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Jessy Edwards

@jessyedwards.bsky.social
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Writer at hellgatenyc.com! Pulitzer finalist! Tips: jessy@hellgatenyc.com Previously: Gothamist/WNYC, NBC New York, BK Reader

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Jessy Edwards @jessyedwards.bsky.social · 10h
When my colleague @maxrn.bsky.social discovered fmr NYC Mayor Eric Adams had been hired to convince Wisconsin residents to allow a 150MW data center to be built at the site of an old paper mill, we had MANY questions. So Max headed to Wisconsin Rapids to answer them. His delightful dispatch here:
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Eric Adams Promised to Pitch a Wisconsin Data Center With 'Rigor.' His Failure Was Spectacular
Hell Gate went to Wisconsin Rapids to trace the footsteps of the former mayor of New York City.
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Jessy Edwards @jessyedwards.bsky.social · 10h
The reason for Christy Tanner's departure, so soon into her tenure, remains a mystery. NYPR's press release gives no explanation for the abrupt development, nor does a note to staff left by Tanner.
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NY Public Radio's Board Won't Explain Why Their New CEO Just Left
The biggest public radio station in the country is now looking for its fifth leader in 7 years.
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Hell Gate *subscribe today!* @hellgatenyc.com · 12/10/2026
Only one day left until our biggest sale ever comes to an end. That's 35 percent off for any annual subscriptions. Crunch a few numbers, and that's less than $4/month for a Friend subscription. Can you afford not to take advantage of this deal??? hellgatenyc.com/membership/
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Hell Gate *subscribe today!* @hellgatenyc.com · 09/10/2026
One of the cops facing an NYPD trial for killing Win Rozario in 2024 was allowed to resign in May with a full pension, Rozario's family revealed Thursday. The NYPD Commissioner apologized for failing to notify the CCRB before the resignation, as required.
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NYPD Allowed Cop Facing Department Trial in the Killing of Win Rozario to Retire With a Full Pension
Commissioner Jessica Tisch apologized for failing to notify the Civilian Complaint Review Board of the resignation, as the department was required to do.
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Hell Gate *subscribe today!* @hellgatenyc.com · 09/10/2026
Governor Kathy Hochul came on the Hell Gate Podcast this week. In this lightning round of questions, we ask her: Should ICE be abolished, should trillionaires exist, who is her style icon, and what percentage is she a socialist? Full interview here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0sD...
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Jessy Edwards @jessyedwards.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
We interviewed a woman I like to call the Governor of New York at an Irish bar in Lower Manhattan: www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0sD...
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Governor Kathy Hochul on Taxing the Rich, Cornell, and Her Relationship to the Left
YouTube video by Hell Gate
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Carey @careylikemariah.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
A very helpful summary. 👏 I hope this ridiculous, wasteful legal fight wraps up soon so that the party (under the leadership of soon-to-be-Chair @juliopenabk.com) can finally move onto the far more important business of helping Democrats win elections!
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Jessy Edwards @jessyedwards.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Hell Gate *subscribe today!* @hellgatenyc.com · 08/10/2026
KATHY HOCHUL: THE HELL GATE INTERVIEW FROM T.J. BYRNES TOMORROW TUNE IN (ON YOUTUBE AND WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS)
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Jessy Edwards @jessyedwards.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
If you were confused about the latest updates in the Brooklyn Democratic Party power struggle saga, fear not. I have drawn an insane diagram that somewhat corresponds to 13 bulletpoints on the issue, to help us all understand: hellgatenyc.com/13-cursed-ne...
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Jessy Edwards @jessyedwards.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Laura Tanenbaum @ltanenbaum.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I moved to NYC @ 22 in '96. most would say past the Voice's heyday but I loved reading Tom Robbins & Wayne Barret's exposes of Giuliani, J Hoberman on film, Greg Tate on music Tom Tomorrow's cartoons, Dan Savage's sex columns . . .Hell Gate comes the closest to that spirit of anything around now.
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Carey @careylikemariah.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Money well spent! Good local news reporting is so important.
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Warren @warren.nyc · 07/10/2026
Too lazy to post my own thread so please read this. I think I’ve been a subscriber since the beginning, but I’m old and memory fails.
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JW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Hell Gate is great! And they are a worker coop, which is always worth supporting. I am a very satisfied subscriber.
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Praxis Thoughts Haver @praxisprocess.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Longtime sub here. Very much worth it and very much the future of local journalism(worker coops).
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Celia @celiayoung.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
One of the many, many reasons I subscribe to @hellgatenyc.com and YOU should too!
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Jessy Edwards @jessyedwards.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I just posted a whole thread about why you should subscribe to @hellgatenyc.com immediately, but here's the TL;DR: We're fun, brave, independent. We've been covering the BK Dems, NYC courts & judges like crazy. We'll keep covering NYC like this JUST FOR YOU. This week is our most generous sale ever:
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Hell Gate's Biggest Sale Ever
To celebrate another successful year, we're offering an unprecedented deal on all annual subscriptions.
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Jessy Edwards @jessyedwards.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
So please, if you have ever considered subscribing, do it now! Or tell a friend or lover to buy you one as a present, and you will repay them with your fascinating conversation (having in-depth NYC knowledge is really hot, don't you think?): hellgatenyc.com/membership/ (6/6)
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Jessy Edwards @jessyedwards.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
You will see we have a ton of free subscribers... and this week we worked out that if just 3% of of those people subscribe this week under our most generous sale ever, we could hire a new person and give them free healthcare. (5/6)
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Jessy Edwards @jessyedwards.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
We just published our Annual Report and we are thriving. But we are only able to do this work, which (shockhorror) costs money to make, because we are subscriber funded! We do a lot on a tight budget, but we must grow and employ more amazing NYC reporters. hellgatenyc.com/hell-gate-20... (4/6)
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Hell Gate 2026 Annual Report
As Hell Gate roars into its fifth year, let's take a minute to talk about how things are going.
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Jessy Edwards @jessyedwards.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
We are totally independent. We are so independent that we did a massive investigation on the broken NYC judicial system earlier this year, and decided to give it away for free, because it's awesome and important. Its themes are now proving central to the story of the BK Dems unraveling. (3/6)
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Courts of Contempt - Judges
Judges wield enormous power. Here in the five boroughs, they are often the ultimate arbiters in deciding how many New Yorkers get sent to Rikers Island, where and how new housing will be built, and wh...
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Jessy Edwards @jessyedwards.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Seeing it from the inside I really believe that the model we're building, and are now entering our 5th year of, can help save local news and hold power to account citywide, nationwide, globally. I wish it for everyone. I think we're an incredible model to invest in. (2/6)
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Jessy Edwards @jessyedwards.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Been thinking of how best to say this, but my team is always reminding me not to overthink things so I'll just say this: I'm so proud & grateful for Hell Gate, the local news outlet I work for—& now part-own! Every year we hold one major sale. It's happening now, & this is why you should subscribe:🧵
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Jessy Edwards @jessyedwards.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
For a hearing on AI risks, the execs seemed remarkably unprepared—or remarkably prepared in weaponizing incompetence. None could quantify the risk of their AI. None knew if they had insurance for catastrophic risk. None could speak to the risk of an AI bubble burst & our 401Ks going down the toilet.
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A Few of the Diseases Invoked by AI Execs to Evade City Council's Safety Questions
New technology, same old tricks.
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Hell Gate *subscribe today!* @hellgatenyc.com · 06/10/2026
The horrifying case of an alleged 2024 gang rape at a Cornell University frat house has led to a national outcry, massive protests on campus, and calls for New York's lawmakers to address the state's laws concerning consent and sexual assault.
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Cornell, Jane Doe, and New York's 'Voluntary Intoxication Loophole'
Plus more news for your Tuesday.
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Jessy Edwards @jessyedwards.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
You probably assumed that the show must finally be over—Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn and her supporters would surely have to pack it in. You simpleton! Have you learned nothing from watching these guys in action? hellgatenyc.com/zombie-brook...
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Desperate to Cling to Power, Zombie Brooklyn Dems Resort to Sham, Late-Night Zoom Election
“It’s a pretty flagrant move to just say, ‘Fuck this court, fuck these orders.’”
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Nick Pinto @nickpinto.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Founding a worker-owned local news outfit in 2022, we didn't know if we'd last a month. But as @hellgatenyc.com enters our fifth year, we are surviving, and even thriving. Here's our 2026 annual report, detailing our achievements and challenges of the past year. hellgatenyc.com/hell-gate-20...
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Hell Gate 2026 Annual Report
As Hell Gate roars into its fifth year, let's take a minute to talk about how things are going.
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Jessy Edwards @jessyedwards.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
CM Kayla Santosuosso to OpenAI exec at City Council hearing on risk of AI: "Can you tell me how many people in your company are currently working to address the risk of the potential extinction of humanity?" AI Exec: "I lead the policy team, so I don't have that number." (the theme continues)
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Hell Gate *subscribe today!* @hellgatenyc.com · 05/10/2026
It's time for Hell Gate's biggest sale ever: 35 percent off a year at all subscription levels. Get one year for less than $4/month with an annual Friend subscription—or become a Supporter or Believer for a few bucks more and get special perks and swag. hellgatenyc.com/membership/
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Jessy Edwards @jessyedwards.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
CM @chiosse.bsky.social calls out the AI execs on some of their statements today, made under oath: "I know that a couple companies said that they supported the Raise Act, but let's be real here: It is well known that OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta lobbied against the Raise Act for a year."
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Jessy Edwards @jessyedwards.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Public Advocate Jumaane Williams says OpenAI's first answer to today's NYC City Council hearing on AI risks was the "most God-awful, fantastically terrible answers I've heard to begin a hearing." Asked for her assessment of the catastrophic risk of AI, the OpenAI exec opened with, "I don't know."
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Jessy Edwards @jessyedwards.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
In a moment of levity, Councilmember Kamillah Hanks points out that Anthropic's AI exec Logan Graham looks a bit "like an AI guy" in his video screen. "Can you confirm you're not an AI guy?" The exec replies: "I can confirm... I am an AI guy, but in a very different way. I'm an AI researcher."
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Jessy Edwards @jessyedwards.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
CM Krishnan asks the AI execs how they're protecting New Yorkers' retirements, & ensuring they won't need govt bailouts. The execs deflect w generics on supporting small businesses. Krishnan points out the execs have been asked to speak on AI and risk, and seem underprepared on this basic question.
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Jessy Edwards @jessyedwards.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
At today's NYC Council AI hearing, Speaker Menin cites a report that suggests 600K New Yorkers could be displaced from their jobs by 2031. She asks the AI execs for their estimates on how many New York jobs will be eliminated in the coming years. In a consistent theme of the day: nobody knows.
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Jessy Edwards @jessyedwards.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Menin asks the AI execs to "raise your hand if your company has insurance for catastrophic risks." No one does. "Okay, I'm going to take that as a no... So then the public, I assume, will be asked to absorb the costs." Each of the execs then scramble to clarify that they actually don't know.
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Jessy Edwards @jessyedwards.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The grilling of the AI execs has begun. Speaker Menin asks OpenAI to quantify the worst risks of AI. Exec: "I don't know." Menin: "I'm sorry, but to say you don't know and it doesn't matter is flippant at best... I honestly am incredulous at that answer." hellgatenyc.com/ai-execs-fac...
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Jessy Edwards @jessyedwards.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Anthropic's Logan Graham tells the NYC Council, "We believe in NYC... The ongoing dialog we have with you and your team could not be more important than right now." Before the meeting, Speaker Julie Menin said the council had to threaten subpoena to get Anthropic, Google and Open AI there.
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Jessy Edwards @jessyedwards.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
More on the meeting here: hellgatenyc.com/ai-execs-fac...
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Grilling the New Masters of the Universe
To save humanity as we know it. And more links for your Monday.
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Jessy Edwards @jessyedwards.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
NYC's AI hearing has begun. Speaker Julie Menin asks Daniel Kokotajlo how the US stays competitive with China, while also building responsibly? His answer: "We have to first solve the immediate pressing threat here domestically, and then try to make sure that China doesn't get us killed, either."
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Jessy Edwards @jessyedwards.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This morning, the NYC City Council will kick off a marathon hearing where members will grill AI execs on how their models are putting New Yorkers at risk. Here's 4 questions we should expect to hear answered: hellgatenyc.com/ai-execs-fac...
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Grilling the New Masters of the Universe
To save humanity as we know it. And more links for your Monday.
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Jessy Edwards @jessyedwards.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Darializa Avila Chevalier and Claire Valdez are part of a growing bloc of left lawmakers who could hold sway in the election of the next speaker if Democrats take back the House. They came to our office this week to chat with my beloved colleagues, for the latest episode of the Hell Gate podcast.
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Claire Valdez and Darializa Avila Chevalier on Building Power, AOC, and 'Squad 2.0'
YouTube video by Hell Gate
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Jessy Edwards @jessyedwards.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The 17 new Throne Labs modular toilets that the Mamdani administration is scattering across the five boroughs are a cut above the usual temporary toilet. They're like what your rich cousin got for their farmhouse wedding—but nicer. hellgatenyc.com/we-test-peed...
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We Test-Peed NYC's New Modular, App-Activated Public Toilets
The 17 new Throne Labs spread across the city are spiffy, but they require you to have a smartphone or a special card.
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Jessy Edwards @jessyedwards.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The New York Philharmonic is billing their new maestro Gustavo Dudamel as the leader of the 183-year-old symphony's new era. My colleague Adlan got a taste of the future vibe at Dudamel's fancy welcome party. hellgatenyc.com/much-ado-abo...
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Much Ado About Dudamel
Welcome back to Cultural Capital, Hell Gate's new biweekly culture and arts newsletter.
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Jessy Edwards @jessyedwards.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"Had I had a curriculum that included James Baldwin, Langston Hughes, Lorraine Hansberry, Alice Walker, Tracy Chapman, and just people of color who were brilliant and artistic and queer and unapologetic, maybe life would not have been such a challenging road as it had been at times."
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Brooklyn Will Soon Have One of the Nation’s Only Middle Schools for LGBTQ Kids
Miss Major Middle, opening in Fort Greene next year, is "an opportunity to show something different."
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Jessy Edwards @jessyedwards.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This morning, Randy Mastro told a judge he'd found "shocking" stuff in a tranche of documents City Hall handed over in a lawsuit challenging the rent freeze. But texts he highlights, including between the mayor and an RGB member, aren't exactly damning. hellgatenyc.com/rgb-lawsuit-...
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Landlord Attorney Trying to Kill Mamdani's Rent Freeze Forces Release of SHOCKING Texts Like 'Appreciate the Appointment' and 'Honored to Serve'
Randy Mastro is asking the judge for an evidentiary hearing where he can depose City officials.
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Jessy Edwards @jessyedwards.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
What happens when local lawmakers summon members of the Mamdani administration and pack the City Council chambers for a marathon hearing on one of the most controversial topics playing out in New York City? Not much, apparently. hellgatenyc.com/e-bike-sound...
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E-Bike Sound and Fury, Signifying Nothing
A marathon City Council hearing did little to address safety for pedestrians or e-bike riders. Plus more stories for your Thursday.
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Jessy Edwards @jessyedwards.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
If the judge rules in the landlords' favor, his decision could upend the rent freeze for around 2 million New Yorkers who live in rent-stabilized apartments—and knock down one of Mamdani's key achievements. But it's not the RGB's first rodeo. hellgatenyc.com/rent-freeze-...
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The Rent Freeze Starts Thursday. Landlords Think a Search of Mamdani's Texts Could Overturn It
The landlords allege the rent freeze was predetermined by the mayor and his allies, and are asking the judge to nullify it.
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Jessy Edwards @jessyedwards.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Well, five more judges have now ruled that Brooklyn Democratic Party Chair Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn's "power grab" rule changes were illegal. This feels like it might be the end for the old guard... but you never know... hellgatenyc.com/judges-rule-...
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Judges Rule Brooklyn Dems 'Power Grab' Was Illegal—Again
The reformists really might have it now… Unless?
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Hell Gate *subscribe today!* @hellgatenyc.com · 29/09/2026
Our own Jessy Edwards made an appearance on @spectrumnewsny1.bsky.social' s Inside City Hall this week, talking all things Trump and Mamdani at Gracie Mansion.
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