Rich Mintz
@richmintz.bsky.social
Refugee from the bad place. Street safety advocate. Fmr Housing/Homelessness committee chair, Manhattan CB6. LGBTQ person. Trans people exist.
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Hello my bodega got a new health code violation, his name is Tiger and he is six months old and when he heard the meat slicer he RAN behind the counter like a lightning bolt
November 12, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Hello my bodega got a new health code violation, his name is Tiger and he is six months old and when he heard the meat slicer he RAN behind the counter like a lightning bolt
This has hit the mainstream. My bldg’s doorman and handyman, two 50ish lifelong NYers who read the NY Post and I wouldn’t have pegged as politically engaged, were chatting this week in the lobby about Grijalva, Roberts, and the shutdown with a nearly Jake Sherman level of political horserace nuance
My outrage over Johnson's refusal to seat Grijalva grows daily and I think of dire ways Democrats can pay Republicans back for this when they are next in power.
November 8, 2025 at 5:33 PM
This has hit the mainstream. My bldg’s doorman and handyman, two 50ish lifelong NYers who read the NY Post and I wouldn’t have pegged as politically engaged, were chatting this week in the lobby about Grijalva, Roberts, and the shutdown with a nearly Jake Sherman level of political horserace nuance
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saying “swastikas are bad” is extremely low hanging fruit for the mayor of a city that’s home to a million jews
The pro-Palestine group Within Our Lifetime has already decided that Zohran Mamdani has sold out the pro-Palestine cause... by condemning swastikas drawn on a Jewish day school in Brooklyn. forward.com/culture/7822...
Mamdani's first statement on antisemitism as mayor-elect got some weird pushback
After someone spraypainted a swastika on a yeshiva, Zohran Mamdani condemned antisemitism. Somehow, this generated conspiracy theories.
forward.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:19 PM
saying “swastikas are bad” is extremely low hanging fruit for the mayor of a city that’s home to a million jews
3rd Av at 24th: the safety redesign has started on my block! (Fun fact: the machine that strips off lane markings is as LOUD AS THE DEVIL)
November 8, 2025 at 3:32 PM
3rd Av at 24th: the safety redesign has started on my block! (Fun fact: the machine that strips off lane markings is as LOUD AS THE DEVIL)
I’m back here again, it happened again (slainte); and (unrelatedly) the obviously Irish DJ put on this Mary Black song which took me back more than 30 years, three or four lifetimes ago
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3Oz...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3Oz...
November 7, 2025 at 1:35 AM
I’m back here again, it happened again (slainte); and (unrelatedly) the obviously Irish DJ put on this Mary Black song which took me back more than 30 years, three or four lifetimes ago
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3Oz...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3Oz...
"You can't make me go to your woke DEI Satanic Shabbat dinner, it would offend Christ the Lord" is INSANE
November 6, 2025 at 5:15 PM
"You can't make me go to your woke DEI Satanic Shabbat dinner, it would offend Christ the Lord" is INSANE
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We look forward to seeing Mayor Mamdani maintain and expand the city’s commitment to a more sustainable future.
November 5, 2025 at 4:11 PM
We look forward to seeing Mayor Mamdani maintain and expand the city’s commitment to a more sustainable future.
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NYC is home to 43% of NY State's population. Its budget is nearly as big as the state’s, and its forward-looking climate policies — like Local Law 97, to cut building emissions — play a major part in our state's climate action.
November 5, 2025 at 4:11 PM
NYC is home to 43% of NY State's population. Its budget is nearly as big as the state’s, and its forward-looking climate policies — like Local Law 97, to cut building emissions — play a major part in our state's climate action.
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It’s refreshing to elect a leader who recognizes climate change is real, that its impact falls disproportionately on vulnerable communities, & that our government needs to take urgent action to protect all of us from extreme weather, pollution, and other environmental dangers.
November 5, 2025 at 4:11 PM
It’s refreshing to elect a leader who recognizes climate change is real, that its impact falls disproportionately on vulnerable communities, & that our government needs to take urgent action to protect all of us from extreme weather, pollution, and other environmental dangers.
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We congratulate NYC Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani on his decisive victory last night.
November 5, 2025 at 4:11 PM
We congratulate NYC Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani on his decisive victory last night.
Do what I did: go to the polls today, bring a friend who wouldn’t bother voting on their own, and give them a piece of paper reading
MAYOR: Mamdani (for obvious reasons)
AG: Bragg (Maron is a transphobe)
PROPS 2-5: yes
MAYOR: Mamdani (for obvious reasons)
AG: Bragg (Maron is a transphobe)
PROPS 2-5: yes
October 25, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Do what I did: go to the polls today, bring a friend who wouldn’t bother voting on their own, and give them a piece of paper reading
MAYOR: Mamdani (for obvious reasons)
AG: Bragg (Maron is a transphobe)
PROPS 2-5: yes
MAYOR: Mamdani (for obvious reasons)
AG: Bragg (Maron is a transphobe)
PROPS 2-5: yes
*Educational film narrator voice backed by jaunty music* The life of a New York City cooperative board member is a busy one, full of decisions on urgent matters that will affect the lives of hundreds of families
October 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
*Educational film narrator voice backed by jaunty music* The life of a New York City cooperative board member is a busy one, full of decisions on urgent matters that will affect the lives of hundreds of families
If one more 50 year old Jewish friend who lives in, like, LOS ANGELES makes a crack about how everyone is going to FLEE New York City when a guy that hundreds of thousands of Jews voted for is elected mayor I am going to LOSE IT
October 22, 2025 at 12:39 AM
If one more 50 year old Jewish friend who lives in, like, LOS ANGELES makes a crack about how everyone is going to FLEE New York City when a guy that hundreds of thousands of Jews voted for is elected mayor I am going to LOSE IT
Omg I walked into a bar I go to and sat down and it was busy and about 2 minutes later hot Irish bartender 1 walked up and shook my hand and said “nice haircut” and “the usual?” and I said yes and he turned around and hot Irish bartender 2 was right behind him and //
October 10, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Omg I walked into a bar I go to and sat down and it was busy and about 2 minutes later hot Irish bartender 1 walked up and shook my hand and said “nice haircut” and “the usual?” and I said yes and he turned around and hot Irish bartender 2 was right behind him and //
Excuse me Waterside Plaza but what is this
October 8, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Excuse me Waterside Plaza but what is this
God willing I (age 59) will live long enough to see Pam Bondi thrown in prison for the rest of her life
After yelling and obfuscating to senators for hours, Dick Durbin hit her with this one: "Eventually you are going to have to answer for your conduct in this. You won't do it today, but eventually you will." Suddenly, she went SILENT.🔥 She knows.
You're phucked, Pam....just sayin'
You're phucked, Pam....just sayin'
October 8, 2025 at 1:03 AM
God willing I (age 59) will live long enough to see Pam Bondi thrown in prison for the rest of her life
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the strategy to deter blue state incursions of federal troops is to promise, repeatedly, that when you are in power you will prosecute everyone involved, starting with top officials and going down to troops on the ground.
So far today, Chuck Schumer has said his strategy for preventing Trump sending troops into blue cities is to win over Republican senators (!) while Hakeem Jeffries praised Eric Adams's courage and authenticity (!!) while refusing to endorse Mamdani. Again.
These two gotta go.
These two gotta go.
September 29, 2025 at 2:37 AM
the strategy to deter blue state incursions of federal troops is to promise, repeatedly, that when you are in power you will prosecute everyone involved, starting with top officials and going down to troops on the ground.
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We need some UN investigators here, stat
More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site
As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.
www.miamiherald.com
September 23, 2025 at 6:19 PM
We need some UN investigators here, stat
Last night I was scrolling thru the “updates on the Trump administration” NYT page with the blog type reporter updates and… it was just one batshit crazy unilateral move after another, the only common thread is “blow everything up“
Coming back from this will take 20 years
Coming back from this will take 20 years
September 20, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Last night I was scrolling thru the “updates on the Trump administration” NYT page with the blog type reporter updates and… it was just one batshit crazy unilateral move after another, the only common thread is “blow everything up“
Coming back from this will take 20 years
Coming back from this will take 20 years
Did an AI write this
September 19, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Did an AI write this
[spokesmodel voice] Thanks to LinkNYC, I can doomscroll through the collapse of American civilization faster than ever!
September 19, 2025 at 1:32 PM
[spokesmodel voice] Thanks to LinkNYC, I can doomscroll through the collapse of American civilization faster than ever!
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Why does he think they are the “so-called Democratic Socialists of America.” That is what they are called even if you don’t like them
Resign, then. You cost the Democrats the House anyway, you inept clown.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/n...
September 18, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Why does he think they are the “so-called Democratic Socialists of America.” That is what they are called even if you don’t like them
1) 2pm: “nobody ever rides these, they just sit here blocking parking spaces”
2) same station, same day, 7pm
2) same station, same day, 7pm
September 17, 2025 at 3:45 AM
1) 2pm: “nobody ever rides these, they just sit here blocking parking spaces”
2) same station, same day, 7pm
2) same station, same day, 7pm
Look I definitely oppose the death penalty but people who code apps that don’t strip whitespace off email addresses force me to reexamine my priors
September 14, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Look I definitely oppose the death penalty but people who code apps that don’t strip whitespace off email addresses force me to reexamine my priors