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Lilly Sabella

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previously @ The City Reporter (@thecity.nyc) + The Nashville Banner💗 Substack for fun: substack.com/@lillysabella

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Lilly Sabella @lillysabs.bsky.social · 14h
"In Jane Doe’s case, the district attorney did not bring any charges after relying on the investigation done by campus police; they didn’t even speak with the men involved." www.thecut.com/article/what...
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What It Feels Like at Cornell Right Now
As a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big.
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Dan Morrison @danmorrison.bsky.social · 16h
Elderly Artist’s SoHo Loft Nightmare: 6 Years, 4 Flights and 1 Dormant Elevator www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/10/01/s...
thecityreporter.nyc
Elderly Artist’s SoHo Loft Nightmare: 6 Years, 4 Flights and 1 Dormant Elevator
Longtime tenants believe their Mercer Street landlord has blocked elevator access in an effort to force them out, as the city Loft Board failed to enforce a judge’s order.
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Lilly Sabella @lillysabs.bsky.social · 18h
theurbanactivist.com/governance/p... for the first time in foreverrrr... a byline!
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New York Activism: Inside the New Puffin Foundation Center | The Urban Activist
The newly inaugurated Puffin Foundation Center for New York City Activism explores how movements born in New York continue to inform the people working on issues that affect us all
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Sarah Grace Taylor @sarahgracetaylor.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Lilly Sabella @lillysabs.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
substack.com/@lillysabell... I wrote about getting slapped in Spain!
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Violence in Spain
How a sailor girl slapped me this past August, and the friend who laughed about it.
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Samantha Maldonado @smaldo.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
The FARE Act returned $15,000 to tenants who paid illegal brokers' fees and fined agents about $27,000 in penalties during the first year it was in effect. www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/06/08/b...
thecityreporter.nyc
Broker Fee Law’s First Year: Complaints, Violations and Uphill Climb to Recoup for Tenants
The FARE Act marked a sea change for New York City apartment hunters.
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Lilly Sabella @lillysabs.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
this culminates into my final story @ The City Reporter + I am so honored it is a co-byline w/ Greg!
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Lilly Sabella @lillysabs.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
"People and vehicles will be restricted from West 30th to West 35th streets between Sixth and Eighth avenues starting at 4 p.m., according to the NYPD. Only people with game tickets, a train ticket, some sort of credentials, or other authorized reasons will be let in..."
thecityreporter.nyc
Frozen Garden for Trump Visit as Knicks Chase Glory
The NYPD and the Secret Service are closing 15 blocks of Midtown around Madison Square Garden for the president’s visit.
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Jose Martinez @jmartineznyc.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
LIVE from East Harlem. They’re breaking ground today on Phase 2,of a transit megaproject project that’s been on the drawing board for almost a century. NEW story in @thecity.nyc www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/06/08/s...
thecityreporter.nyc
Second Avenue Subway Breaks Ground Ahead of Big Tunnel Dig Next Year
Machines will arrive in early 2027 to begin drilling through rock, soil and sand en route to 125th Street.
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Lilly Sabella @lillysabs.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
“'Somebody is going to get killed,' said Lori Richmond, 49, an illustrator whose building has been struck by sheet metal ducts and plastic buckets plummeting from the future jail. 'How many times are they going to get lucky that this did not fall on somebody?'"
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New Jail Site Rained Debris on Downtown Brooklyn Amid Worker Injuries
An ironworker’s lawsuit says he was “severely” hurt in an incident the contractor reported as a minor injury amid the race to close Rikers Island.
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Lilly Sabella @lillysabs.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Check out our summer newsletter made by the summer lovers on staff! I love this time of year when the nights are shorter, the breeze is warmer and the city gets a little wilder. If you want to be in the know about what's happening this season pls subscribe! www.thecityreporter.nyc/summer-the-c...
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Lilly Sabella @lillysabs.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
"Long, who died from AIDS in 1984, came down to Coney Island and installed his custom-built features in the system at the bumper car place and arcade. Disco clubs largely shut down in the 1980s, unlike Eldorado, which now boasts Long’s only remaining system in New York City."
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Beyoncé Bumped Her Ass Off There. You Can, Too.
There are few remaining artifacts from the increasingly distant disco era. A bumper car joint in Coney Island with a bone-rattling sound system is one of them.
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Rachel Holliday Smith @rachelholliday.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
really great @lillysabs.bsky.social story today about a strange a magical place in Coney Island ... read it! (and then take a trip there this summer)
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Beyoncé Bumped Her Ass Off There. You Can, Too.
There are few remaining artifacts from the increasingly distant disco era. A bumper car joint in Coney Island with a bone-rattling sound system is one of them.
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Lilly Sabella @lillysabs.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
🤞❤️
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Rachel Holliday Smith @rachelholliday.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
our summer newsletter today is about — what else? — basketball and Da Knicks, penned by THE @katiehonan.bsky.social it hits inboxes at 4 p.m. Thursdays! sign up: www.thecityreporter.nyc/summer-the-c...
sign up box for our summer newsletter
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Lilly Sabella @lillysabs.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
"Throughout the years and among all categories, Black women outranked every other demographic in the number of pregnancy-related deaths, with Black mothers in Brooklyn suffering the most overall." www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/06/03/m...
thecityreporter.nyc
‘Not Doing Enough’: NY Maternal Mortality Reforms Haven’t Closed Racial Gap
A state review found the Health Department launched new initiatives and improved data collection. But Black women still face disproportionately high pregnancy-related death rates.
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Lilly Sabella @lillysabs.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
"The planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions this project will displace 'is equivalent to removing half of the cars from New York City’s roads annually,' Rose from Hydro-Québec said." www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/06/03/c...
thecityreporter.nyc
New Yorkers, Electricity Will Now Come to You From Dams in Canada
The completed Champlain Hudson Power Express brings a significant influx of cleaner energy to the city’s electric grid, which is mostly powered by fossil fuels.
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Lilly Sabella @lillysabs.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
"East New York — the first time the city had used a new tool called mandatory inclusionary housing that forced developers of market-rate apartments to include a percentage of affordable units — turned out to be a model for how to use rezoning to create more housing..without spurring gentrification."
thecityreporter.nyc
One Way to Save a Neighborhood: How East New York Beat Gentrification
The Brooklyn neighborhood has seen a boom in new construction — minus the gentrification and displacement that have plagued other parts of New York.
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The City Reporter @thecityreporter.nyc · 01/06/2026
An investigation by The City Reporter, based on a database of more than 1,200 lawsuits, shows that ICE agents in the field have seized Latinos in numbers that far exceed their share of the undocumented population. projects.thecity.nyc/ice-street-a...
projects.thecity.nyc
ICE Targeted NY Metro Latinos With 93% of Known Street Arrests
An investigation by The City Reporter, based on a database of more than 1,200 lawsuits, shows that ICE agents in the field have seized Latinos in numbers that far exceed their share of the…
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Lilly Sabella @lillysabs.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
"'I feel very exploited at the situation,” she said. “I can’t tell you the level of disappointment. You’re talking about a life-changing experience.'" www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/06/01/a...
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City Hall Made Her the Face of a Housing Solution. Now She’s All But Cut Out.
The Adams administration promised Sadé Singh she would be able to build a granny flat, or ADU, on her Queens property under new development rules. She’s still waiting.
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Samantha Maldonado @smaldo.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
“When you see more than a quarter of the residents of a 1,600-unit apartment building being brought to court for eviction, there’s something wrong,” said a Legal Aid attorney. www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/05/29/r...
thecityreporter.nyc
Hundreds Hit With Evictions in The Bronx Over Faulty Paperwork, Suit Alleges
A new lawsuit claims more than a quarter of the households in the River Park Towers have been hit with eviction cases in the past two years over “recertifications” required for a key tax credit.
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Lilly Sabella @lillysabs.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
"Unlike other items people throw out once they have no use for them ... people who vape told THE CITY they often hold onto the disposable devices long after they are usable, letting dead vapes without enough juice or battery to use accumulate in what is colloquially known as a 'vape graveyard.'"
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Lilly Sabella @lillysabs.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
"Hochul successfully weakened the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, by replacing a target of cutting emissions 40% from 1990 levels by 2030 with a new goal of 60% by 2040. A change in the way the state accounts for methane emissions makes it easier to hit those goals."
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Reuven Blau @reuvenblau.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
We have a new name! THE CITY is now The City Reporter. Happy to be a small part of the awesome team. youtube.com/shorts/fDV26...
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THE CITY is now The City Reporter
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Lilly Sabella @lillysabs.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
"Mamdani mobilized his supporters quickly. About an hour after his MS NOW appearance, his campaign solicited donations on behalf of Avila Chevalier, texts obtained by THE CITY show."
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Rachel Holliday Smith @rachelholliday.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
NEW PIGEON WHO DIS besties, THE CITY is now The City Reporter extra extra read all about it!
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THE CITY Is Now The City Reporter
New name, new pigeon, same award-winning journalism for all New Yorkers.
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Michael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
A thread of pigeons in art, in honor of @thecity.nyc & @rachelholliday.bsky.social. First up, Morris Hirshfield, "Girl with Pigeons," 1942 www.moma.org/collection/w...
Painting of woman laying down stiffly on a sofa, with two pigeons perched on hte sofa back and four on the ground in front of the sofa (or maybe it's a chaise longue, what do I know..??)
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The City Reporter @thecityreporter.nyc · 29/05/2026
THE CITY is now The City Reporter! The thoughtful reporting you’ve come to expect from THE CITY is not changing. And we are still here, holding New York City’s powerful accountable and helping you navigate this crazy city we all love. More here: www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/05/29/t...
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Jose Martinez @jmartineznyc.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
And introducing… The City Reporter! Featuring: The Angry 😡 Cowboy 🤠 @gregbsmithnyc.bsky.social, @clauirizarry.bsky.social, @haidee.bsky.social, @fractenberg.bsky.social & many more! (Plus, the first — and last — person to still wear a tie in the newsroom… me). youtu.be/fDV26kBU3do
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THE CITY is now The City Reporter
YouTube video by THE CITY
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Lilly Sabella @lillysabs.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Woot woot www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/05/29/t...
thecityreporter.nyc
THE CITY Is Now The City Reporter
New name, new pigeon, same award-winning journalism for all New Yorkers.
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Lilly Sabella @lillysabs.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Loved the Q+A so much w/ Suzanne Reisman, who runs tours focused on the city’s sanitation history: “'Do we really have a garbage and rat problem, or do we have a people problem' ... We’re giving the rats everything they could possibly want and more. They’re so grateful to us for that."
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The City Reporter @thecityreporter.nyc · 28/05/2026
Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg accused relatives of Brooklyn Councilmember Darlene Mealy as part of an alleged ring that tried to steal a Harlem brownstone. www.thecity.nyc/2026/05/28/b...
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Deed Theft Indictment Targets NY City Council Member's Family
Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg accused relatives of Brooklyn Councilmember Darlene Mealy as part of an alleged ring that tried to steal a Harlem brownstone.
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Lilly Sabella @lillysabs.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
"The 'Aycee' offers small rooms with free Wifi, air conditioning and not much else for $220 a night. The ads do not mention the SRO tenants living down the hall who are fighting eviction. On a recent day, THE CITY watched as SRO tenants and hotel guests passed each other in the hall."
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‘Not Going Nowhere’: Old-Timers Fight Eviction From the New Times Square
Sporting a duct-taped leg brace, a retired Hell’s Kitchen electrician battles alleged harassment as a landlord converts his SRO building into a tourist hotel.
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Lilly Sabella @lillysabs.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
“'If you let him out swag you on this, we will never hear the end of it,” Neely said of the former mayor. “We demand those eight cents.'” www.thecity.nyc/2026/05/26/m...
thecity.nyc
Librarians, Kids Throw the Book at Mamdani Over Funding Promise
The mayor has allocated a smaller piece of the city budget to libraries than his predecessor, Eric Adams.
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The City Reporter @thecityreporter.nyc · 27/05/2026
Our team spent months tracking hundreds of street arrests by ICE across the New York region through federal court records. Here’s what we found: 🧵 projects.thecity.nyc/ice-street-a...
projects.thecity.nyc
We Found 430 ICE Street Arrests in the NYC Area. More Than 93% Targeted Latinos.
An investigation by THE CITY, based on a database of more than 1,200 lawsuits, shows that ICE agents in the field have seized Latinos in numbers that far exceed their share of the undocumented populat...
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Lilly Sabella @lillysabs.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
"Since the vast majority of these arrests have gone unreported and federal immigration data does not distinguish street arrests from others, THE CITY reviewed every emergency lawsuit filed by immigrants...in three federal courts from October 15 to March 15, 2026" projects.thecity.nyc/ice-street-a...
projects.thecity.nyc
We Found 430 ICE Street Arrests in the NYC Area. More Than 93% Targeted Latinos.
An investigation by THE CITY, based on a database of more than 1,200 lawsuits, shows that ICE agents in the field have seized Latinos in numbers that far exceed their share of the undocumented populat...
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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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Jose Martinez @jmartineznyc.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Smart story on the 500 tons (!) of vapes that New Yorkers toss per year. 💨 💨 💨 Good stuff, as they say in the trade, from @lillysabs.bsky.social. She’s had an outstanding internship @thecity.nyc - she hustles and produces sharp stories. www.thecity.nyc/2026/05/26/v...
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Don’t Trash Your Old Vapes. NYC’s Volunteer Recyclers Want Them.
Hazardous disposal vapes are everywhere and can’t go in the garbage. These New Yorkers have made it their mission to lay them to rest properly.
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Lilly Sabella @lillysabs.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
www.thecity.nyc/2026/05/26/v... "The disposal box made up a tiny fraction of the 500 tons of vapes that New Yorkers throw out each year, but a small group of people in New York is trying to change that."
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Don’t Trash Your Old Vapes. NYC’s Volunteer Recyclers Want Them.
Hazardous disposal vapes are everywhere and can’t go in the garbage. These New Yorkers have made it their mission to lay them to rest properly.
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Lilly Sabella @lillysabs.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
"Another resident who declined to give her name, adopted a stoic response to the health department’s advisory, telling THE CITY, 'I will say one thing. I’m not doing anything they say. You gotta die sometime, so I’m taking my showers and doing everything.'
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Maureen Flaherty @maureenflaherty.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
This is so useful!
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Lilly Sabella @lillysabs.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
In a City of Big Dreams, Many Young Adults See a Cloudy Future www.nytimes.com/2026/05/14/n...
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In a City of Big Dreams, Many Young Adults See a Cloudy Future
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Lilly Sabella @lillysabs.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
"Residents ... go back and forth with lodging complaints against the contractors, who eventually get the stop work orders rescinded, or violate the orders and write a check to the city for the fines." www.thecity.nyc/2026/05/14/p...
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Rattled Neighbors Decry Quaking Ground and Crumbling Walls Amid Brooklyn Pile Driving
Those living next to a construction site in Prospect Lefferts Gardens say the vibrations and noise are “as if a train were running through.”
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Lilly Sabella @lillysabs.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
"The danger of a blocked fire escape was made clear by the May 4 fire, which prosecutors say started with a flicked cigarette in the lobby that soon ignited and raced up the stairwell to the bulkhead leading to the roof." www.thecity.nyc/2026/05/14/i...
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Fire Escapes Blocked in Manhattan Building Where Three Died, City Says
Prosecutors have charged a building resident with criminally negligent homicide in the May 4 blaze that killed three people.
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Samantha Maldonado @smaldo.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Residents of Prospect Lefferts Gardens in Brooklyn have been plagued by earth-shaking pile driving, by companies that have racked up countless violations, fines and stop-work orders over the years. By @lillysabs.bsky.social www.thecity.nyc/2026/05/14/p...
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Rattled Neighbors Decry Quaking Ground and Crumbling Walls Amid Brooklyn Pile Driving
Those living next to a construction site in Prospect Lefferts Gardens say the vibrations and noise are “as if a train were running through.”
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Jose Martinez @jmartineznyc.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
“The strike must not happen, it would be like hell, no person in the station,” said Talwar, who estimated that 70% of his customers take the LIRR. “It will be maybe me alone in the station and no customers.” Counting down to 12:01 am Saturday as LIRR strike looms. www.thecity.nyc/2026/05/14/l...
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LIRR Strike Threat Riles Up Commuters Ahead of Weekend Deadline
Negotiations are ongoing in advance of the 12:01 a.m. Saturday strike date that could leave close to 300,000 riders.
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Reuven Blau @reuvenblau.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
New: The city’s Correction Department is set to renew a multimillion-dollar contract with a prison telecom giant that’s bragged of using recordings of detainees’ private phone calls to train its artificial intelligence model. www.thecity.nyc/2026/05/12/r...
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City Jails Renew Contract With Phone Provider Amid Concerns of AI Snooping on Detainee Calls
Advocates warn the Securus system could funnel intimate detainee call details into the company’s AI tools.
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Lilly Sabella @lillysabs.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
"The problems are so bad that HPD has been forced to file suit 16 times since 2020 alleging a persistent failure to address serious health and safety issues at 10 properties in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens controlled by co-owners of the Dyckman St. property, Jack Bick, Chaim Schweid ..."
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Lilly Sabella @lillysabs.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
"'This was supposed to be put in place to help out the tenants,” Orlandi said. “But they made the lines so blurred and all the words so vague that no one knows — not even lawyers, not even ChatGPT — no one knows what that even means.'"
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Lilly Sabella @lillysabs.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
"Just 1% of proposed developments that have registered to use the tax break have 100 units or more ... Several proposed 99-unit buildings are clustered on the same lots and share a common facade so that they appear to be a single, larger building." !!!
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