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Liam Quigley @elkue.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
CHECK IT OUT: On September 17th I'll be moderating an awesome panel at Cooper Union about the FUTURE OF NYC. I'm hoping we'll talk about pools, parks, and the future of public space in NYC! Free tickets: cooper.edu/events-and-e...
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Liam Quigley @elkue.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Mamdani's first ever FOIL is not faring well - the simple request for letters sent to the mayor was extended by city hall until Christmas, meaning it will be nearly a full year before the records see the light of day.
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Liam Quigley @elkue.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
cashapp in bio
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Evan Simko-Bednarski @simko-bednarski.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Bikes on the Beat ™️ Press Conference Edition Ran into @elkue.bsky.social and his 1x4, friction-shifted Lemond. Reynolds 853 steel, Ultegra and DuraAce, swept-back bars and just four gears. Crazy light. Love it.
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Liam Quigley @elkue.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
hell yeah
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Liam Quigley @elkue.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
NYC Council members are asking Gov. Hochul to block the DMV from issuing license plates to illegal tow trucks in the city after our reporting found the 'ghost fleet' has surged to more than 700 trucks gothamist.com/news/close-l...
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Close loophole for illegal tow trucks on NYC streets, councilmember says
Republican City Councilmember Frank Morano has introduced a bill to address gaps in oversight of the industry highlighted in a Gothamist investigation.
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Liam Quigley @elkue.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Mayor Zohran Mamdani plans to overhaul parts of Brooklyn’s Linden Boulevard, which has grown so dangerous that some lawmakers have deemed it the city’s "new Boulevard of Death.” gothamist.com/news/mamdani...
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Liam Quigley @elkue.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Check out my esteemed colleague @brigidbergin.bsky.social interviewing mayor Mamdani RIGHT NOW! www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Pu0...
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Mamdani's First 100 Days: Lessons from La Guardia
YouTube video by WNYC
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The Brian Lehrer Show @thebrianlehrershow.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
This morning on the show, @elkue.bsky.social unpacked Mayor Mamdani's announcement that Grand Army Plaza will be getting a makeover. Plus, we dug into why New Yorkers aren't composting as much as they used to. www.wnyc.org/story/a-pede...
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A Pedestrian-Friendly Grand Army Plaza? | The Brian Lehrer Show | WNYC
Liam Quigley discusses the Mayor's plans for a redesign of Grand Army Plaza, and digs into the city-wide decline in composting.
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Liam Quigley @elkue.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
A Brooklyn tour bus company that has been caught idling by citizen bounty hunters who get a cut of the city's $350 fines is suing in federal court to end the program, which it calls unconstitutional. www.courtlistener.com/docket/73172...
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Best Trails and Travel Corp. v. New York City, 1:26-cv-02944 - CourtListener.com
Docket for Best Trails and Travel Corp. v. New York City, 1:26-cv-02944 — Brought to you by Free Law Project, a non-profit dedicated to creating high quality open legal information.
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Liam Quigley @elkue.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
The NYPD warrant squad is using an unmarked van with its license plate illegally bent in half and a fake Doordash sticker on the door, as seen in downtown Brooklyn just now
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Liam Quigley @elkue.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
NEW: Poop pool? NYC health honchos have concerns about plan to let people swim in a pool filled with water from the East River gothamist.com/news/nyc-hea...
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NYC health department has questions about the floating pool set for the East River
The pool’s creators are adding an emergency chlorine dosing system as they await health department approvals.
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Liam Quigley @elkue.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
A response to the first ever FOIL request to Mamdani's city hall has been delayed. I'm now told they need another 86 days to fulfill my request which I filed on the day he took office.
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Liam Quigley @elkue.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
This guy wearing a Yankees cap with NYPD logos on it just blew a stop sign on Tillary street in Brooklyn, nearly hitting me as he raced into traffic coming off the BQE. Then he parked on the sidewalk at the 84th precinct and refused to give me his name or badge #
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Liam Quigley @elkue.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
I wish anyone who likes riding bikes who comes to NJ to see the world cup lots of luck
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Liam Quigley @elkue.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
It was the sixth fatal crash involving a company awarded rights to operate in the new zone system. The truck belonged to Royal Waste -- which won rights to some zones after its owners made big contributions to Eric Adams' election campaign. gothamist.com/news/trash-h...
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Trash hauler won coveted garbage pickup rights after donating to Mayor Adams' campaign
The donations were flagged by New York City's campaign watchdog as part of an audit of the mayor's 2021 election campaign.
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Liam Quigley @elkue.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
NYC is finally rolling out its latest commercial waste zone. On Sunday, the death toll from private garbage truck crashes since the reforms were announced climbed to 10. gothamist.com/news/reforms...
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Reforms to 'wild west' private trash industry come to Manhattan's Chinatown
The sanitation department has spent nearly seven years working to implement reforms to rein in the city's notoriously dangerous private waste haulers.
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Liam Quigley @elkue.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
ICE vehicle in Manhattan just now in the new livery that says “Defend the Homeland”
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Liam Quigley @elkue.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
“You have to be very careful on Linden because the traffic is horrible,” she added. “They’re always speeding. They don't think about people.” NEW: gothamist.com/news/is-lind...
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Is Linden Blvd NYC's new 'Boulevard of Death?' 9 dead in crashes on street since 2021.
The 6-mile stretch of Linden Boulevard between Flatbush and Ozone Park is one of the most dangerous in the city, data shows.
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Liam Quigley @elkue.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Just saw this driver casually get out and put stickers over his license plates just before getting on the Manhattan Bridge to avoid congestion pricing
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Liam Quigley @elkue.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
The security is super locked down at the nyc Wikipedia event because some genius brought a gun to the last one
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Liam Quigley @elkue.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
FDNY rescuing car keys that fell in a grate
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Liam Quigley @elkue.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
ICE agents at JFK terminal 5
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Liam Quigley @elkue.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Bronx bike lanes are something else
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Liam Quigley @elkue.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Summer 2020 flashback
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Liam Quigley @elkue.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
I am planning a trip to Baltimore. Some have called it the greatest city in america
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Liam Quigley @elkue.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
The strollers have crossed Flatbush Ave from park slope... nobody is safe. I can barely walk around any public venue now... only Dallas BBQ is safe
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Liam Quigley @elkue.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
The HOS Ricante is at the Brooklyn Navy Yard this week. It can hold 119 people and is probably being used to support the Empire Wind project.
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Liam Quigley @elkue.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Just came across this old pic of Mamdani getting arrested protesting for taxi workers outside City Hall in 2021
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Liam Quigley @elkue.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Damn
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Liam Quigley @elkue.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
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Liam Quigley @elkue.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
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Liam Quigley @elkue.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
McGuinness not so good last night
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Liam Quigley @elkue.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
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Liam Quigley @elkue.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
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Liam Quigley @elkue.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Recent pics of snow and garbage
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Liam Quigley @elkue.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Flashback to 2021 when Dallas BBQ teamed up with NYC to get people vaccinated against COVID
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Liam Quigley @elkue.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
I'm BACK with a new investigation: A fleet of unlicensed tow trucks has been growing in NYC, racing through the streets with fatal consequences. I used data to reveal that there are at least 700 illegal trucks: gothamist.com/news/ghost-f...
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Ghost fleet: How New York City lost control of the tow truck industry
The number of unlicensed tow trucks on city streets has increased, putting drivers and pedestrians at risk.
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Liam Quigley @elkue.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
My building always used to shake when trucks go by on the BQE but its been shaking a lot more recently and some of the doors in the apartment are closing on their own now
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Liam Quigley @elkue.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
✅ The FOIL was acknowledged within the allowable timeframe. 🗓️ They say they will send me what I asked for in 91 days, or around the start of April.
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Liam Quigley @elkue.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
NEW: Wegmans is defending the use of biometric data collection at NYC locations and said it's only used to track 'persons of interests' based on info from police and its own asset protection team gothamist.com/news/wegmans...
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Wegmans defends use of facial recognition at NYC stores, citing 'elevated risk’
The supermarket’s facial recognition system is used to identify people who “have been previously flagged for misconduct,” a spokesperson said.
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Liam Quigley @elkue.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Encountered a functioning payphone for the first time in years at Kellog’s diner in Brooklyn
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Liam Quigley @elkue.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Wegman's is now collecting biometric data from anyone entering its two NYC locations gothamist.com/news/nyc-weg...
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NYC Wegmans is storing biometric data on shoppers' eyes, voices and faces
The supermarket chain says it’s a move to ensure shopper safety. Surveillance experts warn of privacy risks.
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Liam Quigley @elkue.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Just submitted the first ever FOIL request to Zohran Mamdani's City Hall (let's hope they do a better job than previous admins at following the law)
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Liam Quigley @elkue.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
New York City is seeking to tighten control over who can get press credentials, extend its ability to revoke existing press cards, and create a new "premier" card for journalists with 20+ years of experience rules.cityofnewyork.us/rule/mome-pr...
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NYC Rules
Every year, City agencies make over 100 changes or additions to the City rules that are an important part of how government interacts with the public. New Yorkers can review proposed rules and voice t...
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Liam Quigley @elkue.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
i apologize for not addressing the haters more often. i'll do it more in 2026
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Liam Quigley @elkue.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
The new X logo has supplanted the twitter bird on NYPD vehicles now
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Liam Quigley @elkue.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
There’s a large pile of recycling in a crosswalk downtown
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Liam Quigley @elkue.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
This very old sign under the Bruckner is about to see its sixth mayor
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Liam Quigley @elkue.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Watching the city I grew up in being reborn in real time
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