Ginia Bellafante

@GiniaNYT

Columnist for the New York Times; editorial director Times' Cities Conference, host of the Big City Book Club. New York City, just like I pictured it.

New York, NY
Joined September 2011
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  1. 9 hours ago

    This won't be abt the election, The Queen's Gambit or making your socially distanced, 3-person vegan Thanksgiving suck less. But come anyway!

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  2. 11 hours ago

    A swan and a down jacket walk into a car on the A-train...OMG every single sentence of this story:

    A woman with the right training noticed a bird’s odd behavior and made it her mission to undertake a very urban rescue.
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  3. 19 hours ago

    Essential....

    Speaking of assholes: I ranked Hugh Laurie's post- dick roles by dickishness at !
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    19 hours ago

    TY ⁩ for raising this critical issue. America had a literacy crisis before Covid & it has only gotten worse. Schools must be focused on making sure kids have foundational literacy skills & using multi sensory instruction is essential.

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    Nov 9

    One more question: Why does the U.S. still have a 2 1/2 month transition period? Another anachronism based on pre-modern reality--difficulty of travel, etc--that Trump will exploit to the max.

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    Nov 9

    NEW: The Trump campaign's legal war to invalidate the 2020 election results has some of his own top lawyers feeling queasy. They worry about eroding democracy and stoking fears of fraud. Our story. w/

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    Nov 9

    In 1955, when white racists kidnapped and tortured to death Emmett Till, Black people were two thirds of the county population - but not a single Black name was found on the voting rolls.

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  8. Nov 9

    I am so excited to be in conversation with of the on Wed to talk abt the long history of exuberance and hope in NYC. Come join the fun ...

    From NYC to Celebratory City, a discussion with & on our diverse communities, this week's virtual programs bring you the best of what the city has to offer! Register now:
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    Nov 8

    NEW: Daily statewide infection rate in NY, reported by , rises again: Now at 2.35%, up from 2.19% reported on Saturday. 2.23% outside of "hot-zones." Hospitalizations also up, now nearing 1,400. (1,396, up 15 from Sat.) 18 deaths, same as Sat.

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    Nov 8

    Today, I am honored to be celebrating my son's bar mitzvah at the Waldorf Astoria Auto Body + Repair in Mahwah. Reception to follow at the Plaza Fishing Supply on Route 9.

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    Nov 7

    I’m so looking forward to coming back to an America free of harsh words and name calling and be amongst people who I know have common ground and harmony. It’s a challenge but it can be done!

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    Nov 7

    Years ago if you were an assistant in NYC media, you could get screamed at for mixing up the Four Seasons Hotel and the Four Seasons restaurant in making a lunch date for the boss. Total Landscaping wasn’t on the radar.

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  13. Nov 7

    So, moving on to the NYC mayoral race....

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  14. Nov 7

    There is so much champagne everywhere on the streets and I just want to know: do people keep champagne around all the time, just b/c, well, you never know? Or was today one of the biggest days for champagne sales, ever, in NYC, barring New Year's Eve?

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    Nov 7

    The screen writers really went too far this time. Biden is declared the winner on a Saturday when it’s 75 degrees in NYC in November. This is the scene at Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn. Video by

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    Nov 7

    A Biden for President flag flies in front of the Trump International Hotel at Columbus Circle. November 7, 2020

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    Nov 7

    Fort Greene park, right before they started blasting Janet Jackson.

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    Nov 7

    An hour after CNN called the presidential election for Biden, on Smith St in Brooklyn people are still cheering, dancing, clapping, and honking horns in celebration.

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  19. Nov 7

    Given the news and the weather, this will probably be the hardest night of the year to get an outdoor restaurant reservation...

    New York City is singing in the streets
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    Nov 6

    Steve Bannon, the former adviser to President Trump, suggested that the F.B.I. director and Dr. Anthony S. Fauci should be beheaded. Twitter then suspended an account linked to Bannon, and Bannon's lawyer quit.

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