fractenberg
@fractenberg.bsky.social
High-minded, middle class, lowbrow
Visuals Editor for THE CITY
Visuals Editor for THE CITY
Quite the Shakespearean yarn by @rosalindadams.bsky.social, featuring familial perfidy, an hours-long NYPD raid and a cannabis-driven entrepreneurial dream:
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/20/g...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/20/g...
The ‘Godmother’ of Weed vs. Her Uncle, the DEA Agent
Cannabis officials courted a rising pot star to join New York’s legal market. Then a stunning police raid upended everything and shattered her family.
www.thecity.nyc
November 20, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Quite the Shakespearean yarn by @rosalindadams.bsky.social, featuring familial perfidy, an hours-long NYPD raid and a cannabis-driven entrepreneurial dream:
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/20/g...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/20/g...
Federal agents were caught on video pulling a gun on a woman and her children after busting down the door to their Queens home:
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/19/q...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/19/q...
On Camera, Fed Agents Point Guns at Mother and Four Kids in Queens
The agents came looking for a relative who no longer lived in the apartment, the shellshocked mother told THE CITY. Days later, her children are terrified to leave their parents' sides.
www.thecity.nyc
November 19, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Federal agents were caught on video pulling a gun on a woman and her children after busting down the door to their Queens home:
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/19/q...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/19/q...
I think the most enduring NYC slogan is “Post No Bills.”
November 12, 2025 at 11:38 PM
I think the most enduring NYC slogan is “Post No Bills.”
I think it would pretty funny if the tourist shops started selling Zohran nesting dolls.
November 11, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I think it would pretty funny if the tourist shops started selling Zohran nesting dolls.
A story about setting millions of dollars on fire: www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/06/c...
Cuomo Backers Burned $65 Per Vote, Including $13.3 Million From Bloomberg
A blizzard of outside spending on ads, including a spot that linked Zohran Mamdani to 9/11, failed to move voters and may have even backfired.
www.thecity.nyc
November 6, 2025 at 9:38 PM
A story about setting millions of dollars on fire: www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/06/c...
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Delighted to share the latest LIT NYC podcast with you. With political activism rising in NYC, Harry Siegel and I sat down with Ben Fractenberg - Visuals Editor of @thecity.nyc to talk about street photography and protest photography. @fractenberg.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...
Episode 455: The Kismet and the Anxiety of Street Photography
Podcast Episode · FAQ NYC · 11/05/2025 · 48m
podcasts.apple.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Delighted to share the latest LIT NYC podcast with you. With political activism rising in NYC, Harry Siegel and I sat down with Ben Fractenberg - Visuals Editor of @thecity.nyc to talk about street photography and protest photography. @fractenberg.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...
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Crowd of Mamdani. supporters overflowing on Steinway in Astoria, @thecity.nyc
November 5, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Crowd of Mamdani. supporters overflowing on Steinway in Astoria, @thecity.nyc
Here's part of what's at stake in this election. THE CITY has been documenting immigration arrests in and around 26 Federal Plaza since the spring.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/03/5...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/03/5...
Five Months of Fear, Fury and Heartbreak at 26 Federal Plaza
As masked agents arrested immigrants in and around immigration courts, The City has been there to document what's happening.
www.thecity.nyc
November 4, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Here's part of what's at stake in this election. THE CITY has been documenting immigration arrests in and around 26 Federal Plaza since the spring.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/03/5...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/03/5...
If anyone’s looking for their pineapple top, it’s currently on the tracks at Bowling Green.
November 3, 2025 at 9:17 PM
If anyone’s looking for their pineapple top, it’s currently on the tracks at Bowling Green.
Does Dan Smith know about this dude?? Is there gonna be a turf battle?
October 29, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Does Dan Smith know about this dude?? Is there gonna be a turf battle?
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More to come, but confrontation still ongoing with the masked agents trying to leave Canal Street and a spontaneous crowd of counter protesters.
October 21, 2025 at 8:49 PM
More to come, but confrontation still ongoing with the masked agents trying to leave Canal Street and a spontaneous crowd of counter protesters.
Very powerful and important work by Stephanie Keith: nymag.com/intelligence...
Portfolio: The Trap at 26 Federal Plaza
Every day in downtown Manhattan immigrants arriving for routine hearings are targeted by ICE agents and taken from their families.
nymag.com
October 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Very powerful and important work by Stephanie Keith: nymag.com/intelligence...
Partial Collapse at Bronx NYCHA Building Marks Start of Heat Season www.thecity.nyc/2025/10/01/n...
Partial Collapse at Bronx NYCHA Building Marks Start of Heat Season
Investigation focuses on the boiler room, after explosion wrecks 20-story chimney but leaves no injuries.
www.thecity.nyc
October 1, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Partial Collapse at Bronx NYCHA Building Marks Start of Heat Season www.thecity.nyc/2025/10/01/n...
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MAN OF VISION: Mayor Adams sez he’s playing “3D Chess” in reelection bid
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Hizzoner touts “strategy” in “one of the most exciting campaigns” ever in NYC
⬇️ Quite the tale from @katiehonan.bsky.social — and a heck of a @fractenberg.bsky.social snap ⬇️ www.thecity.nyc/2025/09/25/e...
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Hizzoner touts “strategy” in “one of the most exciting campaigns” ever in NYC
⬇️ Quite the tale from @katiehonan.bsky.social — and a heck of a @fractenberg.bsky.social snap ⬇️ www.thecity.nyc/2025/09/25/e...
Mayor Adams Is Playing '3D Chess' in Longshot Re-Election Run, He Says
Lagging poll numbers haven’t stopped Adams from touting “one of the most exciting campaigns” ever.
www.thecity.nyc
September 25, 2025 at 11:06 PM
MAN OF VISION: Mayor Adams sez he’s playing “3D Chess” in reelection bid
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Hizzoner touts “strategy” in “one of the most exciting campaigns” ever in NYC
⬇️ Quite the tale from @katiehonan.bsky.social — and a heck of a @fractenberg.bsky.social snap ⬇️ www.thecity.nyc/2025/09/25/e...
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Hizzoner touts “strategy” in “one of the most exciting campaigns” ever in NYC
⬇️ Quite the tale from @katiehonan.bsky.social — and a heck of a @fractenberg.bsky.social snap ⬇️ www.thecity.nyc/2025/09/25/e...
Amtrak Police Arrests Surge at Penn Bathroom Cruising Spot www.thecity.nyc/2025/09/24/a...
Amtrak Police Arrests Surge at Penn Bathroom Cruising Spot
Federal law enforcement turned a person they arrested in the transit hub directly over to ICE.
www.thecity.nyc
September 24, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Amtrak Police Arrests Surge at Penn Bathroom Cruising Spot www.thecity.nyc/2025/09/24/a...
September 18, 2025 at 11:44 PM
“The fact that somebody comes in after we spend all of this time writing this application? To have somebody come in and dump a big pile of money and blowing everything up, it’s like, ‘Come on!’”
www.thecity.nyc/2025/09/16/e...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/09/16/e...
Eric Adams’ Long Shot Bid Is Still Scoring Support From These Megadonors
Developers seeking City Hall approvals are delivering as much as $250K each to the Empower NYC spending group.
www.thecity.nyc
September 16, 2025 at 1:25 PM
“The fact that somebody comes in after we spend all of this time writing this application? To have somebody come in and dump a big pile of money and blowing everything up, it’s like, ‘Come on!’”
www.thecity.nyc/2025/09/16/e...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/09/16/e...
Quite the lively building
September 15, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Quite the lively building
“Unfortunately he was in the wrong place at the wrong time, but everyone has to make the decision when the call of duty comes,” said retired doorman Bobby Amos about childhood friend and FDNY member. “I come out of every year to pay my respects.”
September 11, 2025 at 3:29 PM
“Unfortunately he was in the wrong place at the wrong time, but everyone has to make the decision when the call of duty comes,” said retired doorman Bobby Amos about childhood friend and FDNY member. “I come out of every year to pay my respects.”
Excited to announce the launch of my AI, "Gronk," which will remind you to "give it 110 percent" and just take things "one game at a time."
September 10, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Excited to announce the launch of my AI, "Gronk," which will remind you to "give it 110 percent" and just take things "one game at a time."
Now that I've hit the big time I'd like to say I'm also available to photograph money-filled Cheetos and Utz bags.
September 5, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Now that I've hit the big time I'd like to say I'm also available to photograph money-filled Cheetos and Utz bags.