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Richard Kim @richardkimnyc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Hey NYC and Journalists, here's a great job with @thecityreporter.nyc for an Audience/Social Producer. city-report-inc.breezy.hr/p/2cd8618d3b... You'll get to work with the fantasic @rachelholliday.bsky.social @danmorrison.bsky.social @andrewgiambrone.bsky.social + me. I'm okay, people say.
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Audience Producer at The City Reporter
The City Reporter is seeking an entrepreneurial and creative Audience Producer to execute on our ambitious strategy to introduce our reporting to new people and platforms and deepen our engagement wit...
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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 17/09/2026
📣 CCNow is thrilled to announce the winners of the 2026 CCNow Journalism Awards! Our awards program honors excellent reporting on many critical dimensions of the climate story. Together, their work constitutes the leading edge of climate storytelling. ...🧵↓
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Richard Kim @richardkimnyc.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
[Screams into newsroom: NOBODY LEAVES UNTIL WE CRACK THIS STORY!!]
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The Sidney Hillman Foundation @sidneyhillman.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
We are bombarded by anecdotes about food stamp beneficiaries supposedly stealing from the government, but Sidney winner @rosagoldensohn.bsky.social shines a light on a huge and preventable theft of benefits from needy people.
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Rosa Goldensohn of The City Reporter wins July Sidney Award for exposing theft of New Yorkers’ food stamps by organized crime
NEW YORK — Transnational organized crime groups are taking advantage of obsolete technology to steal food stamp benefits from New Yorkers. Rosa Goldensohn of The City Reporter wins the July Sidney for...
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Richard Kim @richardkimnyc.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
The idea that NYC's D primary was low turnout is not true by any objective measure, and comparing it to the last mayoral primary, which had a seismic turnout based on a city-wide push from a slew of candidates, is a false comparison. Some real comparisons here.
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Richard Kim @richardkimnyc.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
An infuriating (& also fascinating) story about EBT theft. It's on the rise! The victims, NY's hungriest people, don't get made whole. There's lots NY state can do to prevent this, but it lags behind other states and far behind commercial banking. www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/06/25/s...
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Stolen Food Stamp Funds Leave Thousands Hungry as New York Sleeps on Reforms
Unlike other states, New York hasn’t taken basic anti-fraud measures found in commercial banking — and it doesn’t reimburse the victims.
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Jose Martinez @jmartineznyc.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
As you watch the videos of buses being torched after Game 5 of the NBA Finals, give a thought to the cabbie whose taxi got trashed after Game 4. I spoke with Noureddine Bitat for this story in @thecity.nyc. He’s 59, has been driving a taxi for two years. www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/06/14/c...
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‘I’m Thinking of Quitting,’ Says Cab Driver Bashed in Knicks Brawl
The 59-year-old Algerian cabbie, who became a target of wild mobs outside MSG after Game 4, spoke to a reporter for the first time.
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Lisa Tozzi @lisatozzi.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Want to read something nice? Here’s a delightful story by @katiehonan.bsky.social about my lovely husband and his one-man quest to restore torn and missing basketball nets in city parks www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/06/04/b...
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Queens Apostle of the ‘Swoosh’ Restores Netless Rims in City Parks
Craig Campanella is the Johnny Appleseed of playground basketball hoops.
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Annie Waldman @anniewaldman.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
"THE CITY built a comprehensive database of ICE arrests from 5 months of emergency lawsuits...offering a first-of-its-kind view into ICE’s tactics." Such incredibly tenacious reporting with this story. Amazing work from @rosalindadams.bsky.social +team: projects.thecity.nyc/ice-street-a...
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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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Richard Kim @richardkimnyc.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Reporters @thecity.nyc spent months acquiring & analyzing every habeas petition filed by immigrants around NYC We identified 430 street arrests, far outnumbering courthouse arrests 93% targeted Latinos Latinos make up 66% of the undocumented population projects.thecity.nyc/ice-street-a...
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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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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
🚨 The NYT appears to have taken a great feature story written by my colleague at Bolts about a west Tennessee county & the VRA, & essentially rewritten it. (Same frame, similar hed, overlapping sources.) Without a single mention, credit, let alone the a hyperlink buried somewhere.
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Richard Kim @richardkimnyc.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Rent Freeze No Sure Thing in First Vote By Mamdani-Majority Rent Board www.thecity.nyc/2026/05/07/r... Tenant groups and labor organizations that filled the auditorium loudly booed and demanded that the members roll back the preliminary vote that passed after all motions for a rent freeze failed.
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Mamdani-Backed Rent Board Leaves Room for Increase in First Vote
The new mayor appointed six of the Rent Guidelines Board’s nine members.
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Richard Kim @richardkimnyc.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
New & Breaking: Video Shows ICE Agent Tasing Man Multiple Times Ahead of Bushwick Hospital Standoff www.thecity.nyc/2026/05/04/v...
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Video Shows ICE Agent Tasing Man Multiple Times Ahead of Bushwick Hospital Standoff
In a video obtained by THE CITY, an ICE agent fires a taser several times at a man in a car who then screams for help.
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Richard Kim @richardkimnyc.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
THE CITY exists to help neighbors & today we are here to help 2 particularly feckless New Yorkers, Colin Jost and Pete Davidson, get off a sinking ship. By sinking their ship. www.thecity.nyc/2026/04/27/c...
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Will Colin Jost and Pete Davidson Sink Their Ship? Reef Experts Hope So
The SNL duo can rid themselves of an embarrassing impulse buy — a 2,100 ton former Staten Island Ferry — by giving it to New York State to turn into a home for underwater creatures.
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Ben Carlos Thypin @bct.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
It’s an indictment of our political leadership that the deed theft dispute that sparked this protest involves real estate investors that were exposed by The City 3 years ago for doing exactly this kinda thing and nothing preventative has been done since! www.thecity.nyc/2023/07/13/e...
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The Speculator Bros Ripping Off Heirs and Evicting Tenants Across NYC
An investigation by THE CITY has unearthed multiple fraud and forgery allegations against Elliot and Joseph Ambalo and their partner Etai Vardi who target unsuspecting homeowners and unprotected tenan...
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Reuven Blau @reuvenblau.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Local news matters even if it sometimes takes years to see the impact. After nearly 50 years of vacancy, the long-derelict state-owned building at 1024 Fulton St. in Clinton Hill may finally be headed for 125 affordable apartments + community space. 🧵👇 www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/13/h...
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Hochul Announces Revamp of Clinton Hill Building Vacant for Almost 50 Years
The state selected a nonprofit team to build 125 affordable apartments, a community center and a health clinic at 1024 Fulton St., which has sat empty for decades.
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Richard Kim @richardkimnyc.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
BREAKING: ICE officials under a judge’s order to clean up overcrowded & squalid conditions on 10th floor at 26 Federal Plaza detained migrants on a separate, secret floor where they decided that ruling didn’t apply, the Trump admin admitted in court Monday. www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/09/2...
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ICE Moved Detainees to Previously Undisclosed Floor of 26 Federal Plaza
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to reduce overcrowding and squalid conditions at a Manhattan holding room. Months later, he finds ICE merely shifted floors.
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Richard Kim @richardkimnyc.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
The @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social portal that drew 80,000 enthused NYers to city government has resulted in just 31 hires, largely because most city jobs are civil service. To me, this was a lost opportunity to draw talent & skills to NYC. www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/06/m...
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80,000 People Applied to Work for Mamdani. City Hall Has Hired Just 31 of Them.
The successful 0.039% includes new Transportation Commissioner Mike Flynn — a DOT veteran who had also been selected as a member of Mamdani’s transition team..
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Richard Kim @richardkimnyc.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Ingrid Lewis-Martin Accepted Diamond Earrings to Help Developers Dodge Inspections, New Filings Allege The earrings cost $3,000. www.thecity.nyc/2026/01/27/i...
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Ingrid Lewis-Martin Accepted Diamond Earrings to Help Developers Dodge Inspections, New Filings Allege
The filings also reveal that a top buildings department official was concerned that the hotel development Lewis-Martin pushed through was, in fact, unsafe.
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Richard Kim @richardkimnyc.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Of all the Adams' appointees @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social could have kept on, this is a curious one Mamdani Diversity Chief Cherry-Picked Numbers, MTA Watchdog Found www.thecity.nyc/2026/01/06/m...
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Mamdani Diversity Chief Cherry-Picked Numbers, MTA Watchdog Found
Adams holdover Michael Garner ran a program nurturing minority businesses, but a report he oversaw hyping its success excluded 80% of the program's participants, according to the MTA’s inspector gener...
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Richard Kim @richardkimnyc.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
This story has it all. Drugs, cops, cuckoo clocks, a protagonist with hustle, a bitter family feud and the allure of THIS oil painting. It also makes a great point about inconsistencies in our drug laws. www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/20/g...
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Wow. Simply wow.
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Richard Kim @richardkimnyc.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Am extremely puzzled as to how this is even assignable as an article, esp as how thin the result is: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/u...
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Mamdani Won. South Florida Expects a Real Estate Bump.
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Richard Kim @richardkimnyc.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Y'all this is crazy! www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/04/r...
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Voter Turnout Highest In Three Decades as Mamdani Phenomenon Galvanizes Electorate
More than 1.7 million voters cast ballots by 6 p.m. on Election Day, with three hours left at the polls.
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Richard Kim @richardkimnyc.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
NYT or THE CITY. You decide.
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Richard Kim @richardkimnyc.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Total turnout is already near 1 million As points of reference:
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Samantha Maldonado @smaldo.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
"Oh, please, don’t be glazing me here, Zohran! Are you kidding?” The last mayoral debate, what a ride! We recapped it here. Early voting starts Saturday. www.thecity.nyc/2025/10/22/n...
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5 Takeaways From the Final NYC Mayoral Debate
Mamdani, Cuomo and Sliwa enthusiastically sparred with each other, making their last case and attacking each other before early voting starts Saturday.
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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 02/10/2025
With Chicago in the ICE crosshairs right now, here are some independent and nonprofit media orgs to read, follow and support. Unraveled: @unraveledpress.com Block Club Chicago: @blockclubchi.bsky.social Chicago Reader: @chicagoreader.com The TRiiBE: @thetriibe.com WBEZ: @wbez.org
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Richard Kim @richardkimnyc.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
How is the federal shutdown going to impact New Yorkers? @thecity.nyc explains. (It ain't good!) www.thecity.nyc/2025/10/01/f...
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How the Federal Shutdown Will Impact New Yorkers
Food benefits, funding for public housing and air-traffic control could see changes as Congress feuds over funding.
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Richard Kim @richardkimnyc.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Really excited to welcome Carroll Bogert -- a champion of journalists and journalism -- to @thecity.nyc as our new CEO! bsky.app/profile/thec...
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Reuven Blau @reuvenblau.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
New: While a 29-year-old detainee with severe mental illness was on the brink of death in his Rikers Island cell last month, a medical staffer stood outside his cell door spraying air freshener, according to a Board of Correction report obtained by @thecity.nyc www.thecity.nyc/2025/09/25/r...
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Rikers Health Worker Sprayed Air Freshener While Feces-Smeared Man Neared Death in His Cell
A Board of Correction review into the death of 29-year-old Ardit Billa reveals lapses by correction officers, falsified log entries, and missed safety checks — failures that advocates say are routine ...
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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Fellow New Yorkers (and all those who are New York-curious), recommended follow:
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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
How can you not love this city and @thecity.nyc ?
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Alyssa Katz @alykatzz.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
The Eric Adams fundraiser charged with bribing her way into a city shelter program for her Queens hotels is now also charged with helping the program boss liquidate part of that alleged bribe — a $107,000 Mercedes — as the feds closed in.
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Vanishing Mercedes Spurs More Charges in Alleged Shelter Bribery Scheme
Hotelier Weihong Hu, Exodus Transitional Community founder Julio Medina and a colleague collaborated to hide the fancy four-wheeled gift from the feds, prosecutors say.
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Richard Kim @richardkimnyc.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
The way we were...
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Richard Kim @richardkimnyc.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
What Happens if Eric Adams Drops Out of the Mayor’s Race? www.thecity.nyc/2025/09/04/e...
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What Happens if Eric Adams Drops Out of the Mayor’s Race?
Depending on the timing, his name could remain on the ballot even if he stops campaigning.
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Richard Kim @richardkimnyc.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
As an editor, I consider it my mission to put my reporters front and center to shine But just for tonight, I can’t help myself GET IT NOW HERE www.teerico.com/collections/...
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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Wore this @thecity.nyc shirt to Russian shoe repair guy in Brooklyn to get new holes in my Birkenstocks. He reads my shirt: “What’s that, fake news?” - No sir. “Don’t blame you for what then?” Corruption. “But we all corrupt in the head.” - So what do I owe you? “Whatever you want my friend.”
T shirt inscribed “don’t blame me, I read the city”
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Richard Kim @richardkimnyc.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
The burning question, answered: Just How Much Cash Was in That Bag of Potato Chips From Winnie Greco? And some more questions asked.... www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/25/w...
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Just How Much Cash Was in That Bag of Potato Chips From Winnie Greco?
And where did it come from?
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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Support The City’s crucial and excellent reporting!
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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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The City Reporter @thecityreporter.nyc · 21/08/2025
Bob Clark, VP of marketing for Herr Foods, Inc., said the company was surprised to see it was mentioned in the press. “While we can’t speak to the details of the story,” he said, “we can confirm that our Sour Cream & Onion flavor is money.” www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/21/w...
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The Chips Fall as Rivals Fry the Mayor
The jokes and jabs are flying as Eric Adams’ closest aides was slapped with new criminal charges the day after another of his longtime allies offered a reporter cash inside a potato chip bag.
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 21/08/2025
Eric Adams and his associates have repeatedly been caught in outrageous, petty, and asinine acts of snack-adjacent graft. Eric Lach writes about the latest scandal, over a bag of sour-cream-and-onion chips.
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Eric Adams’s Kettle-Cooked Administration
A scandal over a bag of chips exemplifies all that has gone wrong at City Hall.
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The City Reporter @thecityreporter.nyc · 21/08/2025
For those who may be first-time readers, hello! We're thecity.nyc, a nonprofit newsroom based in New York City. We've been keeping a close eye on Mayor Eric Adams and his inner circle for years. Keep up with our reporting by subscribing to our newsletter: www.thecity.nyc/the-scoop/
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Richard Kim @richardkimnyc.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
FACT: Nobody has covered the impact of Trump's immigration crackdown on NYC better than @GwynneFitz 6-Year-Old NYC Elementary School Student and Her Mom Deported www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/19/e...
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6-Year-Old NYC Elementary School Student and Her Mom Deported
The mother's 19-year-old son remains in ICE custody in New Jersey, while her distraught teenage minor is now in the care of her 21-year-old brother.
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Richard Kim @richardkimnyc.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Sometimes a picture really does say 1000 words. Adams Opens Campaign Office in Building With Vacate Order www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/08/a... But also read the story!
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Get Out: Adams Opens Campaign Office in Building With Vacate Order
The storefront Democratic club HQ where the mayor just had a ribbon-cutting ceremony had a parapet collapse in dramatic fashion two years ago.
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Streetsblog NYC @nyc.streetsblog.org · 05/08/2025
Instacart is ramping up its effort to push Mayor Adams to veto a Council bill that would expand the delivery worker minimum wage to its shoppers, placing op-eds in local papers, funding a fake grassroots group and targeting individual Council members. buff.ly/SPF2TAU
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Inside Instacart's Astro-Turf Group Opposing Worker Minimum Wage - Streetsblog New York City
Instacart is trying everything to pressure the mayor to veto a bill that would require the company to pay its workers minimum wage.
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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
I’ve been appreciating @thecity.nyc so much in recent months, and its recent immigration reporting finally pushed me to sign up as a monthly donor.
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Inside the Manhattan Court Where ICE Fights to Keep Immigrants Locked Up
The Varick Street immigration court detention docket, reserved for the highest-risk cases, includes many people with scant or nonexistent records of criminal conduct, sent to far-flung jails with litt...
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Richard Kim @richardkimnyc.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
April 2: Judge drops federal corruption charges against Eric Adams. Multiple prosecutors resigned rather than carry out the apparent quid pro quo w/ Trump May 3-12: Multiple $2100 straw donations hit Adams' campaign, which applies for public matching funds off them www.thecity.nyc/2025/07/24/e...
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New Eric Adams ‘Donors’ Say They Never Gave to His Reelection Campaign
The campaign sought public matching funds from donors who insist they didn’t donate, just weeks after a judge dropped his corruption case.
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