Mark D. Levine
@marklevinenyc.bsky.social
Comptroller of New York City.
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NEW: Monthly data are out on rents in NYC
Avg for market rate units, as of Jan 31 (w/ increase over past year)
Manhattan: $5,711 (+11.3%)—All-time high
Brooklyn: $4,264 (+7.5%)
NW Queens: $3,997 (+10.6%)—All-time high
We urgently need to build vastly more housing, especially affordable housing.
Avg for market rate units, as of Jan 31 (w/ increase over past year)
Manhattan: $5,711 (+11.3%)—All-time high
Brooklyn: $4,264 (+7.5%)
NW Queens: $3,997 (+10.6%)—All-time high
We urgently need to build vastly more housing, especially affordable housing.
February 12, 2026 at 7:13 PM
NEW: Monthly data are out on rents in NYC
Avg for market rate units, as of Jan 31 (w/ increase over past year)
Manhattan: $5,711 (+11.3%)—All-time high
Brooklyn: $4,264 (+7.5%)
NW Queens: $3,997 (+10.6%)—All-time high
We urgently need to build vastly more housing, especially affordable housing.
Avg for market rate units, as of Jan 31 (w/ increase over past year)
Manhattan: $5,711 (+11.3%)—All-time high
Brooklyn: $4,264 (+7.5%)
NW Queens: $3,997 (+10.6%)—All-time high
We urgently need to build vastly more housing, especially affordable housing.
Our increasingly unequal economy summed up in two headlines
February 7, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Our increasingly unequal economy summed up in two headlines
Reminder ahead of this weekend's frigid temperatures...
Landlords in NYC are legally required to provide:
* Heat-- At least 68 degrees during day (6am-10pm) and 62 degrees at night (10pm-6am)
* Hot water-- At least 120 degrees
(1/2)
Landlords in NYC are legally required to provide:
* Heat-- At least 68 degrees during day (6am-10pm) and 62 degrees at night (10pm-6am)
* Hot water-- At least 120 degrees
(1/2)
February 7, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Reminder ahead of this weekend's frigid temperatures...
Landlords in NYC are legally required to provide:
* Heat-- At least 68 degrees during day (6am-10pm) and 62 degrees at night (10pm-6am)
* Hot water-- At least 120 degrees
(1/2)
Landlords in NYC are legally required to provide:
* Heat-- At least 68 degrees during day (6am-10pm) and 62 degrees at night (10pm-6am)
* Hot water-- At least 120 degrees
(1/2)
NYC used to consistently build 5-10 new subway stations every single year.
Since 1990 we have built 4. Not 4 per year, 4 total over 36 years.
We need to get back to building transit on a grand scale. This is what our system could look like:
Since 1990 we have built 4. Not 4 per year, 4 total over 36 years.
We need to get back to building transit on a grand scale. This is what our system could look like:
February 6, 2026 at 3:14 AM
NYC used to consistently build 5-10 new subway stations every single year.
Since 1990 we have built 4. Not 4 per year, 4 total over 36 years.
We need to get back to building transit on a grand scale. This is what our system could look like:
Since 1990 we have built 4. Not 4 per year, 4 total over 36 years.
We need to get back to building transit on a grand scale. This is what our system could look like:
NYC's pension system is a significant shareholder in Palantir. We are using that leverage.
I have made a formal request for the company to secure a third-party assessment of the legal, reputational, civil-rights & human-rights risks associated with their work with ICE.
I have made a formal request for the company to secure a third-party assessment of the legal, reputational, civil-rights & human-rights risks associated with their work with ICE.
NYC invests in firm that helps ICE deport people. The city comptroller is concerned.
City Comptroller Mark Levine is pressing for an inquiry into Palantir Technologies, citing human rights concerns.
gothamist.com
February 5, 2026 at 3:34 AM
NYC's pension system is a significant shareholder in Palantir. We are using that leverage.
I have made a formal request for the company to secure a third-party assessment of the legal, reputational, civil-rights & human-rights risks associated with their work with ICE.
I have made a formal request for the company to secure a third-party assessment of the legal, reputational, civil-rights & human-rights risks associated with their work with ICE.
NEW: You now have free unlimited access to @nytimes.com online at all NYPL branches, with no library card or login required. Just connect your device to library WiFi or use one of their computers. Includes news, games, cooking, The Athletic, Wirecutter etc.
One more reason to love our libraries!
One more reason to love our libraries!
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January 30, 2026 at 1:33 PM
NEW: You now have free unlimited access to @nytimes.com online at all NYPL branches, with no library card or login required. Just connect your device to library WiFi or use one of their computers. Includes news, games, cooking, The Athletic, Wirecutter etc.
One more reason to love our libraries!
One more reason to love our libraries!
It's Int'l Holocaust Remembrance Day
And yet, in America:
41% can’t identify Auschwitz
45% can’t name a single concentration camp
32% believe fewer than 2 million Jews were murdered
Antisemitism rises amid ignorance. The cause of Holocaust education is more urgent than ever.
And yet, in America:
41% can’t identify Auschwitz
45% can’t name a single concentration camp
32% believe fewer than 2 million Jews were murdered
Antisemitism rises amid ignorance. The cause of Holocaust education is more urgent than ever.
January 27, 2026 at 4:08 PM
It's Int'l Holocaust Remembrance Day
And yet, in America:
41% can’t identify Auschwitz
45% can’t name a single concentration camp
32% believe fewer than 2 million Jews were murdered
Antisemitism rises amid ignorance. The cause of Holocaust education is more urgent than ever.
And yet, in America:
41% can’t identify Auschwitz
45% can’t name a single concentration camp
32% believe fewer than 2 million Jews were murdered
Antisemitism rises amid ignorance. The cause of Holocaust education is more urgent than ever.
Live view of how recently streets have been plowed across NYC.
Green = within past hour. Blue = within 1-3 hours.
This is thanks to the extraordinary efforts of @nycsanitation.bsky.social workers driving 2,000+ plows.
Get a live map of plowing in your neighborhood: nyc.gov/plownyc
Green = within past hour. Blue = within 1-3 hours.
This is thanks to the extraordinary efforts of @nycsanitation.bsky.social workers driving 2,000+ plows.
Get a live map of plowing in your neighborhood: nyc.gov/plownyc
January 25, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Live view of how recently streets have been plowed across NYC.
Green = within past hour. Blue = within 1-3 hours.
This is thanks to the extraordinary efforts of @nycsanitation.bsky.social workers driving 2,000+ plows.
Get a live map of plowing in your neighborhood: nyc.gov/plownyc
Green = within past hour. Blue = within 1-3 hours.
This is thanks to the extraordinary efforts of @nycsanitation.bsky.social workers driving 2,000+ plows.
Get a live map of plowing in your neighborhood: nyc.gov/plownyc
NYC has an excellent tool to see how recently any street has been plowed. Check out PlowNYC at: nyc.gov/plownyc
Thank you to the 1000s of hard working men and women at @nycsanitation.bsky.social who are out battling this storm.
Thank you to the 1000s of hard working men and women at @nycsanitation.bsky.social who are out battling this storm.
January 25, 2026 at 2:11 PM
NYC has an excellent tool to see how recently any street has been plowed. Check out PlowNYC at: nyc.gov/plownyc
Thank you to the 1000s of hard working men and women at @nycsanitation.bsky.social who are out battling this storm.
Thank you to the 1000s of hard working men and women at @nycsanitation.bsky.social who are out battling this storm.
NEW: Due to storm, NYC has just opened warming centers for anyone who needs to get out of the cold.
Two in each borough. Open round-the-clock through Monday.
Locations:
Two in each borough. Open round-the-clock through Monday.
Locations:
January 25, 2026 at 4:41 AM
NEW: Due to storm, NYC has just opened warming centers for anyone who needs to get out of the cold.
Two in each borough. Open round-the-clock through Monday.
Locations:
Two in each borough. Open round-the-clock through Monday.
Locations:
Another horrifying death at the hands of ICE.
This is not an unforeseen tragedy.
This is the PREDICTABLE result of sending 1000s of unaccountable, poorly trained, masked federal agents into an American city.
Those who made this possible must answer for what followed.
This is not an unforeseen tragedy.
This is the PREDICTABLE result of sending 1000s of unaccountable, poorly trained, masked federal agents into an American city.
Those who made this possible must answer for what followed.
January 24, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Another horrifying death at the hands of ICE.
This is not an unforeseen tragedy.
This is the PREDICTABLE result of sending 1000s of unaccountable, poorly trained, masked federal agents into an American city.
Those who made this possible must answer for what followed.
This is not an unforeseen tragedy.
This is the PREDICTABLE result of sending 1000s of unaccountable, poorly trained, masked federal agents into an American city.
Those who made this possible must answer for what followed.
NWS is out with updated forecast for tomorrow’s storm in NYC:
* 10-14 in. accumulation of snow & sleet
* 2 in./hr at peak, with near whiteout conditions
* Wind chill down to 2 degrees overnight
* Wind gusts up to 35 mph
This will be serious. Plan to avoid travel tomorrow if at all possible.
* 10-14 in. accumulation of snow & sleet
* 2 in./hr at peak, with near whiteout conditions
* Wind chill down to 2 degrees overnight
* Wind gusts up to 35 mph
This will be serious. Plan to avoid travel tomorrow if at all possible.
January 24, 2026 at 3:05 PM
NWS is out with updated forecast for tomorrow’s storm in NYC:
* 10-14 in. accumulation of snow & sleet
* 2 in./hr at peak, with near whiteout conditions
* Wind chill down to 2 degrees overnight
* Wind gusts up to 35 mph
This will be serious. Plan to avoid travel tomorrow if at all possible.
* 10-14 in. accumulation of snow & sleet
* 2 in./hr at peak, with near whiteout conditions
* Wind chill down to 2 degrees overnight
* Wind gusts up to 35 mph
This will be serious. Plan to avoid travel tomorrow if at all possible.
Now would be an excellent time to rewatch “Borgen”
January 21, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Now would be an excellent time to rewatch “Borgen”
Please enjoy this animation of weekday subway service in NYC
(by u/superandywaffle)
(by u/superandywaffle)
January 15, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Please enjoy this animation of weekday subway service in NYC
(by u/superandywaffle)
(by u/superandywaffle)
Huge announcement from Gov. Hochul:
Next phase of 2nd Av subway expansion would cross west on 125th St all the way to Broadway, connecting to busy stations on the 2/3, A/B/C/D, and 1 lines.
This would provide much needed crosstown access for 100s of thousands of uptown residents. Truly exciting.
Next phase of 2nd Av subway expansion would cross west on 125th St all the way to Broadway, connecting to busy stations on the 2/3, A/B/C/D, and 1 lines.
This would provide much needed crosstown access for 100s of thousands of uptown residents. Truly exciting.
January 13, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Huge announcement from Gov. Hochul:
Next phase of 2nd Av subway expansion would cross west on 125th St all the way to Broadway, connecting to busy stations on the 2/3, A/B/C/D, and 1 lines.
This would provide much needed crosstown access for 100s of thousands of uptown residents. Truly exciting.
Next phase of 2nd Av subway expansion would cross west on 125th St all the way to Broadway, connecting to busy stations on the 2/3, A/B/C/D, and 1 lines.
This would provide much needed crosstown access for 100s of thousands of uptown residents. Truly exciting.
"NYS Dept of Health & NYC Health Dept reject all recent and unilateral changes to the CDC immunization schedule."
This letter just went all to all medical providers in NYC. It sends an unambiguous message: Do not change your prior immunization practices.
This letter just went all to all medical providers in NYC. It sends an unambiguous message: Do not change your prior immunization practices.
January 9, 2026 at 3:30 AM
"NYS Dept of Health & NYC Health Dept reject all recent and unilateral changes to the CDC immunization schedule."
This letter just went all to all medical providers in NYC. It sends an unambiguous message: Do not change your prior immunization practices.
This letter just went all to all medical providers in NYC. It sends an unambiguous message: Do not change your prior immunization practices.
I am absolutely horrified by the videos of the ICE shooting.
This is an unaccountable, vastly over-resourced agency that is unambiguously making us less safe. And now today a 6-year old child became an orphan. This is sickening and it has to stop.
This is an unaccountable, vastly over-resourced agency that is unambiguously making us less safe. And now today a 6-year old child became an orphan. This is sickening and it has to stop.
January 8, 2026 at 12:58 AM
I am absolutely horrified by the videos of the ICE shooting.
This is an unaccountable, vastly over-resourced agency that is unambiguously making us less safe. And now today a 6-year old child became an orphan. This is sickening and it has to stop.
This is an unaccountable, vastly over-resourced agency that is unambiguously making us less safe. And now today a 6-year old child became an orphan. This is sickening and it has to stop.
Where the hell is congress??
January 3, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Where the hell is congress??
We were told the boat killings were about drugs, not regime change.
We were told a land invasion of Venezuela would require congressional authorization.
We were told the U.S. would not be starting wars.
All lies.
We were told a land invasion of Venezuela would require congressional authorization.
We were told the U.S. would not be starting wars.
All lies.
January 3, 2026 at 3:26 PM
We were told the boat killings were about drugs, not regime change.
We were told a land invasion of Venezuela would require congressional authorization.
We were told the U.S. would not be starting wars.
All lies.
We were told a land invasion of Venezuela would require congressional authorization.
We were told the U.S. would not be starting wars.
All lies.
NY's bad flu season is getting worse.
Last week there were 4,546 hospitalizations—most ever recorded in a single week.
This is happening at time when flu vaccination rates are down.
It's not too late to get your flu vax this season. Find a provider in NYC here: on.nyc.gov/getvaccinated.
Last week there were 4,546 hospitalizations—most ever recorded in a single week.
This is happening at time when flu vaccination rates are down.
It's not too late to get your flu vax this season. Find a provider in NYC here: on.nyc.gov/getvaccinated.
January 3, 2026 at 2:20 AM
NY's bad flu season is getting worse.
Last week there were 4,546 hospitalizations—most ever recorded in a single week.
This is happening at time when flu vaccination rates are down.
It's not too late to get your flu vax this season. Find a provider in NYC here: on.nyc.gov/getvaccinated.
Last week there were 4,546 hospitalizations—most ever recorded in a single week.
This is happening at time when flu vaccination rates are down.
It's not too late to get your flu vax this season. Find a provider in NYC here: on.nyc.gov/getvaccinated.
Follow @nyccomptroller.bsky.social for updates from my new office!
New job. New office. Same building. Let’s get to work.
January 2, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Follow @nyccomptroller.bsky.social for updates from my new office!
A remarkable trend that will come as a shock to you if your only info about NYC is from this Fox News.
Homicides in NYC...
1990: 2,262
1993: 1,927
1998: 629
2001: 649
2013: 335
2019: 320
2021: 488
2024: 382
2025 (as of 12/28): 302
Homicides in NYC...
1990: 2,262
1993: 1,927
1998: 629
2001: 649
2013: 335
2019: 320
2021: 488
2024: 382
2025 (as of 12/28): 302
December 31, 2025 at 11:40 PM
A remarkable trend that will come as a shock to you if your only info about NYC is from this Fox News.
Homicides in NYC...
1990: 2,262
1993: 1,927
1998: 629
2001: 649
2013: 335
2019: 320
2021: 488
2024: 382
2025 (as of 12/28): 302
Homicides in NYC...
1990: 2,262
1993: 1,927
1998: 629
2001: 649
2013: 335
2019: 320
2021: 488
2024: 382
2025 (as of 12/28): 302
I've worked closely w/ Kamar throughout his tenure as supt. of D3.
In the face of a long series of challenges in the district—changes in admission standards, school consolidations etc—he's consistently led with compassion, principle & nuance.
He's truly an outstanding choice to lead DOE citywide.
In the face of a long series of challenges in the district—changes in admission standards, school consolidations etc—he's consistently led with compassion, principle & nuance.
He's truly an outstanding choice to lead DOE citywide.
Kamar Samuels is Mamdani's pick to lead the DOE, three sources with knowledge of the plan tell City & State.
Big city team scoop by @hollypret.bsky.social, @anniemcdonough.bsky.social and @sahalied.bsky.social
www.cityandstateny.com/personality/...
Big city team scoop by @hollypret.bsky.social, @anniemcdonough.bsky.social and @sahalied.bsky.social
www.cityandstateny.com/personality/...
Mamdani to name Kamar Samuels as schools chancellor
The Manhattan superintendent will lead the nation’s largest public school system.
www.cityandstateny.com
December 31, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I've worked closely w/ Kamar throughout his tenure as supt. of D3.
In the face of a long series of challenges in the district—changes in admission standards, school consolidations etc—he's consistently led with compassion, principle & nuance.
He's truly an outstanding choice to lead DOE citywide.
In the face of a long series of challenges in the district—changes in admission standards, school consolidations etc—he's consistently led with compassion, principle & nuance.
He's truly an outstanding choice to lead DOE citywide.
NY is having a bad flu season. More hospitalizations last week than any week on record.
Health authorities are encouraging everyone aged 6mo+ to get the flu vax (it's not too late).
Find a provider here: on.nyc.gov/getvaccinated. You can filter for sites where there's no cost for the uninsured.
Health authorities are encouraging everyone aged 6mo+ to get the flu vax (it's not too late).
Find a provider here: on.nyc.gov/getvaccinated. You can filter for sites where there's no cost for the uninsured.
December 28, 2025 at 3:09 PM
NY is having a bad flu season. More hospitalizations last week than any week on record.
Health authorities are encouraging everyone aged 6mo+ to get the flu vax (it's not too late).
Find a provider here: on.nyc.gov/getvaccinated. You can filter for sites where there's no cost for the uninsured.
Health authorities are encouraging everyone aged 6mo+ to get the flu vax (it's not too late).
Find a provider here: on.nyc.gov/getvaccinated. You can filter for sites where there's no cost for the uninsured.
NYC has an excellent tool to see how recently any street has been plowed. Check out PlowNYC at: plownyc.cityofnewyork.us/plownyc/
Thank you to the 1000s of hard working men and women at @nycsanitation.bsky.social who are out battling this storm tonight.
Thank you to the 1000s of hard working men and women at @nycsanitation.bsky.social who are out battling this storm tonight.
December 27, 2025 at 12:40 AM
NYC has an excellent tool to see how recently any street has been plowed. Check out PlowNYC at: plownyc.cityofnewyork.us/plownyc/
Thank you to the 1000s of hard working men and women at @nycsanitation.bsky.social who are out battling this storm tonight.
Thank you to the 1000s of hard working men and women at @nycsanitation.bsky.social who are out battling this storm tonight.