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The Radical Politics of Being "Stuck" in The City open.substack.com/pub/biggerappl…

I visualized every Citi Bike ride ever taken in NYC. 291 million rides covering 12 years of history, running at 60+ FPS completely in the browser. If you've ever taken a Citi Bike ride before, you're in here.

I asked Curtis Sliwa "are you okay with losing and knowing you contributed to Mamdani's victory?" I did my best to relay the concerns of capitalist america and used @BillAckman's tweet as a reference "a vote for Curtis Sliwa is a vote for Zohran Mamdani" This was Sliwa's response.

NYC’s mayoral race isn’t about housing or crime. It’s about fear, anger, and the emotional collapse of the political middle. Cuomo offers restoration. Mamdani promises transformation. Why it matters and more in @ManhattanInst The Bigger Apple newsletter: manhattan.institute/article/negati…

New: I reported on the intensifying contest between Zohran Mamdani and Brad Lander to become the top progressive, in advance of the Working Families Party’s first rank pick. gothamist.com/news/inside-ny…

Would love to see more current data on the “I will never vote for them” question in the jamesrubin.com/nyc-opinion-su… of voters from early March. How do Mamdani, Cuomo and Lander stack up now? (NYC 2025 mayoral race.)

The Bigger Apple newsletter is MI's weekly, common sense lens on NYC politics and policy by @lienazagare. Each issue delivers a clear and concise brief on the challenges facing City Hall, the contentious mayoral election, and how local and federal policies affect New Yorkers.

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani’s public-housing plan would require more than doubling the debt limit. Developers have called it an “unmitigated disaster” that makes zero financial sense, writes @lienazagare.

Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani's $100 billion public housing plan matches NYC's annual budget and would more than double its debt limit, writes @lienazagare. city-journal.org/article/new-yo…

Thrilled to share that I’m now the editor of The Bigger Apple, the @ManhattanInst newsletter on NYC policy and politics. A few issues are already out—tracking the mayoral primaries, candidates’ promises, and the future of our city. Subscribe here: manhattan.institute/bigger-apple-n…

The good news for NYC is that all 5 boroughs had net population growth between 2023 & 2024, whereas in the preceding year's data four of five lost pop. *But* the main driver of that growth was immigration. All five boroughs still had domestic out-migration.

This @nysfocus investigation is explosive: The Martuscello Dynasty: Power and Patronage in New York Prisons @nysfocus nysfocus.com/2025/03/03/dan…

🗽New @ManhattanInst NYC Mayoral Poll 🗳️In RCV simulation of Dem Primary, @andrewcuomo is leading the field 📉66% of voters believe NYC is on the wrong track 🚨 Top concerns are crime/public safety (49%)—followed by housing costs (29%), jobs/economy (28%), & immigration (22%)

@Bklyner has never endorsed in a political race before, but I am convinced @JustinBrannan can do more for the communities of Council District 47 from Bay Ridge to Coney Island over the next four years. bklyner.com/endorsement-20…

Welcome to Al-Mutanabbi Street the ‘Book Market of Baghdad’, where books remain in the street at night because Iraqis say: “The reader does not steal and the thief does not read.” A thread on the rich heritage of the historic book market on Al-Mutanabbi Street…

2. He's coming out swinging at his primary target: not Kagan, but name recognition. He's in a new district, and this'll keep Brannan's name in the news cycle in Coney. Kagan is walking right into it.

“Democrats in New York City have forgotten how to run general elections, because we haven’t had to do it for 20 years.” @MarkLevineNYC opines on the governors race as it enters the homestretch. politi.co/3DBZy50 via @politico

“Right to Counsel” now just a Lottery for Counsel 1 in 10 tenants facing an eviction had an attorney last month, @samrabiyah reports for @THECITYNY thecity.nyc/2022/10/27/234…

One of the underreported things about Ukraine is the absence of a printed press. Because of the Russian invasion, the ad market is barely exist so most of the printed newspapers and magazines stopped publishing it. Now in supermarkets, it is replaced by actual paper.