Wes Parnell

Thanks @RollingStone and to all of the small farmers and growers that were willing to share their stories with me, most of them where financial hope is hardly in view, it’s just survival. The state wasn’t able to open legal dispensaries on time, but they licensed growers in 2021 to be able to supply a full market via an ags program. Many will not survive the next 6-12 months without legislative intervention. (There is currently a relief package struggling to make it into this years budget.)

Roman Catholic Churches See a Surge of New Converts nytimes.com/2026/03/26/us/… via @NYTimes

R.I.P. Willie. Willie Colón, a Luminary of Salsa Music, Dies at 75 nytimes.com/2026/02/21/art… via @NYTimes

@C_Sommerfeldt @politico Fantastico

Some professional news: I left the Daily News last week and have joined @politico's New York Playbook team as a City Hall reporter. Sources + spokespeople, please add me to your press lists & stay in touch (I'll still be at the same cellphone number): csommerfeldt@politico.com

Let’s go Yankees

Turkish Photojournalist Vural Elibol with Anadolu Agency was thrown to the ground by ICE agents conducting a detention in federal court. Mr Elibol was unable to move, having to be placed on a stretcher and taken to a local hospital.

Thanks, Pete. Hope you’re watching out for us from the Otherworld.

Yankees' Aaron Judge ties Joe DiMaggio at fourth all time in franchise home run list nytimes.com/athletic/66216…

Important story by @ByJessicaGould.

In Suffolk county -- only one man was able to have his felony expunged after he reargued the decision in court. The judge found that his felony made him eligible for deportation despite it being a fine under the current law. The judge reversed his own decision.

Legislators passed sweeping legislation via the MRTA that allowed for a swift vacature process. And it's swift in many places, like Brooklyn. But in other counties like Suffolk County, for example, the DA has opposed nearly all the motions since 2021.

I wrote a piece last week about how certain DA offices have been reluctant to expunge old cannabis felonies. This creates a dynamic where defendants in certain parts of the state or more likely to get a clean slate than others 1/2 hellgatenyc.com/weed-felony-ex…

Deportation of 6-Year-Old Puts Spotlight on ICE’s Detention of Families nytimes.com/2025/08/20/nyr… via @NYTimes

How DOGE Left Mohammad Halimi’s Life in Tatters propublica.org/article/doge-m…

NYPD Commissioner Tisch calls on state to do more to combat NYC's mental health crisis nydailynews.com/2025/08/08/nyp…

GOP mayoral hopeful Curtis Sliwa's group bills itself a charity despite losing tax-exempt status nydailynews.com/2025/08/05/gop…

Zohran Mamdani visited the home of Officer Didarul Islam in the Bronx around 9 a.m. after arriving at JFK Airport this morning, via @ParnellWesley. He stayed with the family for roughly an hour and could be seen embracing a family member before entering his vehicle.

The Socialist Mayor Who Came 100 Years Before Zohran Mamdani | TIME time.com/7301483/social…

Congestion pricing made us stay in NYC nydailynews.com/2025/07/19/con…