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Samantha Maldonado @smaldo.bsky.social · 5d

Never heard of The Hole? Here’s a primer: www.thecity.nyc/2022/04/04/t...

A low-lying neighborhood where most residents aren’t connected to the city’s sewer system is struggling to transform itself. But some experts question whether investments to keep people living in a fu...

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Samantha Maldonado @smaldo.bsky.social · 5d

Never heard of The Hole? Here’s a primer: www.thecity.nyc/2022/04/04/t...

A low-lying neighborhood where most residents aren’t connected to the city’s sewer system is struggling to transform itself. But some experts question whether investments to keep people living in a fu...

www.thecity.nyc

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Samantha Maldonado @smaldo.bsky.social · 5d

NEW: A buyout program is coming for homeowners in The Hole, a NYC neighborhood unlike any other.

It’s the first time the city pursues this climate adaptation strategy proactively, instead of after a disaster, and with a focus on inland (not coastal) flooding.

www.thecity.nyc/2025/10/03/f...

They Live Below Sea Level in NYC. Now, the City Could Buy Out 'The Hole'

The low-lying neighborhood on the Brooklyn-Queens border will be the first place in New York where officials may buy properties proactively — instead of in response to a disaster.

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Brigid Bergin @brigidbergin.bsky.social · 6d

New voters made a serious mark on the NYC primary. How big a role did they play? gothamist.com/news/how-new...

How newly registered NYC voters are helping fuel Zohran Mamdani's campaign

Winning the primary on the single issue of affordability comes with pressure. Voters expect Mamdani to deliver.

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Samantha Maldonado @smaldo.bsky.social · 6d

"When families are hungry, their pets are experiencing food insecurity with them."

www.thecity.nyc/2025/10/02/p...

Pinched for Pet Food: Hunger Pains Extend to New Yorkers’ Furry Friends

As food insecurity surges in the city, pets feel it, too.

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Samantha Maldonado @smaldo.bsky.social · 6d

A public service from @cityandstateny.bsky.social

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56 best Eric Adams quotes of all time

There may never be another mayor like the bard of the Big Apple.

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Samantha Maldonado @smaldo.bsky.social · 7d

Delays in food stamps, paychecks and upended travel among the impacts of a government shutdown

www.thecity.nyc/2025/10/01/f...

How the Federal Shutdown Will Impact New Yorkers

Food benefits, funding for public housing and air-traffic control could see changes as Congress feuds over funding.

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Samantha Maldonado @smaldo.bsky.social · 8d

ICE agents shoved multiple journalists while they were doing their jobs. One had to go to the hospital.

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ICE agents assault amNewYork reporter at Federal Plaza immigration court; another journalist seriously injured after shove | amNewYork

ICE agents assaulted amNewYork's own Dean Moses, and allegedly attacked another journalist, on Tuesday morning as they were documenting the ongoing arrests of

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Samantha Maldonado @smaldo.bsky.social · 8d

I spent many hours with the foot soldiers of @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's army.

The MO ahead of a doorknock: "Especially if they don’t agree with us, we want those people to leave thinking, ‘I hate his policies, but wow, that was a nice person who knocked.'"

www.thecity.nyc/2025/09/30/m...

Zohran Mamdani’s Volunteer Army Stretches Beyond the Comfort Zone

As the mayor’s race enters its final weeks, the campaign is sending some of its 75,000 volunteers into neighborhoods won by Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic primary.

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Tom Ochs @tomochs.bsky.social · 8d

Really good deep dive by @smaldo.bsky.social on the Zohran Mamdani ground game. Absolutely LOVE that @jumaane.bsky.social mom is running a canvassing team in Brooklyn! Read through to the end for a great anecdote that perfectly sums up the @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social campaign.

THE CITY @thecity.nyc · 8d

"Mamdani’s ground game is a firewall that will prevent a Cuomo comeback."

Zohran Mamdani’s Volunteer Army Stretches Beyond the Comfort Zone

As the mayor’s race enters its final weeks, the campaign is sending some of its 75,000 volunteers into neighborhoods won by Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic primary.

www.thecity.nyc

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THE CITY @thecity.nyc · 13d

Could geothermal technology cool steamy subway platforms as temperatures rise? The MTA is trying to find out.

MTA Searches Underground for Ways to Cool Sweltering Stations

The transit agency may use geothermal technology to combat high temperatures as the number of yearly heat waves is projected to more than triple by the 2050s.

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Grist @grist.org · 14d

How to track disaster spending in your community.

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#Disaster #Weather #Climate #Money #Contracts

How to track disaster spending in your community

As rising global temperatures fuel more intense weather, and disaster recovery budgets skyrocket, this accountability work has never been more important.

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Samantha Maldonado @smaldo.bsky.social · 16d

The vote passed, though there's a long way to go before the plan to create a new neighborhood just south of Brooklyn Bridge Park takes shape.

And as you can guess, lots of people are very unhappy at the way this went down.

www.thecity.nyc/2025/09/22/b...

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Ethan Stark-Miller @estarkmiller.bsky.social · 16d

EXCLU: @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social will announce today he is cancelling a televised town hall with WABC News planned for Sept. 25 in the wake of the network suspending comedian Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show last week.
www.amny.com/news/mamdani...

EXCLUSIVE | Mamdani to pull planned ABC town hall event after network suspended Jimmy Kimmel’s show | amNewYork

Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani will announce Monday that he is cancelling a televised town hall with WABC News planned for Sept. 25 in the wake of

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Gwynne Hogan @gwynnefitz.bsky.social · 16d

“As I write, my head is pounding from the cancer that is eating my skull. I am in extreme pain and have been for quite some time. Duwayne is all I have."

Trump’s ICE Tries to Deport Man Caring for Terminally Ill Wife www.thecity.nyc/2025/09/22/d...

Trump’s ICE Tries to Deport Man Caring for Terminally Ill Wife

Duwayne Baugh is his wife’s prime caregiver as she battles a rare and aggressive cancer. But a years-old gun charge has the legal permanent resident in ICE detention, facing deportation to a country h...

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Samantha Maldonado @smaldo.bsky.social · 16d

NEW: Task force approves plan for EDC-led redevelopment of Brooklby Marine Terminal. The vote has been postponed 5x previously.

Story coming, background here: www.thecity.nyc/2025/09/18/b...

Brooklyn Port Vote Expected to Proceed After Concessions to Local Reps

Mayor Eric Adams’ project to bring 6,000 apartments while keeping the industrial Brooklyn Marine Terminal active has now secured support of Borough President Antonio Reynoso and Councilmember Shahana ...

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Samantha Maldonado @smaldo.bsky.social · 16d

Come for how mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa ran into Daniel Penny and Bradley Tusk on the same subway car.

Stay for why NY Republicans still think there’s a path to winning for Sliwa — who, for the record, now has 6 cats in a one-bedroom (no longer 17 in a studio).

www.thecity.nyc/2025/09/22/c...

Curtis Sliwa Is Serious About Taking on Zohran Mamdani

Running for mayor for the second time as the Republican nominee, the Guardian Angels founder has the backing of many in the local GOP even as Trump tries to wish him away.

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katie honan @katiehonan.bsky.social · 17d

Sir, you’re not supposed to keep the money in the bag

MSNBC @msnbc.com · 18d

EXCLUSIVE: Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.

Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.

The FBI and Justice officials closed the investigation, which a Justice Department appointee had called a “deep state” probe in early 2025.

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Samantha Maldonado @smaldo.bsky.social · 19d

Infuriating read of online scammers impersonating brokers and swindling apartment-hunters, made possible by a cut-throat rental market.

www.curbed.com/article/scam...

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Samantha Maldonado @smaldo.bsky.social · 20d

Climate Week though amirite
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New York Power Authority champions clean energy. Its executives fly in a private jet.

The New York Power Authority is a cheerleader for the state's clean energy goals. So why do executives fly around in a climate-unfriendly private jet?

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THE CITY @thecity.nyc · 20d

A high-stakes vote on the proposed transformation of one of Brooklyn’s Marine Terminal last remaining industrial waterfronts will take place Monday, after five previous postponements.

www.thecity.nyc/2025/09/18/b...

Brooklyn Port Vote Expected to Proceed After Concessions to Local Reps

Mayor Eric Adams’ project to bring 6,000 apartments while keeping the industrial Brooklyn Marine Terminal active has now secured support of Borough President Antonio Reynoso and Councilmember Shahana…

www.thecity.nyc

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Jose Martinez @jmartineznyc.bsky.social · Sep 9

Long before Mayor Adams gave Waymo a 🚦green light 🚦 to test robot cars in NYC, the company spent 💰millions 💰 wooing officials in hopes of someday having autonomous vehicles cleared to cruise city streets.
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NEW story in @thecity.nyc w/ @smaldo.bsky.social www.thecity.nyc/2025/09/09/w...

Where Are Driverless Cars Going in New York City?

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Samantha Maldonado @smaldo.bsky.social · Sep 2

NYC left holding the bag for Cuomo's energy policies, and Mamdani largely silent.

(Not for nothing: Mamdani supported the effort to expand NYPA's ability to build new renewable power generation. Now, Gov. Hochul tasked NYPA with building new nuclear.)

www.politico.com/news/2025/08...