“Unions are fighting for their lives because their residential market share has been so decimated." Could support from organized labor be the key to solving New York's housing impasse? For New York Focus: nysfocus.com/2023/09/18/lab…

“Adult migrants reentering city shelters will have just 30 days while City Hall is also considering putting migrant families with children on a 60-day clock to leave shelters.” — ⁦Gwynne Hogan @gwynnefitz.bsky.social⁩ reports thecity.nyc/2023/9/19/2387…

A lovely and still frustrating story vice.com/en/article/3ak…

back from vacation and catching up... Governor Kathy Hochul last week signed a bill into law that mandates disclosure of flood risk when selling homes. Previously, a seller could pay $500 to avoid disclosure. apnews.com/article/new-yo…

I've reported on NJ for 10 yrs but never spent time w/ farmworkers, mostly migrants, who fuel the state's $1B agriculture biz. My last dispatch for the NJ desk: a deep dive w/ Michael Sol Warren into how climate change threatens worker health WNYC 🎙 NJ Spotlight News gothamist.com/news/they-pick…

This still holds up as a primer on why things are so badly flooded in this downpour thecity.nyc/2021/9/3/22656…

A source raised the idea of "Climate Change Days," which are like the new snow days. You stay home! Have you taken one for rain, flooding, smoke or anything else this year?

.Mayor Eric Adams and his admin was caught flat-footed during today's massive rainstorm and faced a deluge of criticism as schools, homes, subways, and roads flooded - but the mayor tipped his hypothetical hat to his team thecity.nyc/2023/9/29/2389… w/ Samantha Maldonado Gwynne Hogan @gwynnefitz.bsky.social

NYC 3 months apart. The climate crisis will manifest in hundreds of ways and we need to be ready

As city officials urged New Yorkers to stay home in pummeling rains, migrants whose 60-days had run out were still forced out of a Bushwick shelter, just the same. "Give us until the morning. But no...We were here for 2 months, why not one more night?” thecity.nyc/2023/9/29/2389…

Cannot stop cackling

Former bog

Update: “An Adams spokeswoman said the administration has tasked a person with that role, but would not say who it is.” nydailynews.com/2023/10/02/may…

thecity.nyc/2023/10/2/2390…

Meet the man who lives next door to his parents, makes lo-fi indie rock music in his spare time and spreads a gospel of anti-development around the city. Housing policy experts say he's peddling “zoning Flat Earther material.” thecity.nyc/2024/06/13/nim…

I'm covering the mayoral debate happening NOW on the other site - follow along there! THE CITY is co-moderating the debate. bsky.app/profile/smaldo…