Max Rivlin-Nadler

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Co-Owner @hellgatenyc.com // max@hellgatenyc.com

Four years ago, we launched Hell Gate. Today, if we sell just a few more subscriptions, we'll pass a REALLY important and totally crazy milestone. Great news if you want us to hit that milestone—subscriptions are just 99 cents...and you get a shirt. Sign up! hellgatenyc.com/99-cent-t-sh...

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We are a subscriber-funded, worker-owned news outlet about New York City, named for the city's sturdiest (and handsomest) bridge over its most treacherous currents.

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Yes you could spend so so much money decking Sunnyside Yards OR you could just BRT Northern Boulevard and demolish the car dealerships and build so, so much housing in this transit-rich, wildly important stretch of the borough. Good to see everyone coming around to the latter idea!

So you're not going to believe this but turns out James Dolan, yes THE James Dolan, is a giant piece of shit, has ALWAYS been a piece of shit, and anyone who tried to convince you he was NOT a piece of shit or somehow smeared away the feces from his body should feel really really stupid right now

NEW FROM ME: The person who will be responsible for filling dozens of court vacancies in NYC is now taking money from billionaire Steve Cohen to defend him in a lawsuit against his casino. He's also the mayor's former election lawyer and a friend of his. hellgatenyc.com/ali-najmi-st...

Why Is the Mayor's Friend and Former Lawyer Working for Billionaire Steve Cohen?

Ali Najmi, who scored a plum unpaid City Hall gig overseeing judicial appointments, is now appearing in court on behalf of the owner of the Mets and the largest fine in SEC history.

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Billionaire heiress police commissioner Jessica Tisch is smugly taking clean hits on her boss, the mayor, in front of the entire City Council, cheered on by its speaker. City Hall is letting this continue for political reasons, but it's increasingly unsustainable. hellgatenyc.com/nypd-commiss...

Forget About Mamdani's Campaign Promises—NYPD Commissioner Tisch Confirms She's Doing Things Her Way

On headcount, overtime, incarceration, and low-level arrests, Tisch appears to be bucking the Mayor’s purported criminal justice reform agenda.

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