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Liam Quigley @elkue.bsky.social · 5d

Forget micromobility, Williamsburg is revolutionizing micro-pseudo-policing

Liam Quigley @elkue.bsky.social · 9d

One of the oldest parking lots in Manhattan vanished a few weeks ago, creating a wide open space to hang out next to the East River on 34th street

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Liam Quigley @elkue.bsky.social · 17d

Forty minute wait for a PATH train at WTC and the schedule online is wrong because someone forgot to manually update it before the weekend started

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Liam Quigley @elkue.bsky.social · Sep 2

Why is the NYSDMV the worst at FOIL they just quoted me $31,000 for a request

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Liam Quigley @elkue.bsky.social · Aug 22

Coney Island fireworks tonight CANCELLED due to the tide being too high

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Liam Quigley @elkue.bsky.social · Aug 14

Annual shoutout to this princess tree which has grown stronger despite being chopped down a week ahead of the UN general assembly every summer for 15 years

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Gothamist @gothamist.com · Aug 13

NYC's new greenway master plan plots world of possibilities to get around city https://gothamist.com/news/nycs-new-greenway-master-plan-plots-world-of-possibilities-to-get-around-city

NYC's new greenway master plan plots world of possibilities to get around city

City transportation officials cited the Harlem River Greenway's expansion as a model for future bike path projects. The city's Greater Greenways report lays out a vision for paths that would encircle Manhattan and bridge huge dead zones in Brooklyn and Queens. [ more › ]

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Liam Quigley @elkue.bsky.social · Aug 1

One one corner, two councilmembers are protesting against the food blockade in Gaza, on the adjacent corner, Anthony Weiner just walked into Smith and Wollensky

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Liam Quigley @elkue.bsky.social · Aug 1

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Forged signatures found on Mayor Adams’ petitions to run as an independent

The Adams campaign said it is conducting a review after Gothamist found signatures that were fraudulently obtained or outright forged.

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Liam Quigley @elkue.bsky.social · Jul 31

Long Island police dog attacks passerby at funeral for fallen NYPD officer in Bronx www.instagram.com/reel/DMyHeMU...

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Liam Quigley @elkue.bsky.social · Jul 27

Today's NYC Rockaway shark report: three shark sightings that turned out NOT to be sharks after drones were sent up to check them out, per parks department

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Liam Quigley @elkue.bsky.social · Jul 27

Just when you think you’ve seen every type of ‘emergency vehicle’ in NYC here goes the NYCHA emergency services truck in the style of an NYPD vehicle

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Liam Quigley @elkue.bsky.social · Jul 26

DOT crews are busy replacing signs on the BQE which now direct drivers to the Holland tunnel rather than Downtown Brooklyn as they had since at least 2011 (old on left new on right)

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Liam Quigley @elkue.bsky.social · Jul 20

After two false starts with new designs, the NYPD is reverting back to this decades-old livery which commissioner Keechant Sewell sought to update in 2023

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Liam Quigley @elkue.bsky.social · Jul 19

A serious crash earlier this morning left the body of one victim lying in the middle of Bowery. The path of the destruction leads from the exit of the Manhattan Bridge to the doors of a jewelry store

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Liam Quigley @elkue.bsky.social · Jul 18

It’s so hot that i walked out the door and found my super hosing down the deli guys feet

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Liam Quigley @elkue.bsky.social · Jul 18

This Bronx desire path is so well worn it’s on google maps

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Liam Quigley @elkue.bsky.social · Jul 14

Big changes to NYC ferry routes could be arriving this winter, including a Staten Island to Brooklyn boat, the first of its kind since 1960-something(?) www.nydailynews.com/2025/07/14/n...

NYC Ferry proposes route changes that would connect Brooklyn and Staten Island

The proposed routes are due to be announced Monday, kicking off a public feedback period conducted by the city’s Economic Development Corporation.

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Liam Quigley @elkue.bsky.social · Jul 14

NYC Parks officials tell me that the parks worker who appeared in a viral video this weekend spouting homophobic rhetoric will be fired. www.instagram.com/reel/DMBtNeZ...

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Liam Quigley @elkue.bsky.social · Jul 9

Right, specialized roles for specific industries. Building inspectors carry badges and many are peace officers. Same for probably a dozen other agencies with specialized tasks.

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Liam Quigley @elkue.bsky.social · Jul 9

The expansion of peace officers is interesting in the context of a Mamdani mayoralty, he has said he would reassign some mental health tasks to a new department which would likely have peace officer powers but no guns

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Liam Quigley @elkue.bsky.social · Jul 9

This plan will basically create a squad of e-bike riding pseudo cops to police delivery people by 2028. The NYC T&LC police have existed for decades, have never had guns, but can arrest people -- mostly cab drivers. gothamist.com/news/dozens-...

Dozens of new officers will crack down on NYC delivery workers riding e-bikes and mopeds

The Department of Transportation plans to hire 45 new peace officers targeting delivery workers who break traffic laws.

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Liam Quigley @elkue.bsky.social · Jul 8

but sometimes the storms never come

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Liam Quigley @elkue.bsky.social · Jul 8

We labor under the threat of severe storms daily this summer

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Liam Quigley @elkue.bsky.social · Jul 6

Tilden/Riis - Mamdani
Rockaway - Adrienne Adams
Breezy Point - Cuomo
Orchard - Blake
Hamptons - Tilson

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