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A healthy lunch that isn't deeply depressing? No wonder cool kids and gym rats are flocking to ThisBowl: hellgatenyc.com/thisbowl-noh...
ThisBowl Conquers Noho With the Antithesis of the Sad Desk Salad - Hell Gate
Three Aussies are gifting NYC with healthy lunch fare that's worth the wait.
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The NYPD's press shop has 86 people.
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Hell Gate Finally Gets NYPD to Explain Why They Haven't Published Legally-Required Clearance Rates - Hell Gate
It was like pulling teeth, and their statement raises even more questions.
hellgatenyc.comLocal accountability journalism gets results! (Maybe.)
Hell Gate Finally Gets NYPD to Explain Why They Haven’t Published Legally-Required Clearance Rates - Hell Gate
It was like pulling teeth, and their statement raises even more questions.
hellgatenyc.comA representative for New York City Mayor Eric Adams refused to testify before the City Council on Wednesday, claiming that they hadn't been invited in the "traditional way," and that the invites they did receive were sent "in jest."
New York City Council Accuses Mayor Adams of 'Cowardice' and 'Contempt' As Municipal Power Struggle Enters Strange New Phase - Hell Gate
If the first two years of the Mayor Adams/Speaker Adams dynamic was marked by a kind of muted collegiality, 2024 has been especially rocky.
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Would You Believe There’s a Secret Committee in Albany That Decides What Becomes Law?
The "Working Rules" committee is informal, extremely powerful, and some lawmakers don't even know it exists.
Would You Believe There's a Secret Committee in Albany That Decides What Becomes Law? - Hell Gate
The State Senate's informal but extremely influential "Working Rules" committee is the most powerful legislative body you've never heard of, plus more links to start your day.
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This Saturday is looking perfect for an NYC beach day! And what better way to end a perfect NYC beach day than with a screening of a New York cult classic?!
Join Hell Gate and Rockaway Film Festival this Saturday as we screen Variety (1983), with an introduction from director Bette Gordon!
VARIETY — Rockaway Film Festival
Jun 01, 2024 at Arverne Cinema. co-presented by HELL GATE
www.rockawayfilmfestival.orgHell Gate spoke with Arab and Palestinian American students who say they've spent the last eight months trying to get their school to take Islamophobia seriously—with one teacher's "racist" comments and one determined senior at the center of the conflict. shorturl.at/ZPoJU
'The Arab Students of Wagner Would Like To Be Heard' - Hell Gate
Six months after October 7, a rift between students and administrators has rocked a Staten Island high school.
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Mayor Adams's Campaign Sto—Er, Town Hall—Gets Spoiled in Astoria - Hell Gate
A contentious community conversation, and more news for your Wednesday.
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I can't lie, it was funny to contemplate the decades of hip-hop history that culminated in one of the genre's most legendary DJs feeling stifled at work but free to stretch his wings at a vegan wine bar in Gowanus.
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Funk Flex is Funk Flex, Even at a Vegan Wine Bar - Hell Gate
"I'm the last of the Mohicans," the legendary Hot 97 hip hop DJ said on stage at Public Records.
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This Saturday is looking like prime Rockaway beach weather....You know what goes great with beach? Outdoor cult classic screening.
Join us and Rockaway Film Festival for a special screening of VARIETY this Saturday 6/1.
Tickets are going.... fast!
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VARIETY — Rockaway Film Festival
Jun 01, 2024 at Arverne Cinema. co-presented by HELL GATE
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The prospects for the billionaire's casino plan are looking worse than the Mets's playoff chances.
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Steve Cohen Strikes Out as Jessica Ramos Delivers Casino Slider - Hell Gate
The prospects for the billionaire's casino plan are looking worse than the Mets's playoff chances.
hellgatenyc.com"When it comes to emotionally disturbed people, we do everything we can to de-escalate, but sometimes it doesn't work out the way we want," the NYPD's John Chell said on Sunday, after NYPD officers shot and killed another New Yorker.
NYPD Left With No Choice But to Kill More and More People in Mental Distress, NYPD Says - Hell Gate
And more news to start your Tuesday.
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Donald Trump, the once-and-possibly-future president, was probably loving what he saw—a diverse, fairly large crowd, all wanting to see America made great again, again. Or at the very least, to be near the man himself.
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MAGA Loons, Drill Rappers, and Unlikely Voters: The Never-Ending Trump Rally Comes to the South Bronx - Hell Gate
"If Trump is here, and he's asking for a second chance, I can't judge that."
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All hail our new beady-eyed queen, Astoria the wild turkey, a bird that truly represents New York City and captures the spirit of our great metropolis!
And more news to take you into the long weekend.
Finally, NYC Gets the Bird We Deserve - Hell Gate
All hail our new beady-eyed queen, Astoria the wild turkey! And more news to take you into the long weekend.
hellgatenyc.com"This Hell Gate reporter witnessed one student pleading with three Strategic Security Corp guards to let her enter campus to take her last final. The security officers told her that her ID had expired, as a look of desperation swept across her face."
Scenes From a Public University Now Occupied by a Private Security Company - Hell Gate
"It feels like admin really cares more about keeping some sort of appearance of order up, rather than actually caring about listening to what their students have to say."
hellgatenyc.comHow is the NYPD doing at solving crimes? We should know the answer, because the NYPD is legally required to post its clearance rates quarterly. But under the Adams administration it just... stopped.
Is the NYPD Solving Crimes? Who Knows—Their Last Published Clearance Data Is From 2022 - Hell Gate
City law requires the NYPD to report its clearance rates quarterly. Under the Adams administration, it just… stopped.
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There are times when moral clarity should come easily, and rescinding a made-up award is one of those times.
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5 Days After Video of Diddy Beating Cassie Surfaces, Mayor Adams Still Won't Revoke His Key to the City - Hell Gate
What's the hold up? Plus a cold front, and more links for your Thursday.
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Rockaway Beach season is FINALLY here! In this week’s $20 Dinner is a rundown of the best fuel in the neighborhood to fuel your day in the sun, surf and sand 🏖️🍽️
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Where to Find the Best Beach Food at Rockaway This Endless Summer - Hell Gate
A guide to the finest eats at the city's most magical public-transportation-accessible beach, on and off the boardwalk.
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Do NYC's politicians take their responsibility to fund our libraries and other cultural institutions seriously?
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Politicians’ Hot Air Won’t Save NYC Public Libraries - Hell Gate
The City Council greeted the prospect of $58 million in library cuts with a highly choreographed dog and pony show.
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Let's count some of the threats to these neighborhoods posed by bodegas—less driving, less online delivery, more human interactions, more 12-year-old kids behind the register absolutely owning your "I just needed to go out for TP" fit, more weird sodas.
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City of No More Bodegas - Hell Gate
An effort to make shopping local even more convenient will probably fail, and more links to start your day.
hellgatenyc.comA legal settlement requires the NYPD to reform its handling of protests—someday. In the meantime, the mayor is just fine with the department’s heavy-handed tactics.
Mayor Adams: Forget About the NYPD's Protest Settlement, Unpatriotic Outsiders Are 'Radicalizing Our Children' - Hell Gate
A legal settlement requires the NYPD to reform its handling of protests—someday. In the meantime, the mayor is just fine with the department’s heavy-handed approach.
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A rent-stabilized apartment? In the year of our lord 2024?
Read all about one New Yorker's harrowing, months-long, and ultimately successful quest:
You Can Find a Rent-Stabilized Apartment in NYC—If You Can Dodge AI Listings, Scammers, and Illegal Fees - Hell Gate
How one New Yorker’s harrowing, months-long quest ended with a stabilized, $2,450/month two-bedroom off the Jefferson L stop.
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We all know the sight—docks filled with those gray bikes, but none you can use, because they're waiting for a technician to come by and swap out their batteries.
But help MIGHT be on the way, if someone is willing to pay for it.
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Citi Bike Stations That Charge E-Bikes Are Coming—Maybe - Hell Gate
The technology is ready, as long as Lyft, the Department of Transportation, and Con Ed can find some more money.
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Suspended City Hall aide Rana Abbasova, a member of the Mayor's Office for International Affairs who was placed on leave after Eric Adams's lawyers flagged her to the FBI for acting "improperly," is apparently talking.
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Mayor Adams May Have a Snitchuation - Hell Gate
Rana Abbasova, Mayor Eric Adams's liaison to the Turkish community, is reportedly cooperating with a federal corruption investigation into his 2021 campaign.
hellgatenyc.comWhat's better than watching a movie under the starry night sky? Watching it with us. We're screening Variety, Bette Gordon's neo-noir cult classic, June 1 at Arverne Cinema in collaboration with our friends at Rockaway Film Festival. Grab a ticket ASAP 🍿: www.rockawayfilmfestival.org/event/variety
McGuinness Boulevard Status Quo: Blocked Bike Lanes, Speeding Trucks, Angry Elected Officials
Lawmakers are demanding that the Adams administration do what it said it would do a year ago: Give McGuinness a road diet.
McGuinness Boulevard Status Quo: Blocked Bike Lanes, Speeding Trucks, Angry Elected Officials - Hell Gate
Lawmakers are demanding that the Adams administration do what it said it would do a year ago: Give McGuinness a road diet.
hellgatenyc.comUsing emergency procedures to avoid the usual procurement process, CUNY trustees awarded a $4 million contract to a security firm that claims campus protesters are deploying "asymmetrical guerrilla warfare tactics" to "instigate violence and chaos.”
CUNY Gave $4 Million Contract to Security Firm That Claims Protesters Are Using 'Guerrilla Warfare Tactics' - Hell Gate
Strategic Security Corp announced the contract in a press release that used the #StoptheSteal hashtag and warned that campus protesters are working to “instigate violence and chaos.”
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Nerdeen Kiswani, co-founder of Within Our Lifetime, the group that organized the event, called this "ridiculous."
"You don’t have to be from Bay Ridge to care about Palestine."
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Mayor Adams Says NYPD Did a 'Commendable Job' Violently Arresting and Punching Pro-Palestinian Protesters in Bay Ridge - Hell Gate
The mayor and the NYPD are also repeating the "outside agitator" narrative, plus more links to start your week.
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Mayor Adams Says NYPD Did a ‘Commendable Job’ Violently Arresting and Punching Pro-Palestinian Protesters in Bay Ridge
The mayor and the NYPD are claiming that the arrested protesters are "from outside the city and outside the Bay Ridge area."
Mayor Adams Says NYPD Did a 'Commendable Job' Violently Arresting and Punching Pro-Palestinian Protesters in Bay Ridge - Hell Gate
The mayor and the NYPD are also repeating the "outside agitator" narrative, plus more links to start your week.
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Register to vote, talk local news, politics, and culture with Hell Gate staff, and drink beer! Also, get the brand new print-only Hell Gate Guide to Primary Voting!
Chat logs leaked to the Washington Post show that a group of billionaires seeking to crush the Columbia student protests with a police raid met with Mayor Adams a few days before he did just that.
'He's Open to Any Ideas We Have': Mayor Adams Crushed Columbia's Protests After Attending a Secret Meeting With Billionaires - Hell Gate
Chat logs leaked to the Washington Post raise a host of questions about how the raids on student protesters came about
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Mayor Adams has promised over and over that everyone who wants a 3-K seat for their child will get one.
But on Thursday, many parents received letters telling them their kid didn't get a seat.
As one told us, without 3-K, "We might be just one crisis away from things just sort of falling apart."
'Betrayal, Shock, Confusion': Despite Promises from Eric Adams, Parents Denied 3-K Seats for Their Kids - Hell Gate
"To not get a seat anywhere is just so unconscionable. We don't know what to do."
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The NYPD is continuing to upgrade their surveillance arsenal: "drone first responders" and real-time Harlem surveillance. Plus, more links for your weekend:
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The NYPD Is Increasing Their Ability to Steal Your Face - Hell Gate
Drone first responders, real-time Harlem surveillance, and more links for your weekend.
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Surely, unionizing workers have faced serious pushback from management before, but eternal damnation?
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Tabletop Gaming Union Negotiations Sidetracked By Lawyer Allegedly Calling Workers ‘Fucking Disgusting’ and That They Should 'Burn in Hell' - Hell Gate
The tenor of union negotiations can really be a roll of the dice.
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Richard Davey, who leads the MTA's subways and buses, looks to be heading for the exit after two years, right as congestion pricing begins.
His predecessors lasted around the same amount of time, prompting us to ask:
How Much Does It Suck to Be the President of the New York City Transit Authority?
How Much Does It Suck to Be the President of the New York City Transit Authority? - Hell Gate
Richard Davey, who oversees the MTA's subways and buses, looks to be heading for the exit right as congestion pricing goes online.
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Hmm, it's almost as if treating migrants and asylum seekers like a burden is short-sighted, and welcoming our newest residents is not only the right thing to do, but good for the long-term health of New York City.
And more news in our Morning Spew:
NYC's Budget Watchdog: Making Migrants' Lives Miserable Has Costs Too - Hell Gate
And more news for your Thursday.
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For over two years, the mutual aid group We The People NYC has been giving out free meals, clothing, and other needed items to communities across the city.
On Saturday, the NYPD tried to stop them, arresting two people attempting to give out food.
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They Had Been Distributing Warm Meals in Harlem for Months. Last Weekend, the NYPD Tried to Stop Them - Hell Gate
A mutual aid group had nine members arrested, after cops said they lacked a permit.
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The Chef Behind One of Brooklyn’s Best Restaurants Is Now Serving Bar Food in Bushwick
Located in the back of Hart Bar, Me Tay Co is an offshoot of Eric Tran's excellent Falansai.
This week's $20 Dinner:
The Chef Behind One of Brooklyn's Best Restaurants Is Serving Bar Food in Bushwick - Hell Gate
Located in the back of Hart Bar, Me Tay Co is an offshoot of Eric Tran's excellent Falansai.
hellgatenyc.com"We always get compliments on how dedicated our staff are. It's time for that to come back around and for us to be respected for that." hellgatenyc.com/cinema-villa...
Cinema Village, Est. 1963, Cinema Village Union, Est. 2024 - Hell Gate
We talked to one of Cinema Village's newly unionized workers about bargaining power and why his job matters to the entertainment industry.
hellgatenyc.comWhat does it sound like when City Hall hires a company to produce AI-generated fake audio of the mayor speaking Yiddish? Find out:
We Had to Threaten to Sue the Mayor to Get This Audio of His Robot Clone Speaking Yiddish - Hell Gate
Hell Gate's Freedom of Information request turned up AI-generated recordings of the mayor speaking Yiddish, Haitian Creole, and Spanish.
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The Eric Adams Table of Success is now sitting at the....table of success!
Hell Gate and Type Investigations have won the Political Reporting award from the New York Press Club for our investigative project looking into Eric Adams inner circle.
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Home - Table of Success
Eric Adams has said that “all my haters become my waiters when I sit down at the table of success.” Who’s at the table? How are they related? Why do they matter? Browse the mayor’s connections: … or t...
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Mets owner’s astroturf casino play is taking the field in Queens....and doing about just as well as the Mets
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Mets Owner's Astroturf Casino Play Takes the Field in Queens - Hell Gate
Despite a key State Senator not feeling so lucky, Cohen continues pouring money into his casino dream.
hellgatenyc.comWe hate to be the bearers of bad news, but New York City's grossest micro-season is upon us. hellgatenyc.com/we-regret-to...
We Regret to Inform You That It's Dead Baby Bird Season - Hell Gate
It's the worst time of the year for people who hate stepping on squished animals.
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NEW: Last month, New York's budgeting process came under cyberattack—according to the Governor.
But a month later, we still don't know who was behind the attack and how deeply it impacted legislative software. And no one's talking about it.
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Eric Adams, Garth Brooks, and the Pope Walk Into the Vatican
Eric Adams, Garth Brooks, and the Pope Walk Into the Vatican - Hell Gate
Mayor Adams went on a whirlwind trip to Rome, Italy and Vatican City that culminated in hizzonor talking to Pope Francis about...Robert Kraft?
hellgatenyc.comFor our latest Porcelain New York, Erin Durkin visits the incredible bathrooms at Lincoln Center's David Geffen Hall and offers up one solution to our toilet crisis—turning private bathrooms into public ones.
Lincoln Center Has a Great Public Bathroom—Why Aren't There More Like It? - Hell Gate
"It's low-hanging fruit where these buildings already have an existing bathroom, and they could just open it up to the public."
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We got Eric Adams's NYPD disciplinary records, and they may explain why the mayor so fiercely defends his loudmouth NYPD officials.
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One NYPD Official Who Has Been Disciplined For Making Dubious Public Statements: Eric Adams
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One NYPD Official Who Has Been Disciplined For Making Dubious Public Statements: Eric Adams - Hell Gate
We got Eric Adams's NYPD disciplinary records, and they may explain why the mayor so fiercely defends his loudmouth NYPD officials.
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