Virginia K. Smith
@vksmith.bsky.social
co-founder @nygroove.nyc, digital @marketplace.org
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Here's a good rundown from @vksmith.bsky.social of how the mayor's new 'Rental Ripoff' hearings will work, and unfortunately it's less of a specatator sport than you might have hoped nygroove.nyc/what-to-actu...
What to actually expect from the mayor's 'Rental Ripoff' hearings
How to sign up, and why this won't be a free-for-all open mic airing of grievances
nygroove.nyc
February 12, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Here's a good rundown from @vksmith.bsky.social of how the mayor's new 'Rental Ripoff' hearings will work, and unfortunately it's less of a specatator sport than you might have hoped nygroove.nyc/what-to-actu...
expect the vibe to be more "school science fair" than "wild-ass open mic" nygroove.nyc/what-to-actu...
What to actually expect from the mayor's 'Rental Ripoff' hearings
How to sign up, and why this won't be a free-for-all open mic airing of grievances
nygroove.nyc
February 12, 2026 at 3:20 PM
expect the vibe to be more "school science fair" than "wild-ass open mic" nygroove.nyc/what-to-actu...
blogged my personal favorite bowl slop recipe, among other things nygroove.nyc/how-to-stop-...
The Groove guide to freeing yourself from food delivery
The new young broke need to learn some lessons from the seasoned old broke
nygroove.nyc
February 5, 2026 at 3:12 PM
blogged my personal favorite bowl slop recipe, among other things nygroove.nyc/how-to-stop-...
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We’re launching a pop-up newsletter to keep tabs on everything going on with ICE - including @wired.com reporting and essential coverage from other outlets, plus analysis to help you make sense of the chaos.
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Tracker Newsletter: ICE in Focus
As federal agents carry out Trump’s program of mass deportation, this limited-series newsletter will track what’s happening and what’s coming next.
www.wired.com
January 30, 2026 at 8:04 PM
We’re launching a pop-up newsletter to keep tabs on everything going on with ICE - including @wired.com reporting and essential coverage from other outlets, plus analysis to help you make sense of the chaos.
Sign up here, first edition next week:
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Sixers hold a moment of silence for Dan McQuade.
January 30, 2026 at 12:04 AM
Sixers hold a moment of silence for Dan McQuade.
. @davecolon.bsky.social is being entirely reasonable here nygroove.nyc/brooklyn-bri...
If you tie your garbage to the Brooklyn Bridge you should be thrown off the bridge
I am not fucking around here.
nygroove.nyc
January 29, 2026 at 2:58 PM
. @davecolon.bsky.social is being entirely reasonable here nygroove.nyc/brooklyn-bri...
📣 Marketplace is hiring a temp newsletter writer for 3-4 months, starts at $40+/hr, remote friendly. don't sleep on it — we're only taking applications this week! recruiting2.ultipro.com/AME1098APMG/...
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January 27, 2026 at 5:52 PM
📣 Marketplace is hiring a temp newsletter writer for 3-4 months, starts at $40+/hr, remote friendly. don't sleep on it — we're only taking applications this week! recruiting2.ultipro.com/AME1098APMG/...
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you can start a tenants union today, it's probably a good time to do it! Here's a well-reported guide by @vksmith.bsky.social nygroove.nyc/how-to-start...
Let the Pinnacle case be be your inspiration to start a tenants union
'People can just start a tenants association the same way you can start a book club.'
nygroove.nyc
January 22, 2026 at 4:35 PM
you can start a tenants union today, it's probably a good time to do it! Here's a well-reported guide by @vksmith.bsky.social nygroove.nyc/how-to-start...
having this mayoral administration in office is basically the tenant equivalent of having a friendly NLRB, it's a prime moment to organize nygroove.nyc/how-to-start...
Let the Pinnacle case be be your inspiration to start a tenants union
'People can just start a tenants association the same way you can start a book club.'
nygroove.nyc
January 22, 2026 at 3:07 PM
having this mayoral administration in office is basically the tenant equivalent of having a friendly NLRB, it's a prime moment to organize nygroove.nyc/how-to-start...
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The other day I told someone that I was choosing to age with dignity. In an unrelated matter, check out my latest blog post nygroove.nyc/video-this-w...
Video: This what happens if you stay up all night before Inauguration Day
This is the story of being at the inauguration looking and feeling like you just crawled out of the sewer.
nygroove.nyc
January 9, 2026 at 9:36 PM
The other day I told someone that I was choosing to age with dignity. In an unrelated matter, check out my latest blog post nygroove.nyc/video-this-w...
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Found the coolest website that takes random found cassette tapes people submit and digitizes them. I’m listening to an NYC hip hop station from 1994: intertapes.net
Intertapes — Main
Obscure tape finds and their stories
intertapes.net
December 13, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Found the coolest website that takes random found cassette tapes people submit and digitizes them. I’m listening to an NYC hip hop station from 1994: intertapes.net
of course eric adams used his last few hours in office to take one last whack at local journalists nygroove.nyc/nyc-press-pa...
Will Mayor Mamdani uphold Eric Adams’ restrictive new press rules?
The proposed new rules came in just hours before the end of the Adams era
nygroove.nyc
January 8, 2026 at 3:41 PM
of course eric adams used his last few hours in office to take one last whack at local journalists nygroove.nyc/nyc-press-pa...
crucial karaoke hound news nygroove.nyc/breaking-leg...
BREAKING: Legendary Brooklyn Heights dive Montero is on the cusp of being sold
Brooklyn Heights’ legendary nautical dive bar Montero is set to change hands soon, with the Montero family planning to sell the drinkery to a pair of businessesmen who also own a string of nautical ba...
nygroove.nyc
January 8, 2026 at 12:19 AM
crucial karaoke hound news nygroove.nyc/breaking-leg...
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The premise of this WSJ article is incorrect. We can debate the effects of the 2019 laws on the rental market, but Pinnacle was a bad actor long before them. Their model for decades was to buy up RS properties and let them fall into disrepair to push tenants out. www.wsj.com/opinion/new-...
Opinion | The Rent-Control Slums of New York
Mayor Mamdani tries to stop a bankruptcy his new housing czar caused.
www.wsj.com
January 7, 2026 at 4:03 PM
The premise of this WSJ article is incorrect. We can debate the effects of the 2019 laws on the rental market, but Pinnacle was a bad actor long before them. Their model for decades was to buy up RS properties and let them fall into disrepair to push tenants out. www.wsj.com/opinion/new-...
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The New York Groove is coming to the stage on Tuesday. Members get in for just 5 bucks! Details and tickets here: nygroove.nyc/new-york-gro...
January 2, 2026 at 10:05 PM
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Here's my obituary for the ability to buy time in New York City, which died today along with the MetroCard (includes a guest appearance by Shilpa Ray) nygroove.nyc/add-value-ad...
'Time' is no longer for sale in New York City
RIP the add ‘value/add time’ meme, buried alongside the MetroCard
nygroove.nyc
January 1, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Here's my obituary for the ability to buy time in New York City, which died today along with the MetroCard (includes a guest appearance by Shilpa Ray) nygroove.nyc/add-value-ad...
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3908 words on what to expect/look for during Zohran Mamdani’s first year. I wrote it all last night nygroove.nyc/everything-y...
Everything you need to know about Zohran Mamdani's first year as mayor
The Zohran era is officially upon us — here's what to expect
nygroove.nyc
January 1, 2026 at 3:38 PM
3908 words on what to expect/look for during Zohran Mamdani’s first year. I wrote it all last night nygroove.nyc/everything-y...
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"If Mamdani wants to make the bus fast, he has a lot of power to do something about it, because the Department of Transportation has control of the city’s streets and can put down bus lanes in plenty of places..."
Everything you need to know about Zohran Mamdani's first year as mayor
The Zohran era is officially upon us — here's what to expect
nygroove.nyc
January 1, 2026 at 3:43 PM
"If Mamdani wants to make the bus fast, he has a lot of power to do something about it, because the Department of Transportation has control of the city’s streets and can put down bus lanes in plenty of places..."
I've come down with a classic case of Ken Burns mania nygroove.nyc/nyc-revoluti...
New York’s Revolutionary War history is cooler than Boston and Philly’s, actually — here’s where to find it
A guide to what to do with yourself once you've finished the new Ken Burns
nygroove.nyc
December 11, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I've come down with a classic case of Ken Burns mania nygroove.nyc/nyc-revoluti...
I could not possibly love this slice of festive city history from @jessjoseph.bsky.social more nygroove.nyc/christmas-ne...
How Christmas as we know it was invented by New York City immigrants
American Santa is a Native New Yorker and don't you forget it
nygroove.nyc
December 4, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I could not possibly love this slice of festive city history from @jessjoseph.bsky.social more nygroove.nyc/christmas-ne...
the concept of gruns having a wellness publication and its editor’s “#1 Black Friday pick” being Gruns
November 28, 2025 at 4:18 PM
the concept of gruns having a wellness publication and its editor’s “#1 Black Friday pick” being Gruns
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New York Groove subscriber Zohran Mamdani has converted the president to socialism
November 21, 2025 at 9:13 PM
New York Groove subscriber Zohran Mamdani has converted the president to socialism
haters, waiters etc. nygroove.nyc/nyc-golden-a...
What an embarrassing time to be a New York City hater
Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral race triumph puts the lie to New York City’s doubters and haters
nygroove.nyc
November 6, 2025 at 7:42 PM
haters, waiters etc. nygroove.nyc/nyc-golden-a...
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. @davecolon.bsky.social bids good riddance to the worst rubbish imaginable nygroove.nyc/andrew-cuomo...
Andrew Cuomo was the worst of us
Andrew Cuomo has cemented his legacy as a man who will do anything, say anything, hurt anyone, just to keep a grip on power.
nygroove.nyc
November 5, 2025 at 4:09 AM
. @davecolon.bsky.social bids good riddance to the worst rubbish imaginable nygroove.nyc/andrew-cuomo...