Kalshi said they would pay NY $10B in taxes over 5 years, but that figure is kind of a head scratcher hellgatenyc.com/kalshi-10-bi...
Kalshi Claims They Could Generate $10 Billion in NY Tax Revenue—But Won't Explain How
New York is trying to sue the popular prediction market out of existence. Kalshi says we're leaving an impossibly large amount of tax revenue on the table.
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On Wednesday night some of the City's most ardent and vocal Citi Bike riders gathered in Williamsburg to demand that the Mamdani administration and Lyft do something to stop the runaway prices for the city's bikeshare system. And other links! hellgatenyc.com/citi-bike-3-...
"Everyone who has ever lived here, or traveled here, or dreams of this place inherits the life work of the city's singer and the keeper of its memory," writes Joel Feingold, who for 15 years worked as Wallace's researcher.
Remembering Mike Wallace, the Radical Historian Behind 'Gotham'
Reflections on a writer who revealed New York City as a "real-life proletarian paradise."
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A developer from New York has partnered with British billionaires to develop 'Esencia,' what amounts to a small private city on Puerto Rico's untouched west coast, with its own golf courses and hospital. Locals, currently in the midst of a severe drought, are doing whatever they can to stop it:
Nuyoricans Protest the $2.5B Luxury 'Community' Planned for Puerto Rico's West Coast
Opponents in New York and Cabo Rojo say the Esencia development is a “neo-colonial settlement” for the ultra-rich.
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Scientists once thought that life-sustaining oxygen existed only near Earth’s surface. Then they detected it deep underground. www.newyorker.com/science/elem...
The Mystery of Dark Oxygen
Scientists once thought that life-sustaining oxygen existed only near Earth’s surface. Then they detected it deep underground.
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In March, I joined a group of scientists on a descent into one of the deepest mines on Earth in search of subsurface life that, improbably, breathes oxygen. Story out today in @newyorker.com. Deep Breath...
The New Yorker@newyorker.com · 4w agoScientists once thought that life-sustaining oxygen existed only near Earth’s surface. Then they detected it deep underground. www.newyorker.com/science/elem...
I know the Frank-Seddio-and-the-Case-of-the-Missing-$2-Million superfans have been absolutely clawing the walls waiting for a new installment. Here you go, it's a good one: hellgatenyc.com/seddio-alleg...
Frank Seddio Misspelled Names on Purpose to Obscure his Real Client in the Case of the Missing $2 Million, New Court Filings Claim
More details emerging in everybody's favorite legal drama, including potentially incriminating dentistry.
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Hello friends. I'm starting a new job today reporting for @nature.com on all things climate and Earth science, energy, and beyond.🌍Please get in touch if you're a researcher/gov staffer/startup with results/projects that deserve attention--or are facing problems we should know about. Contact in bio.
May God have mercy on my soul, a 🧵: Four years ago this morning, after several months in trial-balloon "is this a thing" mode, @hellgatenyc.com launched for real. The site looked pretty different back then, but there were so many good stories on the homepage: web.archive.org/web/20220720...
Now that we are publishing the @hellgatenyc.com podcast in video form, the pressing question is: Should my on-screen thing be: 1) Reflective sunglasses or 2) Tim Pool beanie? Give your thoughts in the comments, and as always, smash that like and subscribe! www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aZf...
The All New Hell Gate Podcast
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More video of the tank on Lafayette a short while ago outside 26 Federal Plaza, and federal agents making arrests of counter protesters.
I joined a team of ecologists wading through the muck of the Carolina coast in search of "ghost forests" killed by rising seas for @science.org. We were guided by a a new map that reveals millions of dead trees standing along the East Coast, marking an overlooked consequence of climate change...
AI reveals vast ‘ghost forests’ along U.S. coast
Machine learning method counts nearly 12 million dead trees, many likely killed by rising seas
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Honored to have won an @sciencewriters.org "Science in Society" award for my @newscientist.com story on the Panama Canal's chronic water shortages. It's something the canal's visionary builders never imagined would be possible in one of the rainiest parts of the planet...
National Association of Science Writers (NASW)@sciencewriters.org · 11mo agoIN THE SCIENCE REPORTING CATEGORY: “Dire straits for the Panama Canal” by science and environmental journalist James Dinneen, for New Scientist www.newscientist.com... #SciWriAwards 💚🧪📝[3/n]
Just now, 11 state and city lawmakers were arrested by DHS police on the 10th floor of 26 Federal Plaza after a hour of demanding access to the ICE lock up on the same floor. @thecity.nyc
Assembly Member Jessica González-Rojas is considering a run for state Sen. Jessica Ramos' Senate seat, sources tell @cityandstateny.bsky.social: www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...
González-Rojas considering run for Ramos’ seat
Assembly Member Jessica González-Rojas had called state Sen. Jessica Ramos’ decision to endorse Andrew Cuomo in the mayoral race “disappointing.” Now, she may be looking to replace her.
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Will Zohran Mamdani run as the WFP candidate in November if he loses tonight's Democratic primary? Many have assumed he will, but one thing you should know about both Mamdani and DSA is that they won't get involved in unwinnable races: www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...
Many expect Zohran Mamdani to take the WFP line if he loses to Cuomo. That’s far from a sure thing
Mamdani could run in the general election as the candidate of the Working Families Party, but he and the Democratic Socialists of America don’t bother with unwinnable races.
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"Make sure security knows he is not allowed back into this room." - the mayor bars @c-sommerfeldt.bsky.social from the briefing room after he asks questions without raising his hand. It's really the only way Chris can get a question in, given how rarely the mayor takes questions from him.
Lander just got detained by federal agents as he tried to escort a man out of the courtroom. Lander was taken in an elevator with masked agents, along with one member of his NYPD security detail.
Except Whitney Tilson - who is currently hitting Zohran for not wanting more cops in his public safety plan
Holly Pretsky@hollypret.bsky.social · last yr.So far the vibe on stage is definitely let's unite against Andrew Cuomo
So far the vibe on stage is definitely let's unite against Andrew Cuomo
Holly Pretsky@hollypret.bsky.social · last yr.We're looking to see whether stronger coalitions or divisions emerge here. Will fellow progressives turn against co-front-runner Zohran Mamdani? Or might we see an OFFICIAL cross endorsement?
NYC mayoral debate time! Outside the auditorium, one campaign made itself heard above all others (guess which).
Also criticizes Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro's executive order to put ICE on Rikers
Holly Pretsky@hollypret.bsky.social · last yr.City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams is already continuing last debate's trend of being the candidate who talks the most about incumbent mayor Eric Adams
We're back! 7 candidates onstage for the second and final NYC mayoral Democratic primary debate
He's leading Democratic Primary contenders in all the polls, but former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo is also petitioning to run on an independent ballot line in November called the "Fight and Deliver" line. Their symbol? A pair of boxing gloves. Read more in our upcoming newsletter, The Sprint for City Hall
In case anyone was wondering, here is the vegan applesauce chocolate cake recipe that Gov. Hochul mentioned she makes today
Moderate Dems have criticized Gov. Kathy Hochul's proposal to make some people convicted of violent felonies eligible for early release from prison. But last year, the state prison system itself proposed making even more people eligible for early release. www.cityandstateny.com/policy/2025/...
DOCCS wanted people convicted of violent crimes to be eligible for early release
A “program bill” circulated last year would have dramatically expanded eligibility for merit time programs that allow incarcerated people to earn time off of their sentences
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