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Max Rivlin-Nadler

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Max Rivlin-Nadler @maxrn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Hmmmm my “I’m not writing about the Liberty because they are going to get absolutely blasted out of the playoffs” line is not faring well
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Max Rivlin-Nadler @maxrn.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
When they're still dropping oppo against Jessica Ramos even though they've already spent tens of millions to kick her out of office for opposing a casino www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHBL...
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The Simpsons | He's Already Dead!
YouTube video by BONE DRY CUFFS
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Max Rivlin-Nadler @maxrn.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Woke 1 this Woke 2 that what the world really isn’t ready for is Humanities 2
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Max Rivlin-Nadler @maxrn.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Why is Mayor Zohran Mamdani kicking the can on police reform? We dive into this, and so much more, on the latest episode of the Hell Gate Podcast. www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-cl...
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We Won't Shut Up About Elizabeth Street Garden
YouTube video by Hell Gate
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Max Rivlin-Nadler @maxrn.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Must be August www.nytimes.com/2026/08/14/n...
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Mamdani’s ‘Bro’ Culture in City Hall: Sports, Memes, Nicknames for All
As much as Zohran Mamdani’s team runs on leftist idealism and social media hits, its style of governing also relies on humor, sports references and pop culture.
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Max Rivlin-Nadler @maxrn.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
When I moved into a new place a few years ago, a book appeared on my ledge one day. I opened it up. Nice!
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Hell Gate *subscribe today!* @hellgatenyc.com · 11/08/2026
Happy Tuesday! We hope this update from Hell Gate's merch fulfillment team finds you well. (And if you want to see Max bike to a post office near you, head on over to hellgatenyc.com/membership to subscribe and support worker-owned local journalism today.)
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Max Rivlin-Nadler @maxrn.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
You know the diner is going to slap when it has been blessed by the unexplained Ricky Ledee photo
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Max Rivlin-Nadler @maxrn.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
The Timeless Torches at Liberty games are now 40+ ?!?!?! Insane. Not exactly timeless! Could still be in Alvin Ailey! Could still be playing ball! LeBron is a Timeless Torch!
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Max Rivlin-Nadler @maxrn.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
municipally-owned Slovenian illegal NBA streaming site when Zohran www.cnbc.com/2026/07/29/y...
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YES Network, MSG Networks to exit Gotham app for DAZN streaming service
The regional sports networks that air games for local New York and New Jersey teams, including MLB's Yankees and NHL's Rangers, will have a new streaming home.
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Max Rivlin-Nadler @maxrn.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Four years ago, we launched Hell Gate. Today, if we sell just a few more subscriptions, we'll pass a REALLY important and totally crazy milestone. Great news if you want us to hit that milestone—subscriptions are just 99 cents...and you get a shirt. Sign up! hellgatenyc.com/99-cent-t-sh...
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Hell Gate
We are a subscriber-funded, worker-owned news outlet about New York City, named for the city's sturdiest (and handsomest) bridge over its most treacherous currents.
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Max Rivlin-Nadler @maxrn.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
MORE HELL GATE MORE HELL GATE MORE MORE MOOOOORE Subscribe today for just 99 cents (and get a shirt) to a worker-owned news outlet that's growing, vibing, and breaking news left and right We're four years old and we're ready to turn this pre-k upside down hellgatenyc.com/the-future-o...
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The Future of Hell Gate Is: More Hell Gate
A revamped website, a video podcast, and the debut of our biweekly culture newsletter.
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Max Rivlin-Nadler @maxrn.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Yes you could spend so so much money decking Sunnyside Yards OR you could just BRT Northern Boulevard and demolish the car dealerships and build so, so much housing in this transit-rich, wildly important stretch of the borough. Good to see everyone coming around to the latter idea!
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Max Rivlin-Nadler @maxrn.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
RIP to all-time alt-weekly jails watchdog great Kelly Davis, who was always incredibly generous with her time, readily shared knowledge and compared notes, and was also cool as hell www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2026/07/01/k...
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Kelly Davis, intrepid reporter who exposed death and despair in San Diego County jails and gave voice to the downtrodden, dies at 53
The 2023 San Diego journalist of the year beat cancer for more than a decade before being diagnosed with a new tumor earlier this year; she leaves a lasting legacy in her adopted hometown.
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Max Rivlin-Nadler @maxrn.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Went to Aqueduct on its last day and let my mind wander. hellgatenyc.com/farewell-aqu...
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Farewell You Filthy, Depressing, Horse-Racing Masterpiece
A Sunday among bettors, reporters, and dreamers in the Aqueduct Racetrack's final hours.
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Max Rivlin-Nadler @maxrn.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
LOVE TO REPORT GOOD NEWS!!! MY exclusive on this year's ADULT LAP SWIM, which is bigger and better. hellgatenyc.com/adult-lap-sw...
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Exclusive: Adult Lap Swim Is Back and Much, Much Bigger This Year
But everyone will have to wait a while longer before finally diving back into the Red Hook Pool.
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Max Rivlin-Nadler @maxrn.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
So excited to start this show! We have a lot of good stuff ready to go. Tune in! www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWZ7...
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2026 Primary Election — LIVE with Hell Gate
YouTube video by Hell Gate
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Max Rivlin-Nadler @maxrn.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
My live-blogging continues with a dispatch from Flushing! All on the Hell Gate Primary Day Liveblog hellgatenyc.com/2026-primary...
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Max Rivlin-Nadler @maxrn.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
The Hell Gate primary day liveblog is here! All leading up to tonight's big primary election livestream. I spoke with voters in Jackson Heights about an election hinging on a new casino coming to the area. Plus, got to hang with a first-time voter, Zinat. hellgatenyc.com/2026-primary...
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Hell Gate's NYC Primary Day 2026 Live Blog
The stakes are high and the air is muggy.
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Max Rivlin-Nadler @maxrn.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Shoutout to all the haters that tried to stop the city from building a brand new insanely beautiful park for the Lower East Side. Come hang!
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Max Rivlin-Nadler @maxrn.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
My flight got canceled. I got hit by an egg in a drive-by. I had to take trains, planes, and automobiles. But NOTHING could stop me from seeing the Knicks on Saturday night. I wrote about the greatest sports weekend I will ever have and a strange joy we all now feel. hellgatenyc.com/knicks-fans-...
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Knicks Fans Messed With Texas—and Won
A canceled flight and a frozen egg would not stop me from witnessing history.
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Max Rivlin-Nadler @maxrn.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Lololol I’m so sorry San Antonio but we need to have this thanks
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Max Rivlin-Nadler @maxrn.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
With the World Cup now also going on NYC has entered Mardi Gras/Carnival territory? Everywhere is completely bumping
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Max Rivlin-Nadler @maxrn.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Beautiful scene in Jackson Heights ahead of the World Cup kickoff, one of the City’s soccer streets
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Max Rivlin-Nadler @maxrn.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
So you're not going to believe this but turns out James Dolan, yes THE James Dolan, is a giant piece of shit, has ALWAYS been a piece of shit, and anyone who tried to convince you he was NOT a piece of shit or somehow smeared away the feces from his body should feel really really stupid right now
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Max Rivlin-Nadler @maxrn.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
KAT flyin’ Wemby dyin’
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Max Rivlin-Nadler @maxrn.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
NEW FROM ME: The person who will be responsible for filling dozens of court vacancies in NYC is now taking money from billionaire Steve Cohen to defend him in a lawsuit against his casino. He's also the mayor's former election lawyer and a friend of his. hellgatenyc.com/ali-najmi-st...
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Why Is the Mayor's Friend and Former Lawyer Working for Billionaire Steve Cohen?
Ali Najmi, who scored a plum unpaid City Hall gig overseeing judicial appointments, is now appearing in court on behalf of the owner of the Mets and the largest fine in SEC history.
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Max Rivlin-Nadler @maxrn.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Why hasn't Zohran set the unhinged COIB social media boys free after they were locked up by Eric Adams?
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Max Rivlin-Nadler @maxrn.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Incredibly sick video with whomever did the music clearly riffing on the all-time ethnomusicology track from Ghanaian postal workers www.youtube.com/watch?v=por5...
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Ghana Postal Workers Work Music
YouTube video by Ann Moeyersoms
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Max Rivlin-Nadler @maxrn.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Billionaire heiress police commissioner Jessica Tisch is smugly taking clean hits on her boss, the mayor, in front of the entire City Council, cheered on by its speaker. City Hall is letting this continue for political reasons, but it's increasingly unsustainable. hellgatenyc.com/nypd-commiss...
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Forget About Mamdani's Campaign Promises—NYPD Commissioner Tisch Confirms She's Doing Things Her Way
On headcount, overtime, incarceration, and low-level arrests, Tisch appears to be bucking the Mayor’s purported criminal justice reform agenda.
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Max Rivlin-Nadler @maxrn.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
This was a lot of fun, the vibes in NYC are immaculate, thanks to everyone who was down to call in and talk about the KNICKS! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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Max and the ‘Mad Dog’ Julianne Knicks Call-In Special feat. Will Menaker, CM Sandy Nurse, Jayson Buford, and Giri Nathan
Podcast Episode · The Hell Gate Podcast · May 29 · 37m
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Max Rivlin-Nadler @maxrn.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
I’m on the Manhattan World Cup branded ferry which just came to the aid of the Queens World Cup ferry which is dealing with a smoke situation in its cabin
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Max Rivlin-Nadler @maxrn.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Second half would be a good time to just walk around your neighborhood and listen to people cheering on the Knicks
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Max Rivlin-Nadler @maxrn.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Philly! I will be at the wonderful Pen and Pencil this Thursday talking about worker-owned news outlets! If you're already doing this in Philly or want to, I am here to chat and discuss our own experience about what works and the benefits of worker-ownership! www.penandpencil.org/content.aspx...
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Type Investigations @typeinvestigations.org · 21/05/2026
On the latest episode of The Backstory, we sat down with @hellgatenyc.com's Max Rivlin-Nadler @maxrn.bsky.social to discuss the making of the Courts of Contempt project: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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Max Rivlin-Nadler: Behind the Scenes of Courts of Contempt
Podcast Episode · The Backstory · May 21 · 36m
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Max Rivlin-Nadler @maxrn.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Excited for this! Philly make it happen!!!
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Max Rivlin-Nadler @maxrn.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Yeah I'm sorry all these people need to STFU hellgatenyc.com/nyc-billiona...
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Can We All Take a Minute to Acknowledge What Absolute Babies These Billionaires Are?
It has been a big week for thin-skinned, well-heeled individuals speaking out against the idea that they should be forced to contribute additional, infinitesimal amounts of their fortunes to benefit s...
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Max Rivlin-Nadler @maxrn.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Ah that Knicks in the playoffs feeling
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Jessy Edwards @jessyedwards.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
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We're So Bat: NYC's Nocturnal Creatures Are Making a Comeback
After a deadly fungus decimated the bat population, a passionate community is helping them recover.
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Jessy Edwards @jessyedwards.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
I recently joined Gotham Bat Conservancy on a bat walk in Prospect Park and learned all about the incredible comeback story of the long-maligned NYC bat. Since 2007, a deadly fungus has wiped out much of our local bat population. But a passionate community of bat lovers is helping them recover 🦇❤️
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Max Rivlin-Nadler @maxrn.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
The cops cashed Washington Square Park for this year’s 420 but do not fear everyone has relocated to the friendlier confines of Tompkins
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Max Rivlin-Nadler @maxrn.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
I’m at the Mamdani first 100 days address at the Knockdown Center in Queens and they’ve got street vendors, DSNY workers, a city store, and a museum of his first 100 days???
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Max Rivlin-Nadler @maxrn.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Sunday afternoon in Tompkins, food not bombs, dance party, man eating an entire Costco chocolate rabbit for virality
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Max Rivlin-Nadler @maxrn.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
At Lehman College in the Bronx, 100s of people have packed the auditorium to rally for Gov. Hochul to pass taxes on the wealthy. Bernie Sanders will be speaking shortly, but first local DSA electeds are warming up the crowd. Hochul has remained opposed to tax increases during budget negotiations.
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Max Rivlin-Nadler @maxrn.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
It’s official: Winter has gone on too long
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Max Rivlin-Nadler @maxrn.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Hell Gate keeps on growing! Now on staff, Julianne Escobedo Shepherd!!!!!!! HUGE!!!! Now everyone stop being mad at us!!!! hellgatenyc.com/hell-gate-ke...
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Hell Gate Keeps Growing
Julianne Escobedo Shepherd has spent the last 25 years covering culture, politics, and the general fabric of New York. Now she'll do it at Hell Gate!
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Max Rivlin-Nadler @maxrn.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Come out ye Black and Zohrans hellgatenyc.com/come-out-ye-...
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If Mayor Mamdani Really Cared About the Irish He Would Have Spoken Some Irish
Is masla é nach bhfuil an méara in ann Gaeilge a labhairt.
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Max Rivlin-Nadler @maxrn.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
If just these 2:37 of this film existed, it should still win Best Picture. That is my Oscar commentary for this year, good luck all! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWK2...
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One Battle After Another - Time Jump / “Dirty Work”
YouTube video by Cinewired
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Max Rivlin-Nadler @maxrn.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Lololol NYC we cannot just be normal about opening up a new grocery store
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Max Rivlin-Nadler @maxrn.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Nick has become suspicious that this is all an elaborate ruse by everyone at Hell Gate to see if he can be driven insane covering the minutiae of this completely bonkers legal drama involving missing escrow money & the alleged machinations of the former head of BK Dems and all I can say is "maybe"
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