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All From:
Eric Adams
housing crisis
Mar. 21, 2023
What Does the Mayor Have Against Windows?
Natural daylight is not the enemy of affordable housing.
By
Alissa Walker
getting around
Mar. 9, 2023
The New Taxi Commissioner Is Doing an Undercover-Boss Thing
And if you manage to hail David Do, the ride is free.
By
Clio Chang
our mayor
Mar. 6, 2023
Eric Adams Wants to Fight Shoplifting With Mask-Lifting
“Do not allow people to enter the store without taking off their face mask.”
By
Clio Chang
early and often
Feb. 21, 2023
Who Wants to Be Mayor?
Chicago’s boss is in danger of being thrown from office, in a warning sign for other Democrats.
By
Ross Barkan
our mayor
Feb. 15, 2023
Eric Adams Will Pay $300 for His Rats
The mayor needs to bin his recyclables.
By
Clio Chang
furniture
Feb. 14, 2023
City Austerity Has Come for the Herman Miller Desk Chair
As Adams pushes for budget cuts, lawmakers are singling out a contract with the Aeron-famous furniture company.
By
Clio Chang
streets
Jan. 27, 2023
Clearing Vendors From the Brooklyn Bridge Won’t Solve Its Overcrowding Problem
The bridge deserves a more comprehensive plan.
By
Diana Budds
state of the city
Jan. 23, 2023
Working for New York City When Everyone Else Is Leaving
Empty cubicles, giant caseloads that leave low-income tenants without rent aid, and “no end in sight.”
By
Ross Barkan
crime
Jan. 18, 2023
Here’s Why Everything at Walgreens Is Suddenly Behind Plastic
The recent spike in shoplifting is both overblown and real. And almost everyone is profiting from it (including you).
By
James D. Walsh
rats
Jan. 13, 2023
‘We Were Killing Them With These Little Pitchforks’
Talking to Matt Deodato, rat specialist.
By
Adriane Quinlan
mysteries
Jan. 5, 2023
Why Can’t We Figure Out Where Politicians Live?
Lester Chang and George Santos are just the latest.
By
Clio Chang
our mayor
Jan. 4, 2023
Eric Adams Has More Rats
Even his patented rat bucket didn’t solve the problem.
By
Clio Chang
goodbye 2022
Dec. 21, 2022
The Year in Rent
Breaking down the 12 months in which everything got more expensive, then more expensive, and then even more expensive.
By
Clio Chang
street view
Dec. 15, 2022
Can the Hochul-Adams New New York Actually Happen?
The Hochul-Adams mission statement is big on sweeping ideas — and way short on explaining how any of this happens.
By
Justin Davidson
first person
Dec. 9, 2022
I Lost My Brother Twice
First to schizophrenia, then forever to the city.
By
Alex Brook Lynn
our mayor
Dec. 5, 2022
Eric Adams Has Rats
According to an unpaid summons for his Bed-Stuy townhouse.
By
Clio Chang
reasons to love new york
Dec. 5, 2022
Eric Adams Is Certainly Enjoying Himself
Performance is an inherent part of politics. But perhaps no prior mayor has ever leaned so far into spectacle.
By
Clio Chang
urban fauna
Dec. 1, 2022
The City’s Listing for a Rat Director Is a Bit Much
The right candidate will have a “general aura of badassery.”
By
Clio Chang
migrant crisis
Nov. 11, 2022
Eric Adams Closes His Big Tent on Randall’s Island
Migrants are moving to hotels, which is what many advocates asked for in the first place.
By
Clio Chang
city agencies
Nov. 2, 2022
The Department of Buildings Seems Like a Mess Right Now
The Buildings commissioner was just interviewed in relation to an illegal gambling investigation, and that’s just the half of it.
By
Clio Chang
migrant crisis
Oct. 19, 2022
The Randalls Island Migrant Shelter Is Looking a Lot Less Temporary
“There is no limit to how long people that are seeking asylum can stay in this facility.”
By
Clio Chang
haunted
Oct. 6, 2022
I Brought a Medium to Gracie Mansion
The mayor says there are ghosts. I wanted to believe.
By
Clio Chang
migrant crisis
Oct. 4, 2022
Is Moving Migrants to Randalls Island a Solution?
Critics of the plan say the mayor is swapping one isolated floodplain for another.
By
Clio Chang
parks and recreation
Sept. 21, 2022
The City Quietly Stopped Pruning a Lot of Its Trees
And now it’s hurricane season.
By
Clio Chang
the city politic
Sept. 11, 2022
New York’s Leaders Are Sleeping Through a Housing Emergency
The political response should reflect the size and speed of the worsening crisis. It hasn’t even come close.
By
Errol Louis
getting around
Aug. 4, 2022
Eric Adams vs. New York’s Greatest Boat Ride
Pay the Staten Island Ferry staff, please.
By
Bridget Read
the unhoused
July 28, 2022
Trump’s Grotesque Plan to ‘End Homelessness’ Is Already Mainstream Policy
Among plenty of Democrats, too.
By
Alissa Walker
urban fauna
July 28, 2022
Rat Dinnertime May Be Pushed Back by 4 Hours
What is this, Europe?
By
Clio Chang
getting around
July 19, 2022
We’ve Surrendered the Subway to the Flood
The water is winning.
By
Clio Chang
the return to the office
July 13, 2022
No One Wants to Work for New York City Anymore
Blame the office, among other things.
By
Choire Sicha
the real estate
July 7, 2022
The Woo-woo Agents of Real Estate
Can unblocking your chakras get you a house? Maybe!
By
Bridget Read
nypd
July 6, 2022
The NYPD Changed Its Fitness-Test Requirements
And some cops are upset about it.
By
Clio Chang
our mayor
June 27, 2022
Eric Adams Tracks Homeless Encampments on a Google Doc
It’s his “system,” and he gets mad when police don’t use it.
By
Clio Chang
our mayor
June 23, 2022
Meet Eric Adams’s Other Brooklyn Apartment
An unofficial tour of the Prospect Heights co-op he forgot he still owned.
By
Clio Chang
getting around
June 23, 2022
Bring on the SUV Crushing
If New York City wants to do safety spectacle, let’s go big.
By
Alissa Walker
the rent is too damn high
June 22, 2022
Rent-Stabilized Apartments Are About to Get More Expensive
The Rent Guidelines Board voted, tenants booed, landlords cleaned up.
By
Clio Chang
cannabis
June 16, 2022
The Weed World Trucks Are Apparently Terrible at Parking
According to this week’s impound rate.
By
Clio Chang
politics
June 7, 2022
New Yorkers Really Don’t Like Adams, Hochul Because of Crime
A new poll shows fear of crime has skyrocketed and sent both Democrats’ approval ratings into a crater.
By
Nia Prater
our mayor
May 26, 2022
The Strange Case of the Mayor, a Bishop, and the Alleged Q Train Shooter
Fraudulent car loans are also tangentially involved.
By
Clio Chang
are u coming?
May 19, 2022
Rockin’ Out With the Mayor and ‘Late-Night Dorinda’ at the New Hard Rock Hotel
Don’t expect
Sid and Nancy
; it’s pretty swanky.
By
Brock Colyar
our mayor
May 11, 2022
Eric Adams Is Design’s New Hype Man
And by design, he means fashion.
By
Diana Budds
covid
Apr. 29, 2022
The
Good-Luck-With-That
Pandemic
The city has moved on. The rest is a little puzzle for you to solve.
By
Katy Schneider
getting around
Apr. 11, 2022
Fare-Evasion Arrests Are Back With a Vengeance
Eric Adams’s subway crackdown has arrived.
By
Clio Chang
the unhoused
Apr. 7, 2022
The 8-Hour Standoff Against a Homeless-Encampment Sweep in the East Village
Seven people were arrested after protesting the removal of the tents near Tompkins Square Park.
By
Sam Russek
housing
Apr. 1, 2022
The Cruel Theater of Encampment Sweeps
Adams’s task force cleared hundreds of sites. Five people accepted a bed.
By
Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein
our mayor
Mar. 29, 2022
Eric Adams, Dr. Oz, and Cara Delevingne Attend Credit-Card Party
It’s for paying your rent!
By
Clio Chang
the unhoused
Mar. 15, 2022
A 24-Hour Manhunt and a Fleeting Sense of Safety for Unhoused New Yorkers
The suspect in a fatal shooting spree is in custody. What the city does next will matter more.
By
Clio Chang
our mayor
Mar. 14, 2022
Eric Adams Greets the Week in Total Darkness
He’s also on TikTok.
By
Clio Chang
our mayor
Mar. 7, 2022
The Pandemic Is Over for Eric Adams
And he’s having a lot of fun!
By
Clio Chang
sweatpants city
Feb. 23, 2022
Eric Adams Hates Remote Work So Much
Now he’s making fun of your pajamas.
By
Clio Chang
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