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17h

It's not just you: Lower Manhattan's internet is borked hellgatenyc.com/lower-manhatta

13h

"The individual aural flavor of New York's establishments are being ceded to a blob of generalized synth R&B. Bars should be places where individual taste thrives!"

@adlankj

is on a tear for

We Don't Always Have to be Listening to the Same Frictionless R&B Everywhere - Hell Gate

Update your playlists, they're making me feel bad.

19h

Stop-and-Frisk is way up, just like Eric Adams pledged it would be. New over at

The NYPD Is Stopping More People in Eric Adams's New York - Hell Gate

Ten years after a federal court declared the NYPD's use of stop-and-frisk unconstitutional, street stops are on the rise.

Jun 3

The Brooklyn Botanical Garden has so, so many beautiful roses. Their names? Absolutely insane.

presents a Preliminary Taxonomy of the Names of the Roses in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.

A Taxonomy of the Names of the Roses in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden - Hell Gate

Why do they name them like that?

Tag yourself, I'm Comtesse Festetics Hamilton

A Taxonomy of the Names of the Roses in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden - Hell Gate

Why do they name them like that?

For the

podcast, I spoke with

@FelipeDLH

and

@gabydvj

of the BORDER/LINES newsletter, about immigration, border restrictions, Eric Adams, and how City Hall has so dramatically changed directions on the arrival of migrants into NYC. Listen!

podcasts.apple.com

‎The Hell Gate Podcast: Why Does Eric Adams Think Migrants Are ‘Destroying’ New York? on Apple...

‎Show The Hell Gate Podcast, Ep Why Does Eric Adams Think Migrants Are ‘Destroying’ New York? - Jun 2, 2023

Jun 2

"If they only had the confidence to overcome the intimidation that the specters of canonical men like Picasso have wrought on the world, they might even have managed epiphanic artistic success."

@adlankj

joins the delicious chorus of boos for Hannah Gadsby

Don’t Go to ‘It’s Pablo-matic’ - Hell Gate

But we have some links you can really get into.

Max RN Retweeted

Jun 1

New York's OLTH debut their album "every day is sOmeOne's speciaL day" at The Broadway in Brooklyn tonight. For Leave Your Apartment, they told us how screamo is as inevitable as Thanos:

OLTH Wants You to Accept the Inevitability of Screamo - Hell Gate

"There's gonna be a clown."

Jun 1

Letting kids die violent deaths has bipartisan support in Albany great reporting from

@ChristRobbins

for

State Lawmakers From NYC Are Poised to Block NYC From Setting Lower Speed Limits - Hell Gate

"Some people don't want to lower the speed limit."

New for

: The city is shifting some reopening dates around for its massive East River Park climate resiliency project, but insists its still on schedule to have the project done by 2026.

Reopenings of Closed East River Park Sections Pushed Back, But City Insists Project Is Still on...

Will the contentious project actually hit its 2026 deadline? The city says yes, and is already reopening some areas.

May 31

It is absolutely insane that NYC allows for a citywide system where cops can just hand out free "you can do crime" cards and no one thinks it's wrong or immoral and if you do anything about it you're in big, big trouble.

This Cop Says He Fought the System that Lets NYPD Friends and Relatives Break Traffic Laws With...

Now he's paying the price.

May 31

The NY Post created a fake controversy two weeks after a CUNY Law student gave a speech at graduation. Then everyone bought their shit hook, line, and sinker.

CUNY Is Run by Cowards - Hell Gate

You'd think a literal university could see through the Post's faux outrage.

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“There are consequences to what Albany does.” Rikers Officials Said Joshua Valles Had a Heart Attack. His Autopsy Revealed a Fractured Skull,

@macfathom

reports. hellgatenyc.com/joshua-valles-

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May 31

Rikers Island kills people—and Kathy Hochul handed him a death sentence for stealing property. Great reporting from

for

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The Department of Correction said it was a heart attack. But 31-year-old Joshua Valles actually had a cracked skull, and died after being brain dead. He wouldn't have been on Rikers for non-violent crime, except for Kathy Hochul's bail reform rollbacks.

Rikers Officials Said Joshua Valles Had a Heart Attack. His Autopsy Revealed a Fractured Skull -...

'But for the bail rollbacks, Joshua would have been alive today.'

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Very important bench to go to after you a) find out aliens are real b) lose your father's company

Great article about

, the site doing it right and helping others do the same.

cjr.org

‘The last good website’

Defector in pursuit of a journalists’ utopia

"Fatboi Sharif is a performer in a hip-hop landscape where stage performance has been made almost obsolete. Hip-hop shows are recitals in reverse, the audience yelling the lyrics in a performance of familiarity."

@adlankj

crushing it for

The Testimony of Fatboi Sharif - Hell Gate

At a recent show in NYC, the Rahway rapper welcomed an audience to his world.

A really incredible event to be a part of and one I think back on a lot as we figure out the fearless (and fearful) digital media future!

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CPCJ Student Association

@cpcjstudents

As we close out our semester, we want to thank the amazing panelists who made our first #MediaFutures event a reality!

@maxrivlinnadler of @hellgateNY @andrew_hsiao of @versobooks @flynnhmurray of @readlux @snigdhasur of @bethejuggernaut @profcarroll of @parsonsdesign

Efforts to get NYC's lifeguard corps back to healthy levels have... completely failed. And other links to start your day over at

Get Ready for a Hot No Lifeguard Summer - Hell Gate

And other links to start your bummer summer.

Everybody's talking (about the fact that NYC has flying squirrels!)

Flying Squirrels? NYC's Got 'Em - Hell Gate

And sometimes, they visit your fire escape.

May 26

I have glimpsed hell in a slice of heaven. The prospect park port-a-potties. My review for

A Glimpse of (Bathroom) Hell in Prospect Park Heaven - Hell Gate

The outhouses scattered throughout the park are not ready for summer.

Max RN Retweeted

May 21

Today is the final day of our one-year-anniversary subscription sale! Your last chance for steep discounts on subscriptions to the finest worker-owned NYC news outlet in the five boroughs. Plus a saucy union-made ball cap, for free. Act by 11:59 tonight!

Introducing Hell Gate's Birthday Sale! - Hell Gate

Let's keep the birthday celebration going with deep discounts on subscriptions and so, so many hats.

May 18

The NYPD took the world's most adorable dog into custody because its owner DARED to film the police. (The NYPD also arrests thousands of people each year, just for filming them) Great story from

@macfathom

for

The NYPD Took This Dog Into Custody Because His Owner Filmed the Police - Hell Gate

Harvey’s owner is joined by 2,746 other humans who have been arrested for filming the NYPD in the last two years alone.

May 18

Hell Gate's Birthday Sale is going on now, just for a few more days. And whoops!!! All hats!! ToO MaNy HaTs! Please buy an annual subscription (we will mail you a hat).

Introducing Hell Gate's Birthday Sale! - Hell Gate

Let's keep the birthday celebration going with deep discounts on subscriptions and so, so many hats.

May 18

Wild that the Post would run with a story based on a clear falsehood, get fact-checked by good journalists, and then...do nothing about it? So weird that the last remaining full-strength tabloid in the city is mostly just a torrent of lies.

Wow Who Could Have Predicted That This NY Post Story About Hotels Kicking Veterans Out for Migrants...

And some definitely true links for your Thursday.

DeGeorge was confused. "To try and give you a sense of how untrue it is, I’ll just say that I'm a gay guy whose top track on Spotify right now is a lesser-known Peggy Lee song. I am also pathologically conflict-averse. I have never been in a physical altercation in my life."💯🥰

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May 17

NEW for @HellGateNY: Lyft gave a Citi Bike rider a "permanent deactivation" from the service after saying he committed an "alleged assault"....that never happened. And there was no way to appeal the deactivation. A journey into privatized transit. hellgatenyc.com/citi-bike-rand

"The idea that they can do this unilaterally when Citi Bike...feels like an essential part of the public transit infrastructure in the city, further solidifies this idea I had even before this happened to me—that Citi Bike should be run by the City in some capacity."

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NEW for

: Lyft gave a Citi Bike rider a "permanent deactivation" from the service after saying he committed an "alleged assault"....that never happened. And there was no way to appeal the deactivation. A journey into privatized transit.

Citi Bike Randomly Bans Rider For Life, Blames 'Glitch' - Hell Gate

The rider was left with no way to appeal the ban, which the company told him was "final."

May 17

What's dead (Pale Male) can never die (more than once)

@estherxlwang

the many lives of NYC's most famous hawk for

RIP (Maybe Again?) to Pale Male, the NYC Hawk Who Lived a Life of Fame and Tragedy - Hell Gate

Pale Male has died—but did he already die years earlier?

May 17

This morning, a group of activists sent a message to the mayor where Jordan Neely died.

was there. "This is about organized abandonment, systemic neglect. The people in charge of our systems and city need to be held accountable for that."

A Message for the Mayor, Where Jordan Neely Died - Hell Gate

Activists continue to point the finger at City Hall.

May 16

Grooooosssss but ughhhhh and also ackkkk

@k80way

went through the lawsuit against Rudy Giuliani so you don't have to for

. Find out within that we were gloriously spared some of the worst streaming programming imaginable.

New Lawsuit Against Rudy Giuliani Alleges New Lows For Rudy Giuliani - Hell Gate

A woman who says she worked for Giuliani claims he serially sexually assaulted her and barely paid her.

May 16

The (a) Statue of Liberty is leaving New York City.

Goodbye to All That: Brooklyn's Statue of Liberty Leaves for St. Louis - Hell Gate

Little Liberty was too good for the Brooklyn Museum's parking lot (and more links).

Max RN Retweeted

May 15

"For almost two years, my friends would receive regular texts from me along the lines of, 'God I fucking love the COVID testing van,' because it was true."

An Ode to the COVID-19 Testing Van - Hell Gate

RIP to my one true love.

May 15

A beautiful paean to COVID-19 testing vans from

@estherxlwang

. "It's a particularly cruel ending, after we spent untold amounts of money creating a more robust public health system, born out of an extreme crisis, that pointed toward something better."

An Ode to the COVID-19 Testing Van - Hell Gate

RIP to my one true love.

Oh nooo,

messed up at the subscription factory and folks,,,, it's all hats this week!! Subscribe at an annual level and get yr hats from

Introducing Hell Gate's Birthday Sale! - Hell Gate

Let's keep the birthday celebration going with deep discounts on subscriptions and so, so many hats.

May 15

If you give a little light to the idea that someone deserved to die, should have been killed, then many Americans will overwhelmingly respond with their wallets. NEW at

Daniel Penny Is Being Treated Like He’s a Cop - Hell Gate

The most predictable thing in the worst way, and other links to start your day.

Over at

, we're just $323 from hitting our $7k in 7 days challenge! Who will put us over the top?? You can win a Hell Gate hat, and for $1000, you can go on the Hell Gate cruise! hellgatenyc.com/tip-jar

NEW for

: I spoke with one of the student organizers behind yesterday's protest of CUNY Law commencement speaker Eric Adams. "There are so many reasons why a CUNY student would be infuriated to see him on this stage."

'Infuriated' CUNY Law Graduates Booed Their Commencement Speaker, Mayor Eric Adams - Hell Gate

"We don't blindly follow your authority just because you're the mayor."

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some pretty immediate impact from this