Reading List
The most recent articles from a list of feeds I subscribe to.
The Terrible Truth About Sherita, Brooklyn’s Beloved Billboard Dinosaur
About 25 years ago, people passing a drab industrial stretch of Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn started noticing a hand-painted billboard that looked both of the place and out of this world. “Attention LANDLORDS,” it said in blocky print, followed by an offer for home heating oil at economical prices. The words were a snooze, but […]
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Journalists Barred from Brooklyn College Demonstration to Sue CUNY
Four reporters blocked from entering Brooklyn College campus during a pro-Palestinian student demonstration on May 8 plan to sue, arguing the college violated their First Amendment right to freedom of the press. In a notice of intention to file a claim sent to Brooklyn College and the City University of New York Friday afternoon, Wylie […]
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Manhattan Boro Prez Boots Community Board Members Who Criticized New Housing
The members of the land use committee of West Harlem’s Community Board 9 wasted no time in addressing a controversial staffing change on Tuesday night. They didn’t even get through roll call. “I’m Victor Edwards, I’m chair of the board. I’ve lived in the community for the past 45 years, been on the board 13 […]
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How the Head of a Super PAC Tried — and Failed — to Remove Every Opponent From the Ballot
The CEO of a local super PAC spending big money to support City Council candidate Wil López has fallen flat in an unprecedented effort to knock five competing candidates off of the ballot — including a member of the Central Park Five, Raymond Santana, hoping to join fellow exoneree Yusuf Salaam on the Council. On Thursday […]
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Dark Money Group With Cuomo Ties Sends Election Mail Blitz
A mailer sent out this month to voters across New York City ahead of the primary election rails against “extreme agendas” and advocates for a “sensible majority to “beat back special interests pushing our politics toward extremes.” The fliers feature headlines about a man who allegedly had sex with a corpse on an R train […]
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