Gwynne Hogan
@gwynnefitz.bsky.social
Reporter covering immigration, homelessness, other stuff, for THE CITY
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Gwynne Hogan
@gwynnefitz.bsky.social
· Jun 11
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h/t to @samtlevin.bsky.social + @propertyofthepeople.orgwho first obtained the FBI memo.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:51 PM
h/t to @samtlevin.bsky.social + @propertyofthepeople.orgwho first obtained the FBI memo.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The NYPD is confirming its involvement in an FBI probe targeting volunteer immigration court observers, saying it was part of a “broader counterterrorism investigation" into "a range of possible criminal activities.”
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/21/n...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/21/n...
NYPD Confirms Involvement in FBI Probe Targeting Volunteer Observers in Immigration Court
An FBI document referred to activists at immigration courts as “anarchist violent extremist actors” and cited a "sensitive source with excellent access” to an encrypted chat.
www.thecity.nyc
November 21, 2025 at 8:51 PM
The NYPD is confirming its involvement in an FBI probe targeting volunteer immigration court observers, saying it was part of a “broader counterterrorism investigation" into "a range of possible criminal activities.”
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/21/n...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/21/n...
Reposted by Gwynne Hogan
While state officials were courting a talented cannabis grower to join the legal market, her uncle was a former top DEA official who threatened her for growing plants at home. Then police and firefighters swarmed her house in a raid that would shatter her family.
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 5:08 PM
While state officials were courting a talented cannabis grower to join the legal market, her uncle was a former top DEA official who threatened her for growing plants at home. Then police and firefighters swarmed her house in a raid that would shatter her family.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/20/g...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/20/g...
VIDEO: Federal Agents Bust Into Queens Apartment, Pointing Guns at Mother and Her Four Kids 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 6:27 PM
VIDEO: Federal Agents Bust Into Queens Apartment, Pointing Guns at Mother and Her Four Kids www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/19/q...
The actual most detailed map on how every neighborhood voted via @haidee.bsky.social.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/04/e...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/04/e...
November 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The actual most detailed map on how every neighborhood voted via @haidee.bsky.social.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/04/e...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/04/e...
Reposted by Gwynne Hogan
you've got to click around on this map, and the graphics here ... it's astounding. @haidee.bsky.social did such a great job with this:
Explore How Different New Yorkers Voted for Mayor
See how voters turned out for Zohran Mamdani, Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa in every neighborhood in the city — and by income, housing and transit preference.
www.thecity.nyc
November 5, 2025 at 4:59 AM
you've got to click around on this map, and the graphics here ... it's astounding. @haidee.bsky.social did such a great job with this:
Mamdani's speech ends and Steinway goes wild.
November 5, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Mamdani's speech ends and Steinway goes wild.
Steinway freaks out at mention of Steinway in Mamdani's victory speech. @thecity.nyc
November 5, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Steinway freaks out at mention of Steinway in Mamdani's victory speech. @thecity.nyc
Astoria is overflowing with Mamdani supporters as he clinches a historic win, read out first draft of that history at @thecity.nyc
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/04/m...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/04/m...
November 5, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Astoria is overflowing with Mamdani supporters as he clinches a historic win, read out first draft of that history at @thecity.nyc
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/04/m...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/04/m...
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
correct! we don't have hourly breakdowns for past years
November 4, 2025 at 7:58 PM
correct! we don't have hourly breakdowns for past years
This many New Yorkers haven't voted in a mayoral election since the 2005 race between Bloomberg and Fernando Ferrer, when 1.3 million NYC residents voted.
November 4, 2025 at 5:52 PM
This many New Yorkers haven't voted in a mayoral election since the 2005 race between Bloomberg and Fernando Ferrer, when 1.3 million NYC residents voted.
By noon, with nine hours left of voting, we've already surpassed the number of New Yorkers voting in a mayoral election going back two decades.
Here's @thecity.nyc's first pass from the polls.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/04/n...
Here's @thecity.nyc's first pass from the polls.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/04/n...
New Yorkers Flock to the Polls as Combative Mayoral Race Concludes
It’s Election Day in the greatest city in the world. New Yorkers are deciding on the city’s next mayor and a host of other races and ballot questions. Polls are open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.
www.thecity.nyc
November 4, 2025 at 5:49 PM
By noon, with nine hours left of voting, we've already surpassed the number of New Yorkers voting in a mayoral election going back two decades.
Here's @thecity.nyc's first pass from the polls.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/04/n...
Here's @thecity.nyc's first pass from the polls.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/04/n...
Several hundred gather in Jamaica to see Mamdani speak before they head out to knock on doors. Crowd drowns a heckler out with chants of Mamdani.
November 1, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Several hundred gather in Jamaica to see Mamdani speak before they head out to knock on doors. Crowd drowns a heckler out with chants of Mamdani.
Al Sharpton introducing Mamdani, w/ mentioning Cuomo by name says, "it's saturday before election day only one candidate showed up," goes onto rail "the ugly islamophobia," in the final days of the race, "if you can't get a vote on your record, don't play us against each other."
November 1, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Al Sharpton introducing Mamdani, w/ mentioning Cuomo by name says, "it's saturday before election day only one candidate showed up," goes onto rail "the ugly islamophobia," in the final days of the race, "if you can't get a vote on your record, don't play us against each other."
At the NAN this morning, Mamdani is expected to speak shortly, one woman, Walle from Manhattan, rails at Mayor Eric Adams for being MIA in recent weeks, "my heart is broken," she says pointing to flooding Thursday. "Not to show up and do a press conference w/ the water up to you ears."
November 1, 2025 at 1:34 PM
At the NAN this morning, Mamdani is expected to speak shortly, one woman, Walle from Manhattan, rails at Mayor Eric Adams for being MIA in recent weeks, "my heart is broken," she says pointing to flooding Thursday. "Not to show up and do a press conference w/ the water up to you ears."
A remaining group of protesters are still chanting and marching back and forth across Broadway, more NYPD officers are gathering by 26 Fed blocking off Duane Street.
October 21, 2025 at 11:25 PM
A remaining group of protesters are still chanting and marching back and forth across Broadway, more NYPD officers are gathering by 26 Fed blocking off Duane Street.
First pass at the chaotic scene that just happened in Lower Manhattan.
Military-Style Sweep Hits NYC as Masked Federal Agents Arrest Canal Street Vendors www.thecity.nyc/2025/10/21/i...
Military-Style Sweep Hits NYC as Masked Federal Agents Arrest Canal Street Vendors www.thecity.nyc/2025/10/21/i...
Military-Style Sweep Hits NYC as Masked Federal Agents Arrest Canal Street Vendors
Spontaneous protestors were met with an armored military vehicle and assault rifles in a crackdown that escalated the Trump administration’s focus on NYC.
www.thecity.nyc
October 21, 2025 at 10:30 PM
First pass at the chaotic scene that just happened in Lower Manhattan.
Military-Style Sweep Hits NYC as Masked Federal Agents Arrest Canal Street Vendors www.thecity.nyc/2025/10/21/i...
Military-Style Sweep Hits NYC as Masked Federal Agents Arrest Canal Street Vendors www.thecity.nyc/2025/10/21/i...
More video of the tank on Lafayette a short while ago outside 26 Federal Plaza, and federal agents making arrests of counter protesters.
October 21, 2025 at 10:19 PM
More video of the tank on Lafayette a short while ago outside 26 Federal Plaza, and federal agents making arrests of counter protesters.
Earlier on Canal Street, as agents attempted to disperse, one who I recognize from the courts pulled out a taser and threatened protester with it. @thecity.nyc
October 21, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Earlier on Canal Street, as agents attempted to disperse, one who I recognize from the courts pulled out a taser and threatened protester with it. @thecity.nyc
The large tank and other vehicles have now pulled into 26 Federal Plaza, feds arrested several people, and NYPD SRG now on scene, things are now calmer, going to post some more videos from earlier shortly.
October 21, 2025 at 9:04 PM
The large tank and other vehicles have now pulled into 26 Federal Plaza, feds arrested several people, and NYPD SRG now on scene, things are now calmer, going to post some more videos from earlier shortly.
Feds have arrived in force outside Federal Plaza.
October 21, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Feds have arrived in force outside Federal Plaza.
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.
More federal agents on Canal, counter protesters gather shouting the agents.
October 21, 2025 at 8:37 PM
More federal agents on Canal, counter protesters gather shouting the agents.