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Andrew Giambrone @andrewgiambrone.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

“They’re cutting off access to lawyers for these children, but they need lawyers now more than ever”: 20K unaccompanied migrant kids nationwide could lose access to legal help today when a US contract ends (via @gwynnefitz.bsky.social for @thecityreporter.nyc) www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/07/31/u...

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Inside the NYC Courtroom Where Detained Children Face Deportation Without Attorneys

Around 20,000 unaccompanied minors nationwide are set to lose legal services when the federal government ends a contract Friday. One NYC immigration court shows us what that will look like.

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Rachel Holliday Smith @rachelholliday.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

“Clown is kind of hot and popular right now.” for the Pride edition of our summer newsletter, @haidee.bsky.social spent time with the queer clowning community of Brooklyn:

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For Queer New Yorkers, Clowning Makes Space to 'Tell the Truth'

The LGBTQ+ clown community in Brooklyn is growing, matching a trend for the art in other cities.

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The City Reporter @thecityreporter.nyc · 10/06/2026

When Erica Hill heard New York Knicks star Karl-Anthony Towns speak about how he felt his late mother’s presence during the NBA Finals, it really resonated. So much so it inspired her to host a watch party at her mortuary in Greenpoint. www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/06/10/k...

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How Karl-Anthony Towns’ Grief is Helping Knicks Fans

“KAT knows the ones we love never really leave. So do we,” said a Brooklyn memorial space hosting New Yorkers on game day.

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Rachel Holliday Smith @rachelholliday.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

our summer newsletter is so good this weeeek! @haidee.bsky.social interviewed a rat-and-trash tour guide, and we've got a very thorough beachcast sign up to get it! (it comes out every Thursday afternoon)

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Gwynne Hogan @gwynnefitz.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

My colleagues @rosalindadams.bsky.social @haidee.bsky.social and I at @thecity.nyc spent the past several months tracking hundreds of ICE street arrests across the region through federal court records..🧵🧵 projects.thecity.nyc/ice-street-a....

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haidee chu @haidee.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

ICYMI: I made an interactive map for yall to explore all the cherry blossom, magnolia and crabapple hotspots across NYC! 🌸 with @lillysabs.bsky.social! bonus: there's also a tool in here to search how your neighborhood ranks in terms of flowering tree density www.thecity.nyc/2026/04/08/s...

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Samantha Maldonado @smaldo.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

The Mamdani administration wants to know what NYC renters deal with. A tenant hotline gets an earful from hundreds of callers each week. “People call us, and we’re sort of the first line of defense.” www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/26/r...

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What’s to Come at ‘Rental Ripoff’ Hearings? Tenant Hotline Staff Hear It All

Longtime workers at a tenants’ rights hotline say stories from callers have only gotten more extreme in recent years.

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The City Reporter @thecityreporter.nyc · 25/02/2026

Bellevue Hospital’s south lobby is one of the city’s official warming centers, a temporary place for anyone in need to wait out the cold. But many people there who spoke with THE CITY said they’d been living in the lobby for weeks, with no end in sight. www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/25/b...

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Bellevue Hospital a De Facto Homeless Shelter, as Winter Storms Test City Outreach

Dozens of unhoused people have been staying in a warming center at the public hospital for weeks on end and haven’t had any contact with homeless services.

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Samantha Maldonado @smaldo.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Everyone in NYC is talking about property taxes! Hardly anyone understands the system, but there's widespread agreement the outcomes are inequitable. We've got a guide to help you make sense of it all, and learn why you should care, even if you don't own property. www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/25/p...

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Property Taxes in NYC are a Mess. Here’s Why Even Renters Should Care.

They’re the engine of the city’s budget, but unequal and outdated. Here’s your guide on how property taxes work — and how they affect everyone, not just owners.

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haidee chu @haidee.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

btw - mayor @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social has been urging new yorkers to call 311 if they see someone who could use some help getting inside. but what actually happens when you dial 311? how can you check in with your unsheltered neighbor yourself? this explainer covers some of that: shorturl.at/2EJ32

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What Happens When You Call for Help for New Yorkers Out in the Cold

Special protocols kick into gear when the temperature is below 32 degrees.

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haidee chu @haidee.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

it's gonna get reeeeeally cold outside again this weekend, and i'm thinking again about the four unsheltered new yorkers who so generously shared with me what it's been like to navigate this cold spell. so ICYMI: www.thecity.nyc/2026/01/30/c...

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How Unsheltered New Yorkers Face Down the Cold: ‘It’s Survive or Die’

Some unsheltered New Yorkers say they prefer the freedom of the streets. Others say they have not been asked in.

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haidee chu @haidee.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

thank you for reading!! 🌱

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 31/12/2025

A hopeful story about the diligent horticulturists at the NYC parks dept's Plant Ecology Center and Nursery on Staten Island. Always read @haidee.bsky.social for thoughtful, humane reflections on life in NYC! From @thecity.nyc

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Meet the Parks Seed Seekers Who Cultivate Spring in the Cold

At a Staten Island plant nursery, Parks Department horticulturalists nurture the nubs of future plants and trees through hard winter, rebooting life’s cycle.

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haidee chu @haidee.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

all of those!! and i am also dying to check out the exhibit of nyc street vendor history at MOFAD! www.mofad.org/exhibition-s...

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Exhibition Detail - MOFAD

Discover MOFAD, the museum where food is culture™, upstairs at 55 Water Street in DUMBO, Brooklyn, New York.

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The City Reporter @thecityreporter.nyc · 18/12/2025

NEW: The request to ‘pretermit’ is an effort to toss a person’s asylum claim, leaving them defenseless against deportation to a country they are not from and may have never even entered before: Honduras, Ecuador and Uganda. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/18/a...

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Trump Administration Moves to Send Asylum Seekers to Uganda, Honduras and Ecuador

Citing agreements with the three countries, Department of Homeland Security attorneys at 26 Federal Plaza are now asserting that immigrants have no right to apply for asylum in the United States.

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The City Reporter @thecityreporter.nyc · 10/12/2025

An investigation by THE CITY has found more than 14,200 housing code violations in RAD developments since January 2021. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/10/n...

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Private Management Promised to Fix Public Housing, Yet Hundreds of Violations Linger

Get THE CITY SCOOP, our free morning newsletter.

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haidee chu @haidee.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

people arrested in nyc under the current trump admin are also far more likely to be deported than those arrested during the biden admin more data findings here: www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/05/i...

Stacked line chart shows the Trump administration has deported most immigrants arrested in New York City under its watch, while most people arrested during the Biden era remain in the U.S.

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Gwynne Hogan @gwynnefitz.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

“I considered myself a strong person, a resilient person, but I’ve never gone through something like this... Leave your family out of nowhere, the uncertainty of what’s going to happen to you." www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/26/i...

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Sidewalk Arrests Seize New Yorkers in ICE’s Latest Surge

Activists and legal advocates are tracking seemingly random detentions of immigrants on the streets in what they say is a campaign of ethnic profiling.

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haidee chu @haidee.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

BLESS!! impulse poster purchases for the newsroom encouraged!!!

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The City Reporter @thecityreporter.nyc · 20/11/2025

"I was trying to help my mom,” said 13-year-old Jayleane, shaking, as tears streamed down her cheeks. “I saw they were pulling her hair. They had the gun in front of me. I was scared.”

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On Camera, Fed Agents Point Guns at Mother and Four Kids in Queens

The agents came looking for a relative who no longer lived in the apartment, the shellshocked mother told THE CITY. Days later, her children are terrified to leave their parents' sides.

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The City Reporter @thecityreporter.nyc · 05/11/2025

At just 34 years old, Zohran Mamdani culminated a meteoric political rise Tuesday by scoring a decisive victory in a polarizing mayoral election. He will become the youngest mayor in over a century, the first Muslim to lead New York City. buff.ly/7kOwKhb

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Mamdani Makes History With Victory in Mayor’s Race

More than 2 million New Yorkers cast a ballot in a high-stakes election that smashed recent turnout levels.

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haidee chu @haidee.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

hey hey! the info on age and registration comes with from data the BOE sends out to a distribution list at the end of every early voting day. what i analyzed based on income is drawn from the census - i reallocated numbers statistically from the census tract geography to the election district one

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Gwynne Hogan @gwynnefitz.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

First pass at the chaotic scene that just happened in Lower Manhattan. Military-Style Sweep Hits NYC as Masked Federal Agents Arrest Canal Street Vendors www.thecity.nyc/2025/10/21/i...

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Military-Style Sweep Hits NYC as Masked Federal Agents Arrest Canal Street Vendors

Spontaneous protestors were met with an armored military vehicle and assault rifles in a crackdown that escalated the Trump administration’s focus on NYC.

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Richard Kim @richardkimnyc.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Dear friends, especially those in journalism & fellow New Yorkers, while I appreciate the comic gesture, going forward please desist from sending me bags of Sour Cream & Onion potato chips. I done already done had Herr's. In lieu of chips, you can donate here: donorbox.org/nycdonate

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haidee chu @haidee.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

icoooonic chipsss. i vote go insane for your sister! yum!

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haidee chu @haidee.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

(and @katiehonan.bsky.social, of all people? what was the expectation?!?)

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Gwynne Hogan @gwynnefitz.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

While other cities like LA are being put through outdoor ICE raids, NYC is the nation's capital of ICE immigration courthouse arrests, new data analysis shows. www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/11/2...

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Rachel Holliday Smith @rachelholliday.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

helloooooo, new Summer & THE CITY drops this afternoon! this week's edition is a great one from @katiehonan.bsky.social about the long-running municipal softball league for government workers trivia: which agency plays as "the Greenbacks"? subscribe!

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Arya Sundaram @aryasundaram.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

NEW: Immigrants complain of inhumane conditions at ICE holding cells in NYC. No showers or changing clothes. Sometimes only one meal per day. Over 100 people in small rooms. Sleeping on benches, the floor, or sitting up, due to lack of space. gothamist.com/news/theyre-...

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‘They’re killing us’: Immigrants complain of inhumane conditions inside NYC holding site

Immigrants complain of cramped conditions, inadequate food and bathing facilities and sleeping on concrete floors.

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haidee chu @haidee.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

oh my, so many kind words in a day! thank you!! 🙈

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haidee chu @haidee.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

thank you for reading, sharing and donating, karen!!!

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The City Reporter @thecityreporter.nyc · 25/06/2025

“Today, eight months after launching this campaign with the vision of a city that every New Yorker could afford, we have won,” said Zohran Mamdani during his speech to supporters. Our full coverage here: www.thecity.nyc/2025/06/24/m... Photos: Alex Krales

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Rachel Holliday Smith @rachelholliday.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

currently making me laugh: all the people from way outside of NYC being like "why the hell do I care so much about the mayoral race" A THREAD 🧵

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Liam Quigley @elkue.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Always obsessed with how the family living in the Commandant's House in the Navy Yard can turn their whole district one color, this time just one of them voted for Brad Lander in the primary

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Rachel Holliday Smith @rachelholliday.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

LOOKING FOR HOW HE DID IT? we covered it!

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The City Reporter @thecityreporter.nyc · 25/06/2025

For a REAL detailed map of how NYC voted, check our map out 😎 www.thecity.nyc/2025/06/24/m...

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