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The clerks at the store where I get my lunch said a man came in last week and asked them where the public entrance to 26 Federal Plaza was. He locked his bike outside, and it’s been there since.

The recent civil lawsuits by former NYPD officials are reviving concerns about the state of the federal investigations into Mayor Adams' inner circle. The lawyer for Tim Pearson told me he believed all the probes were "on hold." gothamist.com/news/what-happ…

After two decades of abandonment and a major federal funding cut, the former Parkway Hospital (located next to my elementary school in Forest Hills) is finally being transformed into 144 affordable apartments for low-income seniors and formerly homeless New Yorkers. David Brand

Live every week like it's Housing Week 🦈

extremely cool: nytimes.com/interactive/20…

NYC appears to have lost $112 million in federal funds to build the The QueensWay linear park after the grant was canceled by the "Big, Beautiful Bill." Mayor Eric Adams had celebrated the award last year as the biggest infrastructure grant of his tenure. ebx.sh/HVHmDZ

Major housing news 🏙️ The city plans to demolish the Bloomingdale Library on the UWS and replace it with a new library, along with a health facility and housing with a goal of 850 new apartments, including affordable. Construction won’t start until 2028 and finish in 2031 - EDC

The federal investigation into former NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban and his twin brother’s work as a consultant in the nightlife industry has been “deprioritized,” a government official familiar with the case told Gothamist. w/ ⁦Charles Lane⁩ gothamist.com/news/corruptio…

Got to be an architecture nerd for this one: The first hotel to housing conversion using a state program to convert to affordable housing just got its certificate of occupancy in Queens. I wrote about the architectural and financial puzzle for @citylimitsnews ⤵️

A redistribution of wealth to political consultants and ad-makers nytimes.com/2025/07/30/nyr…

Could your NY weed dispensary have to move? Caroline Lewis and I mapped out the 108 dispensaries who were suddenly told they’re too close to schools. Most are in NYC, unsurprisingly. gothamist.com/news/could-you…

Mayor Eric Adams’ re-election campaign submitted faked and fraudulently obtained petition signatures in his effort to secure a spot on the November ballot as an independent candidate, a Gothamist investigation has found. w David Brand and Brigid Bergin gothamist.com/news/forged-si…

Forged signatures found on Mayor Adams’ petitions to run as an independent - impressive work from ⁦Clayton Guse⁩ ⁦David Brand⁩ ⁦Brigid Bergin⁩ gothamist.com/news/forged-si…

🧵1. The petition process is supposed to demonstrate a minimum threshold of support for a candidate. Petitions are presumed valid when submitted to the NYC Board of Elections Forged signatures found on Mayor Adams’ petitions to run as an independent gothamist.com/news/forged-si… via @gothamist

“I don’t write like that at all,” said one woman whose signature was forged. “That sucks, whoever did that.” killer investigation from Clayton Guse David Brand Brigid Bergin gothamist.com/news/forged-si…

"Leila Lieberman, 93, was stunned to learn her stepson, Adam, supposedly signed the petition and listed her apartment as his address. He died by suicide in 1997, she said ... 'That is something they shouldn’t have done,' she said."

Still, the Mets missed their chance to get Daniel Vogelbach and Darin Ruf back