John Asbury @johnasbury.bsky.social · 29/01/2026A federal judge is considering an injunction to keep congestion pricing in Manhattan. Last year Trump declared, “Congestion pricing is dead. Long live the king!” The MTA’s attorney said in court yesterday, "This is President Trump, not King Donald."newsday.comMTA, Trump administration argue in federal court over congestion tolling's survivalThe MTA is requesting a permanent injunction to prevent the Trump administration from ending New York City's $9 congestion toll. 020 0
John Asbury @johnasbury.bsky.social · 29/01/2026A federal judge is considering an injunction to keep congestion pricing in a Manhattan. Last year Trump declared, “Congestion pricing is dead. Long live the king!” The MTA’s attorney said in court yesterday, "This is President Trump, not King Donald."newsday.comMTA, Trump administration argue in federal court over congestion tolling's survivalThe MTA is requesting a permanent injunction to prevent the Trump administration from ending New York City's $9 congestion toll. 110 0
John Asbury @johnasbury.bsky.social · 15/01/2026The Trump administration has banned visas from 75 countries, including Russia, Pakistan and several African, Caribbean and Latin American nations. The nations listed include more than 178,000 foreign nationals on Long Island.newsday.comImmigrant visa processing from 75 countries suspended over public assistance concerns, U.S. saysThe new step builds on earlier immigration and travel bans by the administration on nearly 40 countries. 010 0
John Asbury @johnasbury.bsky.social · 23/12/2025youtu.beInside CECOT - the spiked 60 Minutes segmentYouTube video by kala 062 0
Reposted by John AsburyE.S. Michelson @esmichelson.bsky.social · 20/11/2025Worthwhile quote in attached image and alt-text revealing that 10% of those voting for him swung to him from Trump. The peace of mind that comes from affordability and economic stability is non-partisan and is alway #1 with the electorate. 131 0
John Asbury @johnasbury.bsky.social · 20/11/2025Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani will meet with Trump on Friday to discuss affordability. He said he would also protect residents from ICE www.newsday.com/news/new-yor... 001 0
John Asbury @johnasbury.bsky.social · 17/11/2025.@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social said he asked for a meeting with President Trump. "I will go to make the case to the President... that these are the kinds of things we need to change if we want to make it easier for New Yorkers and for Americans to afford the day to day necessities of their life"zohrankmamdani.bsky.socialZohran Kwame Mamdani (@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social)Mayor-Elect of New York City 221 0
John Asbury @johnasbury.bsky.social · 12/11/2025The family of a Long Island man detained in Iran since July seeks U.S. intervention after he was imprisoned for visiting Israel 13 years ago for his son’s bar mitzvahnewsday.comGreat Neck Estates man detained in Iran since July as relatives, local officials urge U.S. to help free himRep. Thomas Suozzi asked Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday to help free Kamran Hekmati, of Great Neck Estates, after he was arrested by Iranian authorities. 020 0
Reposted by John AsburyKen Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 04/11/2025If Mamdani wins I will leave New York. I will go live in one of the other 5 houses I have, perhaps the one in South Florida, or the one in Paris, or Napa, or Cabo, but I will definitely leave New York. I will keep my apartment, though, because it's awesome and New York is great. But I will leave. 1867332775 0
Reposted by John AsburyEnvironmental Advocates NY @greenwatchdogny.bsky.social · 30/10/2025Severe storms are becoming stronger and more frequent due to climate change, leaving Long Islanders “at extreme risk”. Albany leaders must prioritize making our communities safer by investing in infrastructure and resiliency upgrades to keep us safe. 101 0
John Asbury @johnasbury.bsky.social · 29/10/2025Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said there is no contingency in the FAA budget to pay air traffic controllers, who missed their first paycheck Tuesday.newsday.comAir traffic controllers miss first full paycheck as government shutdown persistsTransportation Secretary Sean Duffy and union officials said some air traffic controllers have had to take second jobs. 275 0
John Asbury @johnasbury.bsky.social · 25/09/2025While Messi was scoring two goals Wednesday night at Citi Field, the new home of NYCFC at Etihad Park across the street is slowly coming along ahead of the 2027 seasonnewsday.comNew York City FC's new home on pace to give fans a kick by 2027 seasonWhen it opens as expected in 2027, Etihad Park, in the shadow of Citi Field, will be the first stadium in New York City dedicated to professional soccer. 010 0
Reposted by John AsburyJimmy Kimmel @jimmykimmel.com · 24/09/2025As I was saying…youtu.beJimmy Kimmel is Back!YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live 1663358077837 0
John Asbury @johnasbury.bsky.social · 16/09/2025ICE on Long Island: Roosevelt High School student Alvaro Castro Velasquez detained weeks before graduationnewsday.comICE on Long Island: Roosevelt High School student Alvaro Castro Velasquez detained weeks before graduationAlvaro Castro Velasquez, 19, was to graduate with his class on June 27. Instead, he was in a detention facility on the other end of the country. 010 0
John Asbury @johnasbury.bsky.social · 15/09/2025Schumer proposes $2.2 billion for veteran affairs department to reverse DOGE cuts and nullified union contracts by the Trump administrationnewsday.comSchumer proposes $2.2B increase for veterans affairs department, to undo cuts to Northport VAPresident Donald Trump's DOGE has called for 30,000 job cuts in the VA system, which would include about 40 positions in Northport, union officials said. 010 0
John Asbury @johnasbury.bsky.social · 15/09/2025Speaking on Long Island today, Sen. Schumer did not endorse Zohran Mamdani for NYC mayor, a day after he was endorsed by Gov. Hochul. “I met with him last week. We had a good meeting. We know each other well, and we're gonna keep talking.” 202 0
John Asbury @johnasbury.bsky.social · 15/09/2025Schumer proposes $2.2 billion for veteran affairs department to reverse DOGE cuts and nullified union contracts by the Trump administrationnewsday.comSchumer proposes $2.2 billion increase for veteran affairs department, to undo cuts to Northport VAPresident Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency has called for 30,000 job cuts in the VA system, which would include about 40 positions in Northport, union officials said. 030 0
John Asbury @johnasbury.bsky.social · 09/09/2025"It’s a wound that’s still open always ... I’m always reminded of it, because it’s the same job my dad did. I try to keep the positive thoughts, not what happened to him, but more of what he did for a living, giving his life up for the City of New York."newsday.comFDNY firefighter's service part of her dad's 9/11 legacyJosephine Smith's father, an FDNY firefighter from Mastic, died on 9/11. She's continuing his legacy of service as an 11-year FDNY veteran. 031 0
John Asbury @johnasbury.bsky.social · 06/09/2025Covid vaccines are now available at CVS in New York following Gov. Hochul’s executive order 0161 0
John Asbury @johnasbury.bsky.social · 05/09/2025ICE on Long Island: Advocates say agents spotted near Brentwood, Hempstead schools as classes resumenewsday.comICE on Long Island: Advocates say agents spotted near Brentwood, Hempstead schools as classes resumeIn Brentwood, the father of a high school student was arrested after dropping his son off, according to Phil Ramos, the deputy speaker of the New York State Assembly. 013 0
John Asbury @johnasbury.bsky.social · 05/09/2025. @governor.ny.gov Kathy Hochul to allow COVID shots at pharmacies without doctors' prescriptions via @DavidOlson11 and @lisalcolangelo www.newsday.com/news/health/...newsday.comHochul to allow COVID shots at pharmacies without doctors' prescriptionsThe two largest pharmacy chains in the nation, CVS and Walgreens, had said anyone seeking an updated COVID-19 vaccination needs a prescription. 1232 0
John Asbury @johnasbury.bsky.social · 02/09/2025Luke Dunn and his triplet siblings will start kindergarten today after a year of hospitalization and nearly drowning last year in the family's pool. It's a day his mother didn't know if it would ever come:newsday.com5-year-old Luke, recovering from brain injury, returns home to Greenlawn after year in hospitalsLuke suffered a brain injury when he slipped underneath the water in the family pool and bumped his head. 010 0
Reposted by John Asburybrittnymejia.bsky.social @brittnymejia.bsky.social · 20/08/2025Last week, Border Patrol agents massed outside of a @governor.ca.gov news conference. They wound up arresting Angel Rodrigo Minguela Palacios, a strawberry delivery driver with no criminal record and just there to drop off fruit to a tea room. This is his story www.latimes.com/california/s...latimes.comHe was delivering strawberries in L.A. when Border Patrol stopped him. 'The wrong place at the wrong time'Angel Rodrigo Minguela Palacios was delivering strawberries to a tearoom in Little Tokyo when Border Patrol agents massed nearby where Gov. Gavin Newsom was holding a news conference. Minguela ended u... 5331150 0
John Asbury @johnasbury.bsky.social · 19/08/2025JetBlue flight from MacArthur with 'completely destroyed' engine makes emergency landing at JFK, records shownewsday.comJetBlue flight from MacArthur with 'completely destroyed' engine makes emergency landing at JFK, records showFlight 547 took off from Islip bound for Orlando at 1:45 p. m last Wednesday and landed at Kennedy about an hour later with "167 souls aboard." 011 0
Reposted by John AsburyCat @karmaisacat95.bsky.social · 12/08/2025Taylor. Girl. You’re in your 30s… so are we. Sleep is precious. Pls stop this foolishness 😭 57815 0
John Asbury @johnasbury.bsky.social · 02/08/2025Just got an email calling me a “climate monger.” 4152 0
John Asbury @johnasbury.bsky.social · 02/08/2025Experts: Expect more extreme rainfall on LI due to climate change www.newsday.com/news/weather...newsday.comLate summer storms on Long Island linked to climate changeLate summer storms on Long Island are becoming more frequent due to climate change, with increased rainfall and flooding impacting the region's infrastructure. 054 0
John Asbury @johnasbury.bsky.social · 31/07/2025An Oyster Bay woman pleaded guilty to a $31.5M campaign-contribution scam where she sold access to meet President Trump and used photos to solicit illegal donations and funding for a fake education centernewsday.comOyster Bay woman pleads guilty to $31.5M campaign-contribution scamSherry Xue Li, 53, agreed to turn over $31.5 million she and business associate a collected in the fundraising scheme, federal prosecutors said. 1137 0
John Asbury @johnasbury.bsky.social · 26/07/2025After the 2023 Farmingdale High bus crash, at least 10 students were ejected while only one student wore a seat belt. "Several were able to exit the motorcoach by crawling through the broken windows on the side resting on the ground," the NTSB report said.newsday.comAfter Farmingdale High bus crash, a push for stronger seat belt protections"For some reason people think buckling up is hard and uncomfortable — but it's not and could save your life," said one state assemblyman. 020 0
John Asbury @johnasbury.bsky.social · 24/07/2025Breaking: NTSB finds bad tires caused fatal Farmingdale High bus crash and only one student on board was wearing a seatbelt The National Transportation Safety Board released its final report the 2023 crash upstate.newsday.comNTSB: Bad tires caused fatal Farmingdale High bus crashThe National Transportation Safety Board released its final report the 2023 crash upstate. 000 0
John Asbury @johnasbury.bsky.social · 23/07/2025Please tell me you're bringing Carl the Cicada to the new place. 110 0
John Asbury @johnasbury.bsky.social · 17/07/2025It’s been 29 years, today, since TWA 800 exploded and crashed into the Atlantic off Long Island, killing 230 people on board. “It’s where they all took their last breaths. They were all looking for a beautiful flight landing in Paris or Rome."newsday.comTribute to TWA Flight 800 victims at memorialThe TWA Flight 800 memorial serves as a tribute to the victims, offering families a place to grieve and remember their loved ones together. 051 0
Reposted by John AsburyJeff Weiss @passionweiss.bsky.social · 12/07/2025What form of sociopathy required them to need a court order to stop doing this? 853265076494 0
Reposted by John AsburyDavid Cruz @davidmcruz.bsky.social · 11/07/2025*NEW*: @NassauExec signed an executive order allowing Nassau police to wear face masks during specific investigations. The practice mirrors what ICE agents are doing when effecting arrests. @johnasbury.bsky.social has the story for @newsday.bsky.social. www.newsday.com/long-island/...newsday.comBlakeman to allow Nassau police to wear face masks for 'specific investigations,' replicating ICE practiceHe signed the order citing protesters targeting police or ICE agents wearing masks. 011 0
Reposted by John AsburyTom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 09/07/2025Seems like Grok praising Hitler yesterday could have rated a mention in this www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/t...nytimes.comX Chief Says She Is Leaving the Social Media Platform 1029757 0
John Asbury @johnasbury.bsky.social · 19/06/2025Nassau County will not recognize Juneteenth as a paid holiday, shunning the federal declaration. Bruce Blakeman told me yesterday it needs to be bargained for county employees to give a holiday back. “By the way, I think people should work a little more, not less,” Blakeman said.newsday.comNassau County government does not recognize Juneteenth. Democrats once again seek to change that.Democratic legislators have proposed an ordinance that would add June 19 to the county's list of official holidays. 230 0
Reposted by John AsburyGwynne Hogan @gwynnefitz.bsky.social · 17/06/2025Lander is being release now from DHS/ICE custody now. 17178921194 0
Reposted by John AsburyReuven Blau @reuvenblau.bsky.social · 17/06/2025This @fractenberg.bsky.social photo and @gwynnefitz.bsky.social story www.thecity.nyc/2025/06/17/b... 313344 0
Reposted by John AsburyYoav Gonen @yoavgonen.bsky.social · 17/06/2025Mayor Adams hasn't taken question from Daily News reporter @c-sommerfeldt.bsky.social for months. So Chris called out to get his attention at today's press conference and the mayor tells security to bar him from future press conferences. Hard to not see that as by design 07722 0
Reposted by John AsburyGwynne Hogan @gwynnefitz.bsky.social · 17/06/2025Here's a longer video of Brad Lander's detention just now inside 26 Federal Plaza as he tried to walk a man out of immigration court, by masked federal agents. 808117785247 0
John Asbury @johnasbury.bsky.social · 17/06/2025Comptroller and NYC Mayoral candidate Brad Lander detained at immigration court 119857 0
John Asbury @johnasbury.bsky.social · 17/06/2025After being rejected in their federal appeal against the FAA, the Town of Hempstead is suing the Port Authority. They argue they have not updated noise maps while flights over Long Island have increased by 36% in the last three years. It'a all an effort to reduce flight paths to pre-pandemic levels.newsday.comNoise from low-flying planes to JFK Airport over Long Island has spiked, lawsuit saysTown officials have said that air traffic over some neighborhoods has increased to every 90 seconds in communities including Valley Stream, Elmont and Floral Park. 000 0
Reposted by John AsburyJoshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 13/06/2025"The Court is troubled by the implication inherent in Defendants’ argument that protest against the federal government, a core civil liberty protected by the First Amendment, can justify a finding of rebellion." 41518404 0
Reposted by John AsburyChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 13/06/2025BREAKING: Judge Breyer orders Trump to "return control of the California National Guard" to CA Gov. Newsom, finding that Trump's order taking control was illegal because it did not follow the required procedure. The order is stayed until noon Friday. More to come at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com 201919533 0
John Asbury @johnasbury.bsky.social · 12/06/2025'We're not about going into schools': Nassau County exec, police commissioner say of immigration raids School officials say federal agents require a warrant to go into schools and they have not appeared on campusnewsday.comICE, police won't go into Nassau schools for federal immigration matters, Blakeman, Ryder sayThe county executive and police commissioner sought to reassure the community following the appearance by federal agents near a Westbury school Tuesday. 351 0
Reposted by John AsburyJohn Asbury @johnasbury.bsky.social · 11/06/2025ICE confirmed they were in Westbury, but said the operation did not target a school. “Special agents were confronted by multiple anti-law enforcement agitators, which prohibited the enforcement action.”newsday.comHomeland Security agents' appearance near Westbury school leads to clash with community membersOfficials said the agents made no arrests and did not go into the nearby school. 032 0
John Asbury @johnasbury.bsky.social · 11/06/2025ICE confirmed they were in Westbury, but said the operation did not target a school. “Special agents were confronted by multiple anti-law enforcement agitators, which prohibited the enforcement action.”newsday.comHomeland Security agents' appearance near Westbury school leads to clash with community membersOfficials said the agents made no arrests and did not go into the nearby school. 032 0
![Moreover, the Court is troubled by the implication inherent in Defendants’ argument that protest against the federal government, a core civil liberty protected by the First Amendment, can justify a finding of rebellion. The U.S. Reports are chock-full of language explaining the importance of individuals’ right to speak out against the government—even when doing so is uncomfortable, even when doing so is provocative, even when doing so causes inconvenience. See, e.g., Cohen v. California, 403 U.S. 15, 24–25 (1972) (“To many, the immediate consequence of this freedom may often appear to be only verbal tumult, discord, and even offensive utterance. … That the air may at times seem filled with verbal cacophony is, in this sense not a sign of weakness but of strength.”); Tinker v. Des Moines Indep. Cmty. Sch. Dist., 393 U.S. 503, 508 (“But, in our system, undifferentiated fear or apprehension of disturbance is not enough to overcome the right to freedom of expression. Any departure from absolute regimentation may cause trouble. … Any word spoken … that deviates from the views of another person may start an argument or cause a disturbance. But our Constitution says we must take this risk.”); Cox v. Louisiana, 379 U.S. 536, 550–51 (rejecting the argument that a conviction for breach of the peace “should be sustained because of fear expressed by some [onlookers] that ‘violence was about to erupt’ because of the demonstration” and explaining “that constitutional rights may not be denied simply because of hostility to their assertion or](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qrllvid7s54k4hnwtqxwetrf/bafkreicef73mhdhdkllvz3c36u6jystthou7yxo5m2hknejk7koc76oefq)
