An unlikely place has served as a testing bed for two headline Zohran Kwame Mamdani proposals. What can New Mexico teach New York? Ted Alcorn asks and answers. vitalcitynyc.org/articles/depar…

No more apt illustration of sunk-cost fallacy than a warship.

Until a few weeks ago, most immigration arrests in NYC were happening at appointments in the Manhattan federal building or immigration offices. That's over: we're now in the randomly-grabbed-while-out-getting-coffee stage of lawless enforcement. thecity.nyc/2025/11/26/ice…

“There’s a public health imperative to quickly expand the adoption of autonomous vehicles.” nytimes.com/2025/12/02/opi…

Three years ago, Vital City launched as a small experiment: Could New Yorkers come together around calm, evidence-based ideas in a noisy, hyperpartisan moment? The answer was a resounding yes. Here’s what we achieved together just this year. 👇

This is a great piece with some mind-boggling statistics. - At Brown and Harvard, more than 20% of undergraduates are registered as disabled - At Amherst: more than 30 percent - At Stanford: nearly 40 percent Soon, many of these schools "may have more students receiving

Aaron Siri is a trial attorney who makes his living suing vaccine manufacturers. He is presenting as if an expert on childhood vaccines. The ACIP is totally discredited. They are not protecting children. cdc.gov/acip/downloads…

The movie star I most want to hear speak at length. David Marchese and Kristen Stewart out on the wire. nytimes.com/2025/12/06/mag…

What has unfolded under the last four years of leadership is extraordinary. And independent commissions have been created over far less.

For New York Editorial Board , Ben Smith asked Patrick Gaspard about the Trump-Mamdani meeting. His response - about an insider-outsider dynamic shaping more than just our elections - will stick with me. nyeditorialboard.substack.com/p/patrick-gasp…

The Rikers not-quite-a-receivership plan is a real risk, writes Vincent Schiraldi. New York City needs someone with the power to actually fix the damn place. vitalcitynyc.org/articles/the-r…

A pork poem, or, harmony in the key of pig Rip fette sau

Just unusual behavior from someone who only last week was awarded the FIFA Peace Prize

Wrong in every sense of the word

Terrific investigation, as usual, by Brian M. Rosenthal. Having reported some on the organ transplant system, much respect for all these details. nytimes.com/2025/12/16/us/…

Sometimes a picture is worth 1000 words.