J.R. Reed

Last month marked 10 years since Sandy struck NYC. It crystallized the need to both invest in resilient infrastructure and a climate-ready workforce. Could NYC be a model for tackling those twin priorities? @jwkane1 and I explore for @BrookingsMetro: brookings.edu/blog/the-avenu…

Mamdani is asking Trump for $21 billion in federal grants for the Sunnyside Yards housing development they discussed in their White House meeting today, City Hall finally confirms. politico.com/news/2026/02/2…

“Between 2023 and 2025, the [Dept. of Consumer and Workforce Protection] inspectors visited more than 4,000 grocery stores. Nearly 1/4 of groceries were cited for at least one violation and inspectors confiscated 100 scales.” (via ⁦@THECITYNY⁩) thecity.nyc/2026/01/12/fau…

BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani wins the New York City mayoral race, NBC News projects. nbcnews.app.link/U1D2mj0i2Xb

“It’s a wake up call.” Most NYCHA developments are in worse shape than the partially-collapsed Mitchel houses in the Bronx, I find in @citylimitsnews NYCHA residents remain split on how to address deteriorating conditions 👇

NEW: The Trump administration says it will withhold $18 billion for New York's Hudson River Gateway Tunnel and Second Avenue Subway projects — attacking the projects' adherence to federal woman- or minority-owned business mandates. nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/10/01/tru…

BREAKING: Mayor Eric Adams is dropping out of the race for NYC mayor, conceding he cannot win a second term while saying neither of his leading rivals can be trusted. nytimes.com/2025/09/28/nyr…

There won't be a casino in Times Square: bit.ly/467bhHc

The Long Island City Neighborhood Plan aims to spur nearly 15,000 new apartments in a 54-block swath of the waterfront community. Here's what rezoning area looks like now, pre-transformation, via the great @aditalwar's lens📸: bit.ly/466BtR0

"The agency reported 138 major incidents — or calamities that delay 50 or more trains — in June and July, the highest for those two months since 2018, when the city’s transit system was under a state of emergency." (via @ramseykhalifeh) gothamist.com/news/nyc-just-…

Employers in New York City significantly reduced hiring in the first half of the year, adding just 956 private-sector jobs, the city’s slowest growth in payrolls outside a recession in decades. nytimes.com/2025/08/13/nyr… via @matthewhaag

Mamdani’s victory was not just characterized by turning out younger voters, but remaining competitive in parts of the city many wrote off for Cuomo—places like NYCHA campuses. I dove deep on NYCHA votes for @citylimitsnews - and mapped it! Short thread 🧵 ⤵️

NEW YORK (AP) — Andrew Cuomo concedes New York City Democratic mayoral primary to Zohran Mamdani.

New York City’s congestion pricing toll raised $215.7 million in the program’s first four months bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

NEW: judge issues TRO which keeps congestion pricing in place until at least June 9. Orders federal government not to cut any MTA funding during TRO. @MTA @SecDuffy #NBC4NY

NYC's Rent Guidelines Board is meeting Tues for a rare re-vote on their preliminary range of potential increases for 2-year leases The board initially voted to consider an increase between 4.75 and 7.75% but is revising that to a lower number @Gothamist gothamist.com/news/nyc-rent-…

New York’s highest court upheld Local Law 97 today, affirming the City's ability to regulate building greenhouse gas emissions and delivering a huge win for climate action and policymaking at the local level 👇

Breaking News: New Jersey Transit and the locomotive engineers’ union reached an agreement to end a three-day strike that left commuters scrambling. nyti.ms/4do3erx

The NYT Editorial Board may no longer be endorsing in the NYC mayoral race, but that doesn’t mean the pub is staying out of the race.. About a dozen experts across politics, law, business, & former gov officials have been asked to opine on the candidates cityandstateny.com/politics/2025/…

NYT: Newark Airport had 3 controllers on duty when the goal Is 14 nytimes.com/2025/05/12/bus…

The mayor of Newark was arrested Friday at an ICE detention facility in New Jersey where congressional leaders had scheduled an afternoon “oversight” visit. 4.nbcny.com/2lydgCE