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While SOME publications will tell you that blowing $400 on some Gilded Age cosplay is normal and cool,
@hellgatenyc.com would never!

Here are @scoboco.bsky.social's best $20 Dinners of 2024!
The Top $20 Dinners of 2024
More delicious evidence that New York City is not just for rich people.
hellgatenyc.com
December 18, 2024 at 4:34 PM
"We definitely rolled through three stations, three normal stops—the train sits there for a minute, people board, get off—before we hit the power outage," he said. "I knew from my texts there was a blackout. How come you didn't know that? That's crazy."
Inside Last Night's F Train Meltdown: 'The Whole Car Sang Her Happy Birthday'
Zigis Switzer was one of the 3,500 New Yorkers stuck on two F trains in the subway tunnels for hours.
hellgatenyc.com
December 12, 2024 at 5:50 PM
Photoshopping your Spotify wrapped should be disqualifying for public service.

Need a select committee to get to the bottom of this ASAP
NJ Rep. Josh Gotteheimer Falsified His Spotify Wrapped to Juice His Springsteen Levels—What Else Is He Lying About?
There was plenty of "Reason to Believe" that the conservative Democrat was cooking his music-listening stats, and other links to start your day.
hellgatenyc.com
December 12, 2024 at 3:43 PM
Asked Bob Holden about the mountain of data that the DOT shared that shows car drivers—not e-bikers—are involved in the vast majority of crashes in NYC.

"So you're not trusting your own eyes that everybody is breaking the freaking law here?"
Cars Cause Vast Majority of Crashes in NYC—and Other Facts Booed by E-Bike Opponents at This Spicy City Council Hearing
"So you're not trusting your own eyes that everybody is breaking the freaking law here?"
hellgatenyc.com
December 11, 2024 at 10:50 PM
"As for hope—Knicks fans do not indulge in such insubstantial niceties. There is a belief beyond statistics and a faith that borders on entitlement. It’s not pretty, this kind of fandom."
Meet the New Yorker Artist Who Drew the Extremely Sick Knicks Cover
Go New Yorker Go New Yorker Go New Yorker Go!
hellgatenyc.com
December 9, 2024 at 8:30 PM
Mayor Adams Has Turned Roosevelt Avenue Into a 'Hunting Ground' For Immigrant Vendors
Mayor Adams Has Turned Roosevelt Avenue Into a 'Hunting Ground' For Immigrant Vendors
As Donald Trump prepares to begin mass deportations, the mayor has launched a crackdown on immigrant street vendors.
hellgatenyc.com
December 9, 2024 at 8:12 PM
Can you guess which 2025 NYC mayoral candidate teased using eminent domain to seize buildings from bad landlords?
Rent Freezes and Eminent Domain
Too much news happened over the weekend!
hellgatenyc.com
December 9, 2024 at 2:58 PM
Sure Sounds Like Eric Adams Is Done Being a Democrat
Sure Sounds Like Eric Adams Is Done Being a Democrat
The mayor makes more Republican noises, but perhaps his future is really as an independent.
hellgatenyc.com
December 6, 2024 at 5:25 PM
Artificial intelligence is a racehorse that China is unafraid to unleash (cancel culture), undocumented immigrants don't deserve the U.S. Constitution, and other musings from the mayor:
Eric Adams's Swagger Is Back—And It's Ugly
The mayor doesn't believe undocumented immigrants deserve due process.
hellgatenyc.com
December 4, 2024 at 2:32 PM
Steve Cohen has a slogan to help sell his casino bid: "Let's turn a parking lot into a park."

But his casino plan would nearly double the amount of parking currently available at Citi Field, and create a "significant" amount of traffic
Internal Documents: Steve Cohen's Casino Dream Comes With Nearly Double the Parking Spaces and 'Significant Traffic'
Hell Gate received another tranche of files from City Hall related to a Freedom of Information Law request we submitted almost two years ago.
hellgatenyc.com
December 2, 2024 at 5:10 PM
"They're scared kids who still want to be mothered and fathered and had to leave because not making that decision could have killed them."

Heartbreaking story from @oliviabensimon.bsky.social about NYC's asylum-seeking teenagers who are falling through the cracks:
Not Quite Adults, Not Quite Children, Teens Seeking Asylum in NYC Just Want a Little Help
"They're scared kids who still want to be mothered and fathered and had to leave because not making that decision could have killed them."
hellgatenyc.com
November 27, 2024 at 9:17 PM
The exceedingly popular and wildly explicit "sexy drill" rapper Cash Cobain visited his old elementary school and
@adlan.bsky.social was there as a fly on the wall
A Very Cash Cobain Thanksgiving
The "sexy drill" pioneer visited his Bronx elementary school to give some winter coats away.
hellgatenyc.com
November 27, 2024 at 5:19 PM
A federal judge in Brooklyn day-traded millions in meme stocks and crypto during work hours, in some cases on the same days he was late to court appearances.

Story and cover art by @nickpinto.bsky.social
This Trump-Appointed Federal Judge Day-Traded Millions in Crypto and Meme Stocks During Work Hours
On some of the days Judge Eric Komitee was apparently day-trading stocks, he was also late to court hearings.
hellgatenyc.com
November 25, 2024 at 5:08 PM
>@nickdemarchis.bsky.social takes a stab at a question that has been vexing me for a long time: What is the actual point of LinkNYC?
What's the Point of LinkNYC?
Expand broadband access? Strengthen 5G networks? Advertising? Eight years later, the kiosks don't fully succeed in doing any of that.
hellgatenyc.com
November 22, 2024 at 4:45 PM
NYC says the meals they serve Muslim migrants at the Creedmoor shelter are halal.

Except, the halal food is mixed with non-halal food.

"Sometimes we eat it, just to not pass out."

Great reporting from Erin Durkin and @oliviabensimon.bsky.social

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The City Says This Food Is Halal. These Migrants Aren't So Sure
Riviera Hospitality Group, the contractor that provides food for the Creedmoor shelter in Queens, admits in paperwork filed with the state that it mixes together halal and non-halal food and passes it...
hellgatenyc.com
November 20, 2024 at 5:29 PM