today without Mahmoud by my side. Despite our request for ICE to allow Mahmoud to attend the birth, they denied his temporary release to meet our son. This was a purposeful decision by ICE to make me, Mahmoud, and our son suffer.
Mahmoud remains unjustly detained in an ICE detention center over 1,000 miles away from his firstborn child. My son and I should not be navigating his first days on earth without Mahmoud. ICE and the Trump administration have stolen these precious moments from our family in an attempt to silence Mahmoud’s support for Palestinian freedom.
I will continue to fight every day for Mahmoud to come home to us. I know when Mahmoud is freed, he will show our son how to be brave, thoughtful, and compassionate, just like his dad.
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Gersh Kuntzman @realgershkuntzman.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
For the record, Council Member Chris Banks just said the words that "we all want safety, but parking is more important."
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Ethan Stark-Miller @estarkmiller.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Mayor Adams is wearing his “in god we trust” American flag shirt once again. But this time it’s written in Italian. He says it’s Spanish to honor the victims of a nightclub roof collapse in the Dominican republic last week.
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Hamed Aleaziz @haleaziz.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
In 2018, the first Trump admin. wrongfully deported an Iraqi man, despite a court order. The U.S. govt quickly recognized the mistake and worked with the man's attorneys to bring him back. He was later returned. My story on the difference from then to now: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/u...
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Trump Says He’s Powerless to Return Deported Migrant. But He’s Done So Before.
President Trump says he is powerless to retrieve a Salvadoran man who was deported because of an administrative error. But he has done so before.
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Jeff Coltin @jccoltin.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
New York City’s campaign finance regulators rejected mayoral front-runner Andrew Cuomo’s request for around $2.5 million in public matching funds Tuesday, an embarrassing glitch for a bid predicated on experience and competence. www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
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Cuomo, front-runner in the New York mayor’s race, denied millions in matching funds
The former governor’s campaign failed to file the proper paperwork to receive the tranche of cash.
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