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Carrie Melago

@carriemelago.bsky.social
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Editing at NYT Metro Priors: Chalkbeat, WSJ, NY Daily News, New Haven Register. Coal miner's granddaughter. Ms. @jonlemire.bsky.social I’m crafty and write about my kids. www.clippings.me/carriemelago

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Carrie Melago @carriemelago.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Thanks to the @bostonglobe.com magazine for running my essay about my dad's bad jokes in honor of Father's Day. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/06/19/m...
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Pulling into the cemetery for my dad’s funeral, I remembered one of his classic dad jokes - The Boston Globe
Now that he’s gone, I find myself laughing at those horrible old punchlines.
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Eileen Grench, OLY @grenchpan.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
BREAKING 🚨: A federal judge has ordered ICE to halt arrests at 26 Federal Plaza and two other Manhattan immigration courts — pausing a policy that has been at the center of Trump's push for mass deportations in New York City. documentedny.com/2026/05/18/i...
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ICE Ordered to Halt Arrests at Manhattan Immigration Courts -
The order limits ICE's ability to make arrests at New York's immigration courts, and follows an admission from Trump administration lawyers that they misinterpreted a guidance memo to justify the arre...
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Documented @documentedny.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Last November, ICE detained seven men on a single street corner in Queens, NY — all in one day.
Graphic showing a man in a hoodie standing with his back to the viewer on a Queens subway platform, framed by a red circle. On either side, hands hold phones displaying images of children and a detained man. Barbed wire stretches across the image above a train and city skyline. Text reads: “One corner. Seven arrests. A community changed.” A caption below says: “A quiet crisis has been brewing across New York City: the rising daily arrests of immigrant New Yorkers from the streets they call home.”
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Lam Thuy Vo @lamthuyvo.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
On Nov. 1, seven men were arrested by ICE on a single street corner in Corona, Queens while the block watched. What happened next galvanized a neighborhood. @documentedny.bsky.social obtained this footage: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZGq...
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ICE agents handcuff and arrest a young man in Queens, NY | Documented
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Deportation Data Project @deportationdata.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
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One Corner. Seven Arrests. A Community Changed. - Documented
A quiet crisis is brewing in New York Streets, where immigrants are arrested in the neighborhoods they call home.
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Eileen Grench, OLY @grenchpan.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
On Nov. 1, seven men were arrested by ICE on a single street corner in Corona, Queens while the block watched. What happened next galvanized a neighborhood. ⤵️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZGq...
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ICE agents handcuff and arrest a young man in Queens, NY | Documented
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Julie Bykowicz @bykowicz.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
The feds are moving to deport the partner of a construction worker who died in the Key Bridge disaster. Eye-popping scoop by Daniel Zawodny in @thebaltimorebanner.com www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...
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The Key Bridge took her daughter’s father. Now, ICE is moving to deport her.
Zoila Guerra Sandoval, a native of Guatemala who has lived in Maryland for nearly two decades, is the former partner of José Mynor López, one of the workers repairing the Key Bridge overnight when the...
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Eileen Grench, OLY @grenchpan.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Many resources are funneled towards freeing immigrant New Yorkers in detention. But what happens when people get home? @documentedny.bsky.social spoke to members of a new support group for survivors of immigration detention. As one facilitator put it: "it’s just like jumping off a cliff.” 👇
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Alex Zucker @alexzucker.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Important piece @documentedny.bsky.social, uplifting the emotional and material difficulties facing folks coming out of immigration detention + the critical (but under-resourced) work of @envfreefund.bsky.social to support them (+ the need for #DignityNotDetention) documentedny.com/2026/04/17/t...
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Former ICE Detainees Find Healing, Companionship in New Support Group - Documented
Dozens of New York area immigrants come together monthly to relive — and heal — from their experiences in detention centers.
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Carrie Melago @carriemelago.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Thousands of immigrant New Yorkers have been detained by ICE and sent into an opaque system of facilities. Many return to their communities,mentally and emotionally scarred. @grenchpan.bsky.social looks at a unique support group designed to help former detainees grappling with re-entry.
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Carrie Melago @carriemelago.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
"I'm in limbo." Employers in New York restaurants are growing hesitant to hire Haitian immigrants as uncertainty around work authorization intensifies. documentedny.com/2026/04/15/h...
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'I’m in Limbo': Haitian Migrants’ Culinary Dreams Dashed by Immigration Uncertainty - Documented
Employers in New York restaurants are growing hesitant to hire Haitian immigrants as uncertainty around work authorization intensifies.
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Carrie Melago @carriemelago.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Dozens of men were swept up in crackdowns on New York's Chinatown gangs in the 1990s and sentenced to decades in prison. More than 30 years later, they're urging the state to let them go home. documentedny.com/2026/04/13/l...
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The Lost Prisoners of Chinatown's Gang Era - Documented
Dozens of men were swept up in crackdowns on New York's Chinatown gangs in the 1990s and sentenced to decades in prison. More than 30 years later, they're urging the state to let them go home.
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Carrie Melago @carriemelago.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
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A ‘Surge in the Shadows’: New Lawsuit Alleges Discriminatory, Warrantless ICE Arrests in New York - Documented
The lawsuit alleges that Latinos and other immigrant New Yorkers of color have been targeted due to appearance and arrested without cause.
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Maurizio Guerrero @mauriziogro.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Mexican day laborers have lived in the US for 30 years on average and paid taxes. When older, most live in poverty as they don't get social security, Medicare, food stamps or supplemental income. Now they're asking President Sheinbaum for help. documentedny.com/2026/03/30/s... @ndlon.bsky.social
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Should Older Mexicans in the U.S. Receive a Pension from Their Home Country? - Documented
Advocates are calling on the Mexican government to extend its pension program to 89,000 older citizens, many of whom are living in poverty in the U.S.
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Carrie Melago @carriemelago.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Great look by @grenchpan.bsky.social at how immigrants fortunate enough to get bond hearings in recent weeks have seen their releases thwarted for what local lawyers consider surprising or nonsensical reasons documentedny.com/2026/03/30/a...
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Arrest at 26 Federal Plaza Made this Father an "Extreme Flight Risk" - Documented
NYC immigration attorneys say they are seeing “unusual” and “absurd” excuses for why judges are denying their clients bond.
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Carrie Melago @carriemelago.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
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Trump’s DOJ Admits ICE Memo Erroneously Authorized Arrests at Federal Plaza — What Does That Mean? - Documented
A court filing from government lawyers acknowledges that one of their legal bases for detaining immigrants in 26 Federal Plaza and other courts was inaccurate.
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Documented @documentedny.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
What to know about traveling as an immigrant — your rights, risks, and tips for staying safe when you travel by car, train, bus or airplane.
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What Immigrants Should Consider When Traveling Out of State - Documented
What to know about traveling as an immigrant — your rights, risks, and tips for staying safe when you travel by car, train, bus or airplane.
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Carrie Melago @carriemelago.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
For more than 50 years, Faith UMC has hosted a biweekly food pantry with hundreds of Staten Islanders turning out for food, clothes, and other supplies — but since an ICE raid, volunteers “sit there for hours” without patrons. documentedny.com/2026/03/23/i...
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In Staten Island’s ‘Little Mexico,' ICE Presence Rattles a Community - Documented
The raids have changed the lives of immigrants in the area, from how they work to how they acquire food and clothing.
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Documented @documentedny.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
The raids have changed the lives of immigrants in the area, from how they work to how they acquire food and clothing.
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In Staten Island’s ‘Little Mexico,' ICE Presence Rattles a Community - Documented
The raids have changed the lives of immigrants in the area, from how they work to how they acquire food and clothing.
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Carrie Melago @carriemelago.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
The ump at this Little League scrimmage is eating an ice cream cone with rainbow sprinkles and that’s the vibe in New York today.
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Carrie Melago @carriemelago.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
What a beautifully told piece 💗
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Lisa Tozzi @lisatozzi.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
On top of everything else, immigrant street vendors struggle with finding proper care for their children while they work. @documentedny.bsky.social, as usual, doing great work here.
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Carrie Melago @carriemelago.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
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Immigrant Street Vendors Face Hidden Child Care Crisis - Documented
Before 9 a.m. on a typical workday, María, a 42-year-old woman from Mexico, has already made two trips by foot from her home to Corona Plaza. She has had to haul six boxes with her for the two-block w...
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Carrie Melago @carriemelago.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
How $154.62 in Gift Card Fraud Led to a Man’s Death in ICE Detention documentedny.com/2026/03/13/c...
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How $154.62 in Gift Card Fraud Led to a Man’s Death in ICE Detention - Documented
Chaofeng Ge was found dead in ICE custody last year, hanging in a shower stall with his hands and feet bound behind his back. His family wants answers.
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Documented @documentedny.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
As New Yorkers have increasingly turned to social media to warn neighbors about ICE activity, unverified posts often spread just as quickly as confirmed reports — fueling confusion among immigrants already living in fear.
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When Unfounded ICE Alerts Go Viral: How Immigrants Navigate Fear and Fact on Social Media - Documented
As more New Yorkers are on the look out for immigration agents, the rate of false reports of ICE activity has gone up as well.
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Amir Khafagy @amirkhafagy.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
For #InternationalWomensDay2026, Striking Immigrant Nurses Celebrate Victory @nynurses.bsky.social, a union dominated by women and foreign-born members views the nurses' strike as the latest major labor win in New York City. New for @documentedny.bsky.social documentedny.com/2026/03/08/i...
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On International Women's Day, Striking Immigrant Nurses Celebrate Victory  - Documented
A union dominated by women and foreign-born members view the nurses' strike as the latest major labor win in New York City.
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Documented @documentedny.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
If passed, a new law would ban 24-hour shifts in New York City, a practice advocates call ‘inhumane.’
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New York is Close to Abolishing 24-hour Shifts for Home Health Workers - Documented
If passed, a new law would ban 24-hour shifts in New York City, a practice advocates call ‘inhumane.’
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Carrie Melago @carriemelago.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
"Many parents are cutting back on device use at home. But some families are encountering an unexpected challenge as they try to rein in screen time: their children’s schools." great piece by @jackiemader.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/n...
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iPads in Kindergarten, YouTube on Breaks: The School Screen-Time Battle
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Carrie Melago @carriemelago.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Ok everybody hop in my Tiguan, we’re driving to this Pennsylvania Pizza Hut Classic and signing up for BOOK IT! (It really exists there!) www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/d...
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That Red Roof! Those Tiffany Lamps! It’s a Pizza Hut From the Past.
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Carrie Melago @carriemelago.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Thanks to @pghreviewofbooks.bsky.social for running my essay about pandemic play dates, Pokemon backpacks and the Peculiar Purple Pieman of Porcupine Peak pghrev.com/pokemon-back...
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Pokémon Backpack - Pittsburgh Review of Books
We jokingly called it “the daycare.”
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Pittsburgh Review of Books @pghreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Object Lessons Impressions does not steal Pokémon cards. @carriemelago.bsky.social pghrev.com/pokemon-back...
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Pokémon Backpack - Pittsburgh Review of Books
We jokingly called it “the daycare.”
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Carrie Melago @carriemelago.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Such a moving essay by my friend @gabibirkner.bsky.social www.kveller.com/saying-the-m...
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Saying the Mourner’s Kaddish at Disneyland – Kveller
What it’s like to mark the saddest thing that’s ever happened to you at “the happiest place on earth.”
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Carrie Melago @carriemelago.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
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‘He Got Bond!’: Allan Marrero to be Freed From Immigration Detention After Months-Long Fight - Documented
Churchgoers cheer after courtroom victory for Allan Marrero, whose marriage was torn apart by ICE in New York City.
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Carrie Melago @carriemelago.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
It's amazing how my nervous system can't distinguish the difference between trouble shooting a microphone issue for my child's remote learning and disabling a bomb.
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Carrie Melago @carriemelago.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
"Immigrants want information that is actionable in the languages that they speak and on the platforms that they’re on.” www.theverge.com/news/862076/...
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How one newsroom reaches immigrant communities where they live online
Documented NYC goes where immigrant communities are.
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
F.B.I. Searches Home of Washington Post Journalist for Classified Documents
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F.B.I. Searches Home of Washington Post Journalist for Classified Documents
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Carrie Melago @carriemelago.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Be kind. You never know if your coworker is home with a sick child who is watching "Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel."
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Carrie Melago @carriemelago.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
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Documented launches a training program to help more newsrooms serve immigrant audiences
Documented, the nonprofit newsroom that covers New York's immigrant communities, receives lots of requests to help newsrooms in other states and countries produce news with and for immigrants. The com...
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Carrie Melago @carriemelago.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
I've probably missed the toxic mom group wave, but I wrote a few years back about my amazingly non-toxic mom group -- still a part of my life 14 years on www.washingtonpost.com/news/parenti...
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Perspective | What Netflix’s ‘The Letdown’ gets right about a lifeline in the early days of motherhood
New parents will see themselves in the bleary-eyed characters. I did.
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Carrie Melago @carriemelago.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
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As New Yorkers Protest Minneapolis Shooting, Noem Calls on Mamdani, Politicians to Support ICE’s Efforts - Documented
A day after Renee Good was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Minnesota, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem criticized NYC leaders for their 'provocative' language and lack of support.
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Carrie Melago @carriemelago.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Next week, nearly 16,000 nurses at five private hospitals across the city could walk off the job in what would be the largest health care labor strike in New York since 1984 documentedny.com/2026/01/08/w...
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Workplace Violence is Pushing New York Nurses to the Brink of Striking - Documented
More than 16,000 nurses at five NYC hospitals could walk off the job next week as management continues to push cuts to employee care and staffing.
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Carrie Melago @carriemelago.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
An amazing thing about aging is you may need a heating pad on one body part and an ice pack on another, at the same time.
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Carrie Melago @carriemelago.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Missed this detail yesterday: Employees received an email on Wednesday afternoon with a link to attend a Zoom meeting, where a recorded video message announced the closing www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/b...
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Announces It Will Cease Operations
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Carrie Melago @carriemelago.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
"My mom is my teenager." documentedny.com/2026/01/07/y...
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‘Mom Is My Teenager.’ In the Trump Era, Stressed Children of Immigrant Parents Find Roles Reversing - Documented
In some immigrant families, children born in the United States are taking on the role of caregivers for their parents in order to protect them from deportations and detentions
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Carrie Melago @carriemelago.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
40 years ago Peter Asan was convicted of a crime he says he didn't commit. Last week he received a pardon from NY Governor Kathy Hochul. Tomorrow is his next immigration check-in — and he doesn't know what to expect. documentedny.com/2026/01/05/p...
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After Prison Time and a Pardon, One Immigrant's Future in the U.S. Still Hangs in the Balance - Documented
40 years ago Peter Asan was convicted of armed robbery. Last week he received a pardon from NY Governor Kathy Hochul. Tomorrow is his next immigration check-in — and he doesn't know what to expect.
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Carrie Melago @carriemelago.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
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‘I Wanted Him Gone - But Not Like This’: Venezuelans in New York React to Maduro’s Capture - Documented
Joy, relief, fear, and doubt ripple through New York’s Venezuelan community as U.S. military intervention reshapes both their homeland and their legal future.
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Stefanos Chen @stefanoschen.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
The latest numbers are in: Congestion pricing cut 27M car trips in 2025. Commutes got faster Streets got safer And business went up See more exclusive analysis - and feedback from 600+readers - in our latest collab with @upshot.nytimes.com Free link: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Congestion pricing after one year: How life has changed. (Gift Article)
How life has changed in the New York area, according to data on traffic, transit and the responses of 600 readers.
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Documented @documentedny.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
Afghan immigrants in NYC face a growing number of non-routine ICE check-ins and detentions following a recent shooting. Advocates warn of a chilling effect on the community.
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Afghan community sees increase in ICE check-ins following shooting - Documented
Afghan immigrants in NYC face a growing number of non-routine ICE check-ins and detentions following a recent shooting. Advocates warn of a chilling effect on the community.
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Gothamist @gothamist.com · 26/12/2025
NYC phone ban reveals some students can't read clocks gothamist.com/news/nyc-phone-ban-re…
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NYC phone ban reveals some students can't read clocks
Anyone got the time? They want to know how much time is left in class ... but can't quite tell, one teacher says. [ more › ]
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Rommel H. Ojeda @rojeda.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
For some immigrant families — many of whom are grappling with economic hardship, family separation and fears of deportation — the “Magical Christmas” event in Queens brought some relief and a bit of holiday cheer. documentedny.com/2025/12/23/c... via @documentedny.bsky.social
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Christmas Comes Early in Corona, Queens - Documented
For some immigrant families in Queens — many of whom are grappling with economic hardship, family separation and fears of deportation — the “Magical Christmas” event brought some relief and a bit of h...
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