Katie Loeb
@katieloeb.bsky.social
NYC politics, interested in women’s sports, econ, and The Culture. Hoping to scroll without the doom.
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LOADinG V2 (S7599C) has been signed into law!
Earlier this year we celebrated first in the nation labor protections for public sector workers concerned w/ displacement by AI. Now, that includes educators, & guardrails on the use of AI in employment decision making in state agencies & local gov’ts.
Earlier this year we celebrated first in the nation labor protections for public sector workers concerned w/ displacement by AI. Now, that includes educators, & guardrails on the use of AI in employment decision making in state agencies & local gov’ts.
December 20, 2025 at 7:35 PM
LOADinG V2 (S7599C) has been signed into law!
Earlier this year we celebrated first in the nation labor protections for public sector workers concerned w/ displacement by AI. Now, that includes educators, & guardrails on the use of AI in employment decision making in state agencies & local gov’ts.
Earlier this year we celebrated first in the nation labor protections for public sector workers concerned w/ displacement by AI. Now, that includes educators, & guardrails on the use of AI in employment decision making in state agencies & local gov’ts.
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Today the @council.nyc.gov passed COPA to add another preservation tool to our toolbox!
By giving qualified purchasers a first chance to bid on distressed properties in city enforcement programs, COPA will help level the playing field & stop the cycle of speculation & rising rents.
By giving qualified purchasers a first chance to bid on distressed properties in city enforcement programs, COPA will help level the playing field & stop the cycle of speculation & rising rents.
December 19, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Today the @council.nyc.gov passed COPA to add another preservation tool to our toolbox!
By giving qualified purchasers a first chance to bid on distressed properties in city enforcement programs, COPA will help level the playing field & stop the cycle of speculation & rising rents.
By giving qualified purchasers a first chance to bid on distressed properties in city enforcement programs, COPA will help level the playing field & stop the cycle of speculation & rising rents.
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The world's wealthy liberal democracies looked the other way on FIFA's corruption for years because they didn't think corruption in sports was a big deal or worth addressing, and now find themselves looking at FIFA as a powerful, increasingly-integrated part of the far-right anti-democracy movement.
December 6, 2025 at 8:32 PM
The world's wealthy liberal democracies looked the other way on FIFA's corruption for years because they didn't think corruption in sports was a big deal or worth addressing, and now find themselves looking at FIFA as a powerful, increasingly-integrated part of the far-right anti-democracy movement.
Oh, Trinity’s staying.
Just a couple of strangers sitting next to each other, likely not discussing anything but the Men's World Cup Draw, for sure!
December 5, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Oh, Trinity’s staying.
Alan Dershowitz spent the summer feuding with a Martha’s Vineyard farmers market vendor over pierogis. I don’t think this is “where the vast majority of Americans actually are.”
Bari Weiss says she wants to use her new perch at CBS News to “redraw the lines of what falls in the 40 yards of acceptable debate” in American political and cultural life. She says the aim is to sideline voices like Hasan Piker, Tucker Carlson and Nick Fuentes, and elevate “charismatic”...
November 26, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Alan Dershowitz spent the summer feuding with a Martha’s Vineyard farmers market vendor over pierogis. I don’t think this is “where the vast majority of Americans actually are.”
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Trump’s EO to stop states from regulating AI is a direct threat to our safety and to workers, and could put the necessary guardrails we have already started building at risk. NY is stepping up to protect everyday people by passing common sense legislation & it should be signed.
story: @politico.com
story: @politico.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Trump’s EO to stop states from regulating AI is a direct threat to our safety and to workers, and could put the necessary guardrails we have already started building at risk. NY is stepping up to protect everyday people by passing common sense legislation & it should be signed.
story: @politico.com
story: @politico.com
More inflationary policies from the Trump admin.
It’s unclear if the checks have the required support from Congress.
Trump Says $2,000 Tariff Rebates Will Come ‘Sometime’ Next Year
It’s unclear if the checks have the required support from Congress.
www.forbes.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:18 AM
More inflationary policies from the Trump admin.
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NOW IN EFFECT
✅ Local Law 105, sponsored by Council Member Carlina Rivera
Requires DOC to notify the Chief Medical Examiner, the deceased's defense attorney, BOC, and the public after an individual dies in custody.
This law also creates a Jail Death Review Board to examine systemic issues.
✅ Local Law 105, sponsored by Council Member Carlina Rivera
Requires DOC to notify the Chief Medical Examiner, the deceased's defense attorney, BOC, and the public after an individual dies in custody.
This law also creates a Jail Death Review Board to examine systemic issues.
November 11, 2025 at 5:03 PM
NOW IN EFFECT
✅ Local Law 105, sponsored by Council Member Carlina Rivera
Requires DOC to notify the Chief Medical Examiner, the deceased's defense attorney, BOC, and the public after an individual dies in custody.
This law also creates a Jail Death Review Board to examine systemic issues.
✅ Local Law 105, sponsored by Council Member Carlina Rivera
Requires DOC to notify the Chief Medical Examiner, the deceased's defense attorney, BOC, and the public after an individual dies in custody.
This law also creates a Jail Death Review Board to examine systemic issues.
Already breaking promises…
November 8, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Already breaking promises…
I imagine this is what encountering dada in 1916 was like
October 15, 2025 at 12:53 AM
I imagine this is what encountering dada in 1916 was like
It took a huge amount of vision to see the potential of what this park could deliver in the aftermath of Sandy, and to see it realized is so rewarding. Huge credit to the local leaders, NYCHA TAs, and community organizers who made this a reality when no one believed it could be done.
"Something about this version feels more welcoming, one of the rare third spaces in the city where leisure costs nothing and the pluralism on which we pride ourselves bears out." — @jawnita.bsky.social
After All That, the New East River Park Is...Fucking Awesome
We'll have to see whether the new resiliency infrastructure will withstand another superstorm, but we're happy to report that the park itself is, so far, a smashing success.
hellgatenyc.com
October 14, 2025 at 11:56 PM
It took a huge amount of vision to see the potential of what this park could deliver in the aftermath of Sandy, and to see it realized is so rewarding. Huge credit to the local leaders, NYCHA TAs, and community organizers who made this a reality when no one believed it could be done.
This is about restricting artistic expression and blocking Americans from accessing diverse cultural and political information. Once the crackdown on free speech here takes hold, he can’t have free speech from other countries coming in.
September 29, 2025 at 2:34 PM
This is about restricting artistic expression and blocking Americans from accessing diverse cultural and political information. Once the crackdown on free speech here takes hold, he can’t have free speech from other countries coming in.
Elections are the practice of democracy. In the face of fascism, strong and healthy elections are the best tool we have to enact the will of the people. If you can’t respect election results, you are fundamentally incapable of protecting freedom and fighting for our democracy.
September 19, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Elections are the practice of democracy. In the face of fascism, strong and healthy elections are the best tool we have to enact the will of the people. If you can’t respect election results, you are fundamentally incapable of protecting freedom and fighting for our democracy.
These outfits are why you need gays in your coalition.
September 18, 2025 at 9:53 AM
These outfits are why you need gays in your coalition.
This is disturbing from Ezra Klein. Not just because Kirk’s hateful and violent rhetoric is bad on it’s own, but it calls into question what Klein thinks politics is for. Is it for fighting on the internet, or making laws that govern a free and safe society? Kirk did the former, not the latter.
Charlie Kirk Was Practicing Politics the Right Way
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/o...
Opinion | Charlie Kirk Was Practicing Politics the Right Way
www.nytimes.com
September 11, 2025 at 2:31 PM
This is disturbing from Ezra Klein. Not just because Kirk’s hateful and violent rhetoric is bad on it’s own, but it calls into question what Klein thinks politics is for. Is it for fighting on the internet, or making laws that govern a free and safe society? Kirk did the former, not the latter.
For those entrenched in “Abundance” discourse, please see a policy that delivers abundance results.
www.inquirer.com/real-estate/...
More and more evidence of these types of programs having positive benefits
More and more evidence of these types of programs having positive benefits
Philly’s first-in-the-nation experiment giving cash to struggling renters is working, researchers say
Families that got cash rental assistance were less likely to be evicted, experience homelessness, and report having serious problems with their homes, according to a study of the PHLHousing+ program.
www.inquirer.com
September 6, 2025 at 1:32 AM
For those entrenched in “Abundance” discourse, please see a policy that delivers abundance results.
I’m sorry, I’m not a military expert so I may be wrong on this. Do we send U.S. troops to other countries to stop crime there? I thought it was a different reason, but again, I could be wrong.
September 3, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I’m sorry, I’m not a military expert so I may be wrong on this. Do we send U.S. troops to other countries to stop crime there? I thought it was a different reason, but again, I could be wrong.
I think I could be at least a lieutenant in the Sally Rooney Ms. Rachel army
August 29, 2025 at 12:40 AM
I think I could be at least a lieutenant in the Sally Rooney Ms. Rachel army
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Energy bills are rising nationwide, and Trump and the GOP are to blame. They rolled back clean energy incentives and greenlit an AI surge, pushing costs onto working families and deepening economic & environmental inequality. I break it down in TIME today: time.com/7312151/ener...
Energy Costs are Rising. Trump and Big Tech Are to Blame
On the campaign trail, President Donald Trump promised to cut energy costs in half. Now, energy costs are skyrocketing.
time.com
August 26, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Energy bills are rising nationwide, and Trump and the GOP are to blame. They rolled back clean energy incentives and greenlit an AI surge, pushing costs onto working families and deepening economic & environmental inequality. I break it down in TIME today: time.com/7312151/ener...
The main job of elected officials is legislators who need to use technical and precise language, a context in which these phrases are appropriate, even necessary. This advice may be ok for a PR flack, but it’s not serious. These people are out of their depth, we can’t let them weigh us down.
Scoop: Third Way is circulating a memo, shared first with @playbookdc, featuring a new blacklist of words Dems shouldn’t use.
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
August 24, 2025 at 11:06 PM
The main job of elected officials is legislators who need to use technical and precise language, a context in which these phrases are appropriate, even necessary. This advice may be ok for a PR flack, but it’s not serious. These people are out of their depth, we can’t let them weigh us down.
Fantastic article by Michael Kimmelman. His understanding of the political stakes and social impact of these projects is unparralleled, and his perspective is so needed as we face challenges that need urgent public attention.
Of course, I am biased, but it's also nice to read people like the park.
Of course, I am biased, but it's also nice to read people like the park.
Can a 3.5-Acre, $296 Million Park Save Lower Manhattan?
www.nytimes.com
August 24, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Fantastic article by Michael Kimmelman. His understanding of the political stakes and social impact of these projects is unparralleled, and his perspective is so needed as we face challenges that need urgent public attention.
Of course, I am biased, but it's also nice to read people like the park.
Of course, I am biased, but it's also nice to read people like the park.
We are so lucky this story came out just in time to plan couples Halloween costumes. Who will be the envelope of cash to my open Herr’s potato chips bag?
A former top City Hall advisor and current campaign confidante to Mayor Eric Adams attempted to give money to a reporter from THE CITY following a campaign event in Harlem Wednesday.
Eric Adams Advisor Winnie Greco Handed a CITY Reporter Cash Stuffed in a Bag of Potato Chips
THE CITY reported the incident to law enforcement and was promptly contacted by the Brooklyn U.S. attorney’s office.
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August 21, 2025 at 1:04 PM
We are so lucky this story came out just in time to plan couples Halloween costumes. Who will be the envelope of cash to my open Herr’s potato chips bag?
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Carlina Rivera will soon be stepping down from the NYC Council to lead NYSAFAH. We're immeasurably grateful for her partnership and leadership during her time in office. @carlinarivera.bsky.social earned our endorsement every time she ran, and her list of accomplishments is long. Among them...
August 15, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Carlina Rivera will soon be stepping down from the NYC Council to lead NYSAFAH. We're immeasurably grateful for her partnership and leadership during her time in office. @carlinarivera.bsky.social earned our endorsement every time she ran, and her list of accomplishments is long. Among them...
It’s cool that tariffs are acting as a sort of backwards interest rate, balancing inflation with unemployment by making them both worse.
Breaking news: US inflation held steady at 2.7% in July, confounding economists’ expectations of an acceleration driven by the tariffs Donald Trump has slapped on US trading partners. on.ft.com/4fH28s4
August 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
It’s cool that tariffs are acting as a sort of backwards interest rate, balancing inflation with unemployment by making them both worse.
The term for this policy is “squeezing the middle class.” It makes it so that you have to be extremely wealthy to access the open market and keeps people with low-incomes from having economic mobility.
August 11, 2025 at 1:56 PM
The term for this policy is “squeezing the middle class.” It makes it so that you have to be extremely wealthy to access the open market and keeps people with low-incomes from having economic mobility.