Reading List
The most recent articles from a list of feeds I subscribe to.
LISTEN: A Native New Yorker’s Postcard From Paris
Alex Brook Lynn, FAQ NYC’s original executive producer, rejoins the podcast to talk with Harry Siegel about New York City’s election, and how and why Paris — which has all the same big urban issues — has taken a different approach to providing things like affordable housing for working class people, childcare, and more.
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Neighbors Mourn Two Men Who Died in NYC Basements During Deluge
A day after two men died in flooded basements in Brooklyn and Manhattan, locals reckoned Friday with the aftermath of the city’s latest torrential downpour. The pair of deaths from the sudden soaking marked the first time in more than three years that New Yorkers have died from flooding due to extreme weather. The remnants […]
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Judge Orders Trump to Partially Cover SNAP Despite Shutdown
A federal judge on Friday ordered the Trump administration to tap into its reserves to partially pay for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which is set to run out of funding on Saturday. U.S. District Court Judge John McConnell heard oral arguments Friday in a case brought by various cities and nonprofits. After the hearing, […]
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Council Spent $1.5 Million on Anti-Ballot Measure Mailers Despite Electioneering Ban
The City Council spent more than $1.5 million taxpayer dollars over the last month to blitz voters with mailers opposing Mayor Eric Adams’ ballot proposals that would limit the Council’s ability to control housing development, records show. Currently the Council must sign off on most major development projects in the city. If a Council member […]
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Trump’s Budget Director Claimed to Freeze NY Infrastructure Projects — But Did He?
Russell Vought announced via a post on X that the Trump administration was “immediately” pausing infrastructure projects in several blue states across the country. That was two weeks ago. Several of those states say they still don’t know which projects Vought, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, was referring to, and Democrats on Capitol […]
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