Co-founder @HellGateNY. Also @NYTMag @VillageVoice @TheIntercept @NewRepublic @CJR @RollingStone @WSJ @Gothamist @Vice. On the other site as nickpinto@
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"It happened because correction officers have been held accountable for their actions, and they feel threatened because they can be prosecuted for killing an incarcerated individual."
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NEW:
A memo prepared by City Hall and distributed to migrant shelter operators gives workers a broad exception to allow ICE officers to enter shelters without a warrant, undercutting both the City's longstanding "sanctuary laws" and previous guidance.
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OLD HAT: Incredibly stylish, did not fit all heads.
NEW HAT: Incredibly stylish, much-improved fit!
New subscribers can get an annual Believer sub (which comes with our new and improved hat!) at a 25 percent discount, BUT ONLY UNTIL MIDNIGHT TODAY:
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NEW:
Parents say Mount Sinai Health System, the largest hospital network in NYC, has also been canceling surgery consultations for young trans patients since as early as December, before President Trump's EO's and before he was even president.
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NYU-Langone is cancelling appointments for gender-affirming care for young trans people, parents say. The cancellations come after Trump's order directing institutions that receive federal funding to end gender-affirming care for patients under 19. hellgatenyc.com/nyu-langone-…
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Don't let the new Hell Gate hats pass you by!
Available now with a "Believer"-tier subscription to your favorite worker-owned NYC news site.
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>@nycmayor has repeatedly claimed that NYC legalized public urination, but:
-that never happened
-he himself supported decriminalizing low-level offenses, like public urination, as Brooklyn BP
-Criminal summonses have skyrocketed since Adams took office
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In the run-up to "Mood Machine's" release date, Liz Pelly said she's often asked by readers what alternatives she proposes in terms of digital music discovery. But Pelly said she'd much rather talk about the other way to discover music: real frickin' life
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After Five-Hour Friday Night Court Hearing, Judge Rejects New Jersey's Hail Mary Bid to Stop Congestion Pricing
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A brief of history of Eric Adams’ shifting statements on police overtime
As a candidate for mayor in 2021, he told Bloomberg News he’d cut it IN HALF in his first year using “Real-time data” monitoring:
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Software engineer @voberoi's citymeetings.nyc is making keeping tabs on City Council meetings a little less painful.
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Here is the 2023 Porsche Panamera that Ingrid Lewis-Martin’s son, DJ Suave (aka Glenn Martin II) bought in 2023 after two businessmen paid him $100K and expected her to expedite their business before the City, allegedly
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On the scene of the Amazon strike in Maspeth, the NYPD is trying to break the picket, engaging in arrests of union members and engaging in physical confrontations with workers and their supporters.
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Hell Gate is on the scene at the protest of Amazon union members at the distribution center in Maspeth.
Just moments ago, NYPD officers pulled an Amazon worker out of his car after he stood up out of his seat and attempted to join the strike.
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>@HellGateNY is the best place I have ever worked and now you can work here too:
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These are just a few of the nearly 900 stories we put out in the last year, and we’ll be publishing even more next year.
Now with our holiday sale, you can give someone the gift of a year of curious, funny, and pointed NYC news and culture reporting:
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A jury has found Daniel Penny, whose chokehold killed Jordan Neely in 2023, not guilty of criminally negligent homicide.
Read @k80way on the meaning of his trial:
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Stories that surface why migrants have been forced to flee their home countries and what they face to survive in America aren't common enough. Thanks to @HellGateNY for this one: hellgatenyc.com/teenage-migr…
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Each interview for this story broke my heart (read at your own risk of heartbreak) @HellGateNY
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