All eyes on lead! 💧 It’s been very rewarding to see my lead story, published Monday in THE CITY, prompt similar investigations (with very similar interactive maps!) across the nation. Outlets in Syracuse, Cleveland, Duluth, and other cities have also released pieces following my story.

Chicago Sun-Times@chicago.suntimes.com · last yr.

Chicago has the highest number of lead water service lines in the nation. WBEZ, Grist and Inside Climate News analyzed city data that allows Chicago’s residents to see where the problem is most acute — and how it intersects with poverty and race. trib.al/spPxHg5

Plus: A guide, also by @ekwalsh.bsky.social, on what you can do to minimize exposure to lead in drinking water.

Lead in Your Water? A New Yorker’s Guide to How to Test and Lower Your Risk

Thousands of NYC homes still get water through lead pipes. Here's how to check your service line, test your tap and take simple steps to reduce exposure.

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NYC is going to be extremely hard-pressed to get property owners to replace more than 100K lead service lines connecting the city water system to homes. @ekwalsh.bsky.social reports on evidence that the toxin is widely leaching into drinking water.

Lead in the Water: More Than a Third of Test Kits Submitted in Last Decade Show Some Contamination

Thousands of lead pipes still serve individual buildings, as a city program offering free replacements falls short of its goals.

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this is an amazing episode of @thecity.nyc's FAQ NYC podcast. kudos to @ekwalsh.bsky.social and Harry for hosting such a captivating conversation. Stanley Greenberg's book sounds fascinating and I got to make a plan to meet this fellow #bikenyc personality! www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/23/a...

LISTEN: A Pipe Dream and ‘A Key to Everything’

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The Board of Elections “had no choice but to count the ballots cast in the names of multiple dead people and at least one living person who did not vote.” 🗳️ 🤡 Politics Is Absurd, Chapter DCCCXVI 🤡 🗳️ Quite a tale here from @ekwalsh.bsky.social in @thecity.nyc www.thecity.nyc/2025/07/30/b...

Board of Elections Certified Dead People’s Votes, Says It Had No Choice

Just 16 votes gave a Brooklyn Council primary win to MAGA candidate George Sarantopolous over Brooklyn GOP chair Richie Barsamian, even as evidence of fraudulent ballots mounts.

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Strange things are afoot following the (very) narrow victory of the MAGA candidate in the Republican city council primary for Bay Ridge. @ekwalsh.bsky.social has been reporting the story, which isn't getting any less weird.

Board of Elections Certified Dead People’s Votes, Says It Had No Choice

Just 16 votes gave a Brooklyn Council primary win to MAGA candidate George Sarantopolous over Brooklyn GOP chair Richie Barsamian, even as evidence of fraudulent ballots mounts.

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The strongest quake in over a decade apnews.com/live/japan-e...

Live updates: Tsunami strikes Japan and Russia after an 8.8-magnitude earthquake, warnings issued for Hawaii, Alaska, California

A tsunami has hit coastal areas of Russia’s Kuril Islands and Japan’s large northern island of Hokkaido after a powerful, 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Russia.

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The Brooklyn District Attorney's office is investigating preliminary evidence of fraud in a tight City Council race that's set to be certified tomorrow. This is a developing story. www.thecity.nyc/2025/07/28/b...

Brooklyn Ballot Fraud Probe Unfolds as Council Race Hangs on 32 Votes

Kings County GOP chair Richie Barsamian, who appoints Board of Election staff, trails in a tight race now under probe by the Brooklyn DA.

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Some NYC RCV 2025 mayoral primary map updates from @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social. We've published our interactive map of round-by-round (non-batch-eliminated) vote patterns at www.urbanresearchmaps.org/nycrcv2025/ For each election district we display a vote transfer diagram for all candidates. (🧵)

are you a trans or nonbinary new yorker who has considered, successfully applied for or been denied from changing your gender marker on your passport? we’re reporting on this and would love to hear from / talk to you about the process. reply here and / or DM, and thank you!

Follow @thecity.nyc. We relentlessly investigate people in power & when we have the goods on them, whatever their political position, we hit publish. What we don't do: Publish crap.

13.9 Million rural Americans, insured and uninsured, receive their healthcare from Rural Health Centers, clinics that historically have not and cannot participate in detailed operational or patient data reports. Here's why the H.R.1 bill and legacy media have undercounted the impacts it will have:

Here's a longer video of Brad Lander's detention just now inside 26 Federal Plaza as he tried to walk a man out of immigration court, by masked federal agents.

This is a good moment to recognize @thecity.nyc, a nonprofit newsroom that covers stuff that other organizations (even really large ones that are based in New York City) often miss www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/n...

Gwynne Hogan@gwynnefitz.bsky.social · last yr.

Here's a longer video of Brad Lander's detention just now inside 26 Federal Plaza as he tried to walk a man out of immigration court, by masked federal agents.