.haidee.bsky.social on the post-Labor Day time where locals rule the beach. "...every single local will look at one another and say, ‘Now we can’t wait for September’ — and you will know a local by those words.” thecity.nyc/2024/09/03/roc…

Feeling seen thanks to this story from haidee.bsky.social thecity.nyc/2024/09/03/roc…

How does Richmond Hill, NYC's Indo-Caribbean neighborhood, also known as Little Punjab, feel about Kamala Harris? haidee.bsky.social hit the streets to find out Aunties and Uncles are abuzz, but the nabe has also trended GOP in recent years. thecity.nyc/2024/09/09/kam…

what kind of visa is Emily on in Paris?!

Sources who are familiar with the matter told THE CITY that Adams is being charged with acting as an unregistered foreign agent for taking actions in his official capacity after receiving donations from foreign sources. thecity.nyc/2024/09/25/eri…

For months Bianca Pallaro, Yoav Gonen haidee.bsky.social + I investigated alleged “straw” donations given to Eric Adams’ campaign—including Turkish ones at the heart of this indictment. His team said it had no knowledge of wrongdoing—but the feds say they knew: thecity.nyc/2023/11/03/fbi…

Three major banks charged Black homeowners in New York City more interest on their mortgages than they did white borrowers, according to a new analysis of loan data by The New Economy Project, a racial and economic justice advocacy group. thecity.nyc/2024/10/22/bla…

It was 28 years in the making. Finally, @NYLiberty brought home the championship and New Yorkers lined Broadway’s Canyon of Heroes to celebrate. “It’s a long time coming. I still can’t really believe it but it’s here: We’re champions.” thecity.nyc/2024/10/24/lib…

Statement from the Board of Elections

New Yorkers spell out Election Day angst on sticky notes in the subway after Donald Trump’s win. “I think it’s a beautiful way to let something out,” said a rider who wrote “I am afraid for our future” in the passageway linking two 14th St. stops. NEW thecity.nyc/2024/11/06/hea…

Hey New Yorkers! NYC got quite red for Trump. Harris won 68% of the vote, compared to 76% for Biden in 2020. Here's a granular, explorable map from THE CITY of how your hyper-local Election District voted projects.thecity.nyc/election-resul…

NEW: Almost every neighborhood in New York City shifted towards Trump this election. You can see how red your neighborhood may have got by typing in your address in our map 🗺️ projects.thecity.nyc/trump-shift-ne…

A remarkable interactive map of red shifts in NYC by neighborhood — with more than five lost Democratic voters (573,618 fewer votes for Harris than Biden) for every one new Trump voter (94,611 more votes than in 2020) thecity.nyc/2024/11/08/tru…

We wrote this guide on how to keep your apartment air clear of wildfire smoke back in 2023. Here's what you can do to mitigate it: thecity.nyc/2023/06/08/how…

NEW: A brush fire in Upper Manhattan’s Inwood Hill Park began at around 3 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon, hours after the FDNY reported it had responded to a record 229 brush fires citywide in the last two weeks. thecity.nyc/2024/11/13/bru…

With Donald J. Trump dangling possible pardon, Mayor Eric Adams Adams' avoids critiquing the 47th President's planned mass deportation. Meanwhile behind the scenes... thecity.nyc/2025/01/21/ice…

.Michael Elsen-Rooney and I spoke with migrant parents who were too afraid to send their kids to school this week, in Trump's first days in office. School communities are doing what they can to reassure them, amid a mountain of uncertainty. thecity.nyc/2025/01/24/mig… via THE CITY

Not your imagination: fewer food vendor carts are on the streets because vendors are staying home to avoid receiving NYPD tickets that could get them deported. haidee.bsky.social reports from a very full Manhattan garage. thecity.nyc/2025/01/30/mig…

Deportation fears are keeping customers away in some of the most immigrant neighborhoods in NYC. Jackson Heights. Corona. Little Haiti. (h/t Haitian Times) Here's a portrait of the scene playing out along Roosevelt Ave in Queens. gothamist.com/news/deportati…

The city just (temporarily?) cut its contract with Queens Defenders, which represents low-income clients in Queens. The severing of the contract could very well have to do with the abrupt ouster of QD's CEO last month. queenseagle.com/all/2025/1/31/…