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New York City is bringing back a stream it buried more than a century ago. I wrote about the ambitious, decades long effort 🎁: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
A Buried New York City Stream Gets a Second Life
In the Bronx, NYC will unearth its first waterway to alleviate flooding and pollution — a test case as it scrambles to adapt to a changing climate.
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NYC has a ton of green sidewalk scaffolding. There’s more than 300 miles of it on the city’s streets, enough to encircle Manhattan 10 times. The city is looking at ways to beautify the structures and keep them from languishing on its streets: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
New York, City of Scaffolding, Tries a Glow-up
Sidewalk sheds are ubiquitous in NYC. New designs and reformed rules are the latest attempt to minimize their blight, while keeping pedestrians safe.
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New York is testing out new, more attractive scaffolding that is potentially easier to build. New York has done this before: that's how the city got its standard drab green sidewalk sheds. But what if New York tried not doing scaffolding? Read @folaak.bsky.social: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
New York, City of Scaffolding, Tries a Glow-up
Sidewalk sheds are ubiquitous in NYC. New designs and reformed rules are the latest attempt to minimize their blight, while keeping pedestrians safe.
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What happens when ICE wants to build a massive detention center in a place with scarce water and no police department? I went to a rural Pennsylvania town that’s gripped by confusion, frustration and anger: www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
ICE’s Warehouse Jails Could Overwhelm the Towns Forced to Accept Them
Tremont, Pennsylvania, is unprepared, underequipped and largely unwilling to accept an 8,500-bed immigrant detention center. That might not matter.
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ICE wants to jail up to 8500 immigrants in a warehouse just outside of a Pennsylvania town with 1700 people.
NEW: ICE has spent at least $172 million this month on warehouses that it plans to convert into immigration jails www.bloomberg.com/news/feature... W/ @sooophie.bsky.social
US Spends Millions on Warehouses in Historic Expansion of ICE Detention
Plans for ‘mega centers’ and jails in nearly two dozen communities have sparked protests over suitability, proximity to homes and schools.
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NEW: The Trump admin is eyeing a massive expansion of its immigration detention capacity. It’s looking to convert up to two dozen warehouses into massive detention facilities, some of which could hold more than 5,000 people. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
ICE Plans Detention Expansion With Deal to Design 'Mega Centers'
Agency envisions up to two dozen warehouses, some of which could hold 5,000 people or more.
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NEW: The US Military is laying the groundwork for a 10,000 person temporary base “near Gaza,” according to an internal contracting document obtained by @bloomberg.com From @sooophie.bsky.social and team: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
US Military Explores Building Base for 10,000 People ‘Near Gaza’
The US military is exploring whether to build a temporary base capable of housing 10,000 people near Gaza, according to an internal contracting document, as the US pushes for a stabilization force to ...
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Paradoxically, Zohran Mamdani's first order of business as mayor involves shoring up his relationship with New York's business community. That work's already happening. Read @folaak.bsky.social and @lauranahmias.bsky.social on how Zohran can win over the 1%: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Allow Zohran Mamdani to Reintroduce Himself
New York City’s mayoral frontrunner has been working to build a governing coalition by meeting with all comers, including the business community that’s been bashing his plans.
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Caught up with Zohran Mamdani during the final stages of the NYC mayor’s race. I saw him get heckled, talked to him about coalition building and got a sense of how he’s preparing for the general election and what’s beyond. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Allow Zohran Mamdani to Reintroduce Himself
New York City’s mayoral frontrunner has been working to build a governing coalition by meeting with all comers, including the business community that’s been bashing his plans.
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Conservative-leaning tech investors are racing to build a new American colossus, and they want something much, much bigger than the Statue of Liberty. Meet the new monuments men of the tech right and their plans for statue-maxing: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
America’s Tech Right Is Obsessed With Building Giant Statues
With proposals for a 450-foot statue of Prometheus on Alcatraz and a 650-foot George Washington, MAGA adherents are racing to build America’s largest statue.
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Tom Homan said he was recused from anything to do with government contracts. Turns out he wasn't. He played a role in the process to move immigration detention contracts through the Defense Department www.bloomberg.com/news/feature... With @racheladhe.bsky.social and @sooophie.bsky.social
Trump’s Border Czar Involved in Detention Contract Talks Despite Recusal
Ethics experts say Tom Homan’s participation could violate rules meant to ensure impartiality. The White House says he has not crossed that line.
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With $45 billion on the table, a bunch of disaster relief companies you’ve never heard of are plotting a pivot to ICE detention They’re hoping to be the ones building the Trump administration’s tent camps. W/ @racheladhe.bsky.social and @sooophie.bsky.social 🎁: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Companies With No Detention Experience Want to Run Trump’s ICE Camps
Obscure disaster-response firms have been angling to profit from the president’s mass deportation plans since before his reelection.
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The Trump admin is sending ICE, FBI, DEA and other armed agents to do “wellness checks” at the homes of immigrant children. A lawyer for one of the kids told me that her client was “terrified” by the experience www.bloomberg.com/news/article... w/ @racheladhe.bsky.social
Advocates Fear US Agents Are Using ‘Wellness Checks’ on Children as a Prelude to Arrests
The Trump administration’s $45 billion for detention is raising fresh concerns over law enforcement visits to families.
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ICE has tapped 41 companies to compete for some of the $45 billion earmarked for a massive expansion of immigration detention space, including at least 9 that offer tent facilities w/ @sooophie.bsky.social and @folaak.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
As Part of a $45 Billion Push, ICE Prepares for a Vast Expansion of Detention Space
The Trump administration has tapped 41 vendors to compete for lucrative federal contracts.
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Essential reporting by @folaak.bsky.social, @pollymosendz.bsky.social and Rachel Adams-Heard on ICE towns — small communities whose economic survival depends on hosting federal detention facilities, whatever the cost www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Hinges on Small Towns Hooked on Private Prisons
Like a growing number of US communities, Torrance County, New Mexico, is convinced its financial survival depends on locking people up.
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NEW w/ @folaak.bsky.social: ICE is moving to DNA-test families being targeted for deportation with a new contract worth up to $25 million www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
ICE Moves to DNA-Test Families Targeted for Deportation with New Contract
Advocates worry the tests will pave the way for the Trump administration to separate children from their caregivers.
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NEW: The Trump admin’s mass deportation effort hinges on a growing number of small communities that cut deals with private prison companies Dove into one town in New Mexico w/ @racheladhe.bsky.social, @pollymosendz.bsky.social and many others for @bloomberg.com 🎁 link: bloom.bg/4j28jqp
Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Hinges on Small Towns Hooked on Private Prisons
Like a growing number of US communities, Torrance County, New Mexico, is convinced its financial survival depends on locking people up.
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ADDICTED TO ICE: A growing number of communities are convinced their economies depend on ICE contracts that keep private jails open for immigration detention -- no matter what happens inside w/ @pollymosendz.bsky.social @folaak.bsky.social @elenamejia.bsky.social & many others bloom.bg/4j28jqp
Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Hinges on Small Towns Hooked on Private Prisons
Like a growing number of US communities, Torrance County, New Mexico, is convinced its financial survival depends on locking people up.
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Read @sarahholder.bsky.social's delightful review of "Secret Mall Apartment," a documentary about a secret mall apartment www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
They Built a Secret Apartment in a Mall. Now the Mall Is Dying.
In the new documentary “Secret Mall Apartment,” a group of artists recount how they turned a hidden nook in a Providence shopping center into a living space for 4 years.
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The Trump administration wants to use jail-like facilities to hold some children who cross the border without their parents www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump Administration Aims to Bring Back Detention Centers for Immigrant Kids
The move to use jail-like facilities to hold children comes as the administration also tries to roll back legal services offered to unaccompanied minors.
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First post on BlueSky to share this survey for people who have experience with immigration contractors in the US! We're talking companies that build tents, operate deportation flights, provide security, etc. We want to hear from you: bmedia.iad1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Do You Work For an Immigration-Related Federal Contractor? Share Your Story
Bloomberg News is reporting on government contractors dealing with immigration and deportation. If you have experience working with one of these companies, we want to hear from you.
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Immigrant families are being held at a San Diego tent facility for far longer than federal guidelines recommend w/ @racheladhe.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
US Tent Facility is Holding Migrant Families Longer Than Recommended
They're being kept far more than 72 hours, despite a plunge in border crossings, according to an immigration advocate and a person familiar with the matter.
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the trump admin froze legal services for unaccompanied immigrant kids yesterday www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Child Migrant Watchdog Gutted in DOGE Cuts
The move is one of several to shift how the federal government deals with kids who enter the US alone.
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🚨 unaccompanied migrant kids could be kept in government custody longer because of new trump policy 🎁 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump Child Refugee Agency Shares Data With Immigration Enforcers
The move is expected to keep children who cross the US border alone in government custody for longer.
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the trump administration is quietly laying the groundwork to give hundreds of thousands of state and local police officers the power to help with immigration engorcement www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump Paves the Way to Deputize Local Police on Immigration
The president’s unprecedented move could deploy thousands of city and state officers to aid in mass deportations.
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the nypd announced new rules that bring its car chase policies closer to national best practices. the changes come after scrutiny over a spike in chases, crashes and injuries www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
NYPD Reforms Car Chase Policy Amid Rising Crashes, Injuries
The new rules limit police vehicle chases to incidents that involve more serious violent crimes.
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police pursuits are among the most dangerous actions an officer can take, with many ending in crashes and injuries. when nypd chases go wrong, the penalties for the officers amount to a slap on the wrist. read more here! www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
NYPD Car Chases Are Becoming More Frequent — and More Dangerous
Despite injuries and deaths, records show the NYPD rarely disciplines officers for dangerous vehicle chases.
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the penalties for nypd car chases that end in death or serious injury are the same as the penalties for playing hooky or misclassifying a report. and that’s if they’re punished at all. www.bloomberg.com/news/article... with the great @sarahholder.bsky.social and @kendalltaggart.bsky.social
NYPD Car Chases Are Becoming More Frequent — and More Dangerous
Despite injuries and deaths, records show the NYPD rarely disciplines officers for dangerous vehicle chases.
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