Sometimes I let @gwynnefitz.bsky.social's stories sit unread for a few days while I emotionally prepare to read them... this is a perfect example of that. Migrant children as young as 3 years old show up in front of judges without legal representation. www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/07/31/u...

Inside the NYC Courtroom Where Detained Children Face Deportation Without Attorneys

Around 20,000 unaccompanied minors nationwide are set to lose legal services when the federal government ends a contract Friday. One NYC immigration court shows us what that will look like.

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thank you to @smaldo.bsky.social for allowing me to put a dumb lede on her interesting story today!!!

City Hits Walking App With Cease and Desist Over Its Name

The city says WalkNYC, which gamifies walking the streets, is infringing on its trademark.

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Here's your guide to free boating, one of the most delightful things about living in NYC! I've forced my dad to kayak off Governors Island, my students to canoe in the Gowanus Canal, and friends to paddle in Jamaica Bay. If you get on the water after reading, I'd love to hear. tinyurl.com/deufckuh

‘We’re Surrounded by Water’: How To Experience NYC on a Boat This Summer, For Free

In a city of rivers and bays, there’s a ton of ways to get out on a boat and appreciate some nature.

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NYC: Emergency officials say air quality has reached unhealthy levels in parts of the city. Experts we spoke to say the wildfire smoke from the Canadian border could become thicker and move closer to the ground through Thursday. Here's how to stay safe: THREAD

Wildfire Smoke Is Back and Making the Air Unhealthy: Your Guide To Staying Safe in NYC

Canadian fires are lowering air quality in New York City … again. Here’s what to know.

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There's a lot of potential here to improve local air quality in NYC and shore up the reliability of the power system during heat waves -- but not if this brand-new project continues to be shut down. www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/07/14/h...

Major Power Line Down Just As NYC Needs Energy Amid Heat Wave

The Canadian hydropower line is supposed to provide energy just as the city needs it.

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It's getting smoky out there. Here's how to protect yourself: www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/07/15/a...

Wildfire Smoke Is Back: A New Yorker’s Guide to Staying Safe

Canadian fires are lowering air quality in New York City … again. Here’s what to know.

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From my post last year, my 4 favorite sources of wildfire smoke forecasts: 1-3 day from NOAA: airquality.weather.gov?element=apm2... rapidrefresh.noaa.gov/hrrr/HRRRsmo... 3-day from Environment Canada: weather.gc.ca/firework/ 5-10-day from NASA: fluid.nccs.nasa.gov/wxmaps/chem2...

15 sources of wildfire smoke forecasts for North America » Yale Climate Connections

Forecasting wildfire smoke is hard. We review the best tools to help you predict when unhealthful levels of smoke are coming.

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A grim addition to the waiting-in-line discourse gothamist.com/news/food-pa...

Food pantries see long summer lines as New Yorkers lose SNAP benefits in Trump overhaul

They say they have enough food for now but worry they’ll run out of supplies once more New Yorkers begin losing their SNAP benefits.

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Today I learned about LEAVE LOADING in Australia which is when employers pay a percentage extra when employees go on PTO... I’m still gobsmacked this is a thing and I’d never heard of it www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12...

What is leave loading, exactly? Here's how much extra you could get in your pay packet over the holidays

Whether you're a seasoned worker or just starting in your career, it pays to know how leave loading works and how much extra money you could receive on top of your base rate.

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Tis the season for high Con Ed bills, as I keep hearing about. Another heat wave won't help but a few other things might. www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/07/14/c...

New Yorkers Face Rising Electric Bills During 'Especially Brutal' Summer: What To Know

Tips for understanding — and lowering — your Con Edison bill

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A really good read on the actual person in the photo, beyond the symbol she became www.notus.org/metro/viral-...

The Woman in the Photo Wanted to Be Alone. Instead, She Went Viral.

America saw what it wanted to see on the face of its newest icon. And everyone saw it wrong.

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The only thing psychotic about these long walks is that people are doing them in groups… gothamist.com/arts-enterta...

What you discover when you take absurdly long walks through NYC

We're talking about 15-20 mile walks.

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The firm MetroLoft bought the terraced tower at 1 Whitehall St. on July 1, just three days after a severe structural failure halted construction at the former Pfizer headquarters on East 42nd Street. gothamist.com/news/after-f...

After fears of collapse in Midtown, developer eyes next office conversion project

Developer MetroLoft closed on another office building just days before a structural failure halted construction at its project on East 42nd Street.

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NYC's latest parking vs. housing fight is playing out at these affordable East Village coops, where residents are weighing how to get money they need to repair their buildings. “I don’t believe we should be fighting for parking when there’s so much homelessness” buff.ly/GxxqFCZ

The parents feared the same possibility: that they’d be detained by immigration enforcement, and their kids would have no one to look out for them. citylimits.org/if-ice-detai...

If ICE Detains Their Parents, This East Harlem 'Madrina' Will Step In - City Limits

Since Trump returned to office in 2025, hundreds of immigrant families in the city have completed standby guardian designation forms—to ensure their children have an adult to care for them in case the...

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The city data shows 17,791 households were evicted from apartments in New York City in all of 2025 — the highest total since 2018. gothamist.com/news/more-th...

More than 8K NYC renters evicted so far this year, as affordability crisis grows

City data shows there were an average of 1,345 monthly evictions in the first half of 2026.

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Housing boom in NYC? www.wsj.com/real-estate/...

New York City Hasn’t Built This Many Apartments Since 1965

A rush of completed and proposed buildings outpaces the rest of the nation, but the new supply is still dwarfed by a 400,000-unit deficit of homes in the New York City metro area.

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Vacancies in rent-stabilized apartments across NYC are again on the rise after a COVID-era spike. Citywide, the rent-stabilized vacancy rate was 5.6% as of April 2025, compared to 3.7% in 2016. www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/07/06/v...

On Friday NYC hit a grim new record (since at least 2017) of the most people going to the ER for heat-related illnesses: 146 people.

Management at a garage servicing Brooklyn and Queens was keeping its water bottles in a locked refrigerator and closely rationed despite the extreme temperatures. www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/07/02/a...

Amazon Drivers Brace for Extreme Heat: ‘Risking Their Lives’

A locked fridge, oven-hot delivery vans, and the quest for ice-cold water as delivery drivers haul hundreds of packages each through a New York heat emergency.

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I would love to know if temps inside MSG will be set at 78 degrees during this heat wave, or if the venue participates in demand response programs. (Yes, I have asked.) apnews.com/article/tayl...

Permit obtained by AP shows schedule for Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's wedding

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's wedding is set to begin at New York's Madison Square Garden at 5 p.m. Friday. The event could last until 4 a.m. the next morning.

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This project was meant to bring clean power to the city in times of high demand, like the current heat wave. The grid operator said bringing the line into operation "will be hugely beneficial.” www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/07/02/e...

Canadian Power Line Meant to Shore Up NYC During Heat Waves Out of Service

Crews north of the border are working to resolve the issue as quickly as possible, the company that runs it said.

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Delightful interview showing a lesser-known side of NYC. "Edgar the Egret has been coming for 14 years, he’s a full-grown great egret, stands about 4 ft tall. He lands on my dock, walks into the kitchen, walks right up to me & stands there until I get his food ready." nygroove.nyc/guardian-of-...

11 Questions with the 'Guardian of Jamaica Bay'

90-year-old Don Riepe has been watching over the city's wildest places for decades, and has some wild stories too

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“The formula really just is not adapting to climate change. It’s just been set in stone in a way that is really out of touch with reality,” said Caleb Smith, a policy manager at WE ACT for Environmental Justice, adding that the overall pot is also too small.

New York Focus@nysfocus.com · last mo.

The cooling safety net that provides free air conditioners to New Yorkers across the state ran out of funding in June, before summer officially started and ahead of the state’s hottest months. It’s the earliest the money has ever run out.

Myth-busting time: Heatwaves bring calls to mind energy use & keep ACs at 78°. Then people say, "Turn off Times Square!" But the electric grid is divided into separate local networks, so turning off Times Square wouldn't help anyone in other neighborhoods. www.thecityreporter.nyc/2023/07/27/c...

Con Ed Just Asked New Yorkers to Limit Energy Use — Here’s Why

Widespread need for air conditioning strains the aging electric grid — and not all parts of the city are equally impacted.

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Trading parking spots for trash bins - here's how many and where they'll be. "Buildings with 31 or more units will be automatically assigned the on-street bins that are lifted and emptied by a new fleet of side-loading garbage trucks." gothamist.com/news/nyc-pla...

Climate change made these hot NYC temperatures we're experiencing twice as likely to occur, according to @climatecentral.org

The contract for the new transmission line bringing Canadian hydropower to NYC was supposed to start today. It promised to bring energy in times of high demand, like in a heat wave. But power's not flowing - I'm told there's a "technical issue" right now. www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/06/03/c...

New Yorkers, Electricity Will Now Come to You From Dams in Canada

The completed Champlain Hudson Power Express brings a significant influx of cleaner energy to the city’s electric grid, which is mostly powered by fossil fuels.

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Happy heat wave? No evictions and no Con Ed shut offs, but also no right to cooling… Here’s what to know! www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/07/01/h...

A Heat Wave is Hitting New York. Know Your Rights Ahead of Soaring Temps.

New Yorkers have some legal rights when it comes to severe heat. Ahead of the Fourth of July heat wave, here’s how to protect yourself.

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Great, practical guide to the city's new rental voucher program, by @patrickspauster.com City Hall expects the new vouchers will serve ~ 5,600 households, or 14,000 people, while City Council estimates it could cover 9,600 households, or 30,000 individuals. citylimits.org/city-to-expa...

City To Expand Housing Vouchers in Budget: What You Need To Know - City Limits

Mayor Mamdani and the City Council reached a deal late Monday to expand city-subsidized rental assistance as part of a larger budget agreement.

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