Reading List
The most recent articles from a list of feeds I subscribe to.
Dan Goldman Asks NYPD to Bust Feds if They Step out of Line
Rep. Dan Goldman is calling on the NYPD to arrest and even charge federal agents working in the city if they break New York’s laws. In a letter sent to NYPD Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch and first reported here, the Democratic congressmember representing parts of Brooklyn and lower Manhattan points to recent reporting in ProPublica […]
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LISTEN: The Weird, Wacky World of Drew Friedman’s Drawings
The legendary illustrator talks with LIT NYC hosts Amy Sohn and Harry Siegel about what he wants to illustrate now that he no longer needs to take assignments, how New York City shaped his work, why he thinks being called the “Vermeer of the Borscht Belt” (the title of the new documentary about him) is […]
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More Than 100,000 New Yorkers Rally at Citywide ‘No Kings’ Protest Against Trump
For a couple of hours on Saturday afternoon, the din of midtown traffic was replaced by thousands of marchers whistling, cheering and singing folk songs at a ‘No Kings’ protest down Seventh Avenue in Manhattan. The demonstration, which broadly denounced the Trump administration’s policies, brought out students worried about funding their education, healthcare workers watching […]
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Mamdani Still Mum on Housing Ballot Measures as Council Steps Up Opposition
Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani listened to labor union members Friday at a gathering hosted at building workers headquarters. That union, Local 32BJ SEIU, has been campaigning for Mamdani but against three items on the back of the ballot that would fast-track some housing development approvals. Yet Mamdani has still not yet said, with early […]
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Federal Raid Outside Row Hotel Migrant Shelter Rattles Residents
A dozen federal agents in tactical gear arrested several people outside the Row Hotel, a shelter for migrant families, in Midtown Thursday afternoon, sending shockwaves among residents living above. According to video footage and eyewitness accounts, federal agents from the FBI and other agencies, dressed in flak jackets, swarmed the sidewalk at 44th Street, around […]
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